was shakespeare really an idiot?

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2001)

i watched all five films nominated for the best picture award of 1998, and shakespeare in love would have been my last choice. the music and comstume design did an excellent job of puting us straight into the time period, but when we actually meet william shakespeare and the rest of the cast, it all goes downhill. the love scenes are fake, acting is overdone throughout the plot, and underdone on the stage, and shakespeare blunders through the town more like the village idiot than a talented writer. after seeing this film, i never again want to see shakespeare's life brought to life, but stick to his plays instead.(im not speaking of the horid mistake of "romeo and juliet" with leo, but instead of the 1997 "a midsummer's night dream"). i will forgive the academy's brutal error in their choice for the best picture of 1998, because it is obvious to me that they missed the real winner, the thin red line, and three others that should be placed before it, saving private ryan, elizabeth, and life is beautiful.