It's true to say that Shakespeare has never been dead. His plays have been successful since they were written. And he set the trend to all the Shakespearean film successes now. He has led the way to such movies like Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, or Shakespeare in Love . Even if some critics do not like the artistic vision and style of Branagh, this is something that cannot be denied.
Many youngsters learn some Shakespearean soliloquies by heart after appreciating one of the movies.
That it can strike so deeply, so young. The images guide them to the words . They help them discover a magnificient language, the wonderful poetry of the plays. This is extremely important. If the films can do that, then one of their purposes is fulfilled, in my opinion.