Richard III Movie

In the movie version of Richard III there were many things that I liked. One thing that I enjoyed was the setting that they used. The director placed it in Great Britain in the 1930s. They replicated it very well with the multiple amounts of cigarettes always smoked and the costumes. The music also added was incredibly fitting for the era it was placed in, and fitting for the events occuring in the play. Even though they still used Shakespeare's original language, the accents used and the clever delivery by the actors and actresses. Another thing that I enjoyed was the casting for the play. Richard is a man who has a slight hunchback and has an evil smirk always on him. In the movie, they do not over-do it and over-dramatisize it so that is too obvious. Richard's mustache is also very fitting for his character. Finally, I also really enjoyed the delivery of the lines. Although it may sound silly, the actors did a phenomenal job by adding a lot of space between lines so that it could settle with the audience and it gave us time to comprehend what was going on. Also, they did a good execution with shared lines. One right after another was preformed so that the 10-syllable shakespeare style wasn't left out. However, there was one thing that I did not enjoy about the movie version of Richard III. Richard would sometimes talk to the screen as if he were talking to the audience. Although it might have helped clarify what was going on, it felt awkward and unorthodox as the viewer. I think the director should have had Richard purely talking to himself so that the audience could hear; however, not have Richard directly talking to the audience. In general, I really enjoyed the movie edition of Richard III.