Everything A Movie Should Be! Just Not The Best Of 1998.

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2014)

I am a huge Shakespeare fan, so I found this movie very captivating and well-done. This had everything a movie should have to high degrees. That is why it won so many awards. Thing is, as much as other say, this is not 1998's best movie. Like others, I agree that Saving Private Ryan is the best. But my personal favourite is American History X, as it has the best acting and I have a deep personal connection with it. But SIL is a better piece of film than AHX. If I'm not mistaken, Shakespeare In Love is mostly fictitious. So the script writers came up with their own dialogue in Elizabethan language. Do you know how hard Elizabethan language is to comprehend and write? The movie being Elizabethan impressed the heck out of me. The whole movie isn't Elizabethan, but the parts that are, I am proud of. The sets and costumes are breathtaking and the acting is very good too. The whole style covers up an ordinary love story: William Shakespeare is writing Romeo & Juliet and falls in love with wannabe female actor pretending to be a boy. They fall madly in love, and it helps him with the story and with future plays. But there's rivals and feuds that get in the way. Sounds dull and unoriginal? Well, it's not Truman Show or Life Is Beautiful, but the script, music, acting, sets, and subplots are enough to make this movie very lovable. Sure it has its dumb moments, but not enough to ruin a perfectly fine movie.
I must say this again. Shakespeare In Love has everything a movie should have.