Not entertained

Rating: 3/10 (23 April 2012)

I am still puzzled how this movie can win Best Picture. My take is that this award is usually awarded to a movie about someone or something that had a major impact on human lives.
Yes, Shakespeare's works has much impact on the world of western literature but certainly not the way it was depicted in this movie. All I saw in this movie was lewdness and sexual activities based on pure passion without logic or thoughts or moral values being considered in the slightest bit --- the usual Hollywood freedom of sex expressed in a different form.
The obvious "winner" was Gwyneth Paltrow, who won the Best Actress because she was willing to bare it all in her sexual acts with Joseph Fiennes. There were other sexual scenes of maids and fellow actors in the theater that were again uncalled for.
Above all, I find it hard to appreciate the plot. It's not witty, surprising or entertaining. There must be very few competition that year for Best Picture for this one to win it.