How Did This Win Best Picture???

Rating: 5/10 (16 March 2008)

I didn't this movie was all that great! I still can't believe this movie won Best Picture even over a movie like Saving Private Ryan! I thought the movie was boring and cheesy! The love story between Will and Viola was just as cheesy as a little girl's movie! Another thing I didn't like about it was that they barely showed the true love between Will and Viola The only thing they really did was have sex a million times! There's no true love in sex! There really were only a few scenes that truly showed the love between them! Other than that, the acting was really good! Gwyneth Paltrow deserved her Academy Award and so did Judi Dench. I thought Geoffrey Rush did a pretty good job too. After seeing this movie, I really have lost my respect for William Shakespeare. He was really only a lover who was lead by his emotions to fall in love with Viola. He even had a wife before Viola! Who knows, he could've been just as in love with her. You can't help who you fall in love with. And if the scene with him and that other writer is true, the cornerstone of Romeo and Juliet was hardly his idea! I thought this movie was all acting and nothing great. Just another movie to watch only when you're extremely bored.