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Best (And Worst) Shakespeare Films
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	Hamlet - Criterion Collection Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $11.96 THE QUINTESSENTIAL "Hamlet." I Recommend This One, Branagh's, And For Variety, Zefferelli's For Classroom Instruction. Classic Sir Laurence Olivier. Shakespeare At His Best.
	Richard III (The Classic Collection) [VHS] Buy used from: $1.12 Sir Laurence Olivier's Greatest Performance Since "Hamlet." AVOID McKellen's Sh-tty "Remake," If You Can. This One-Recommended For Classroom Instruction.
	Henry V [VHS] Buy used from: $0.97 Olivier's First Stab At Shakespeare-A TRUIMPH!! Classic Laurence Olivier. Recommended For Classroom Instruction, With Branagh's Version, Also A Triumph (See Below).
	Othello (1965) [VHS] Buy used from: $1.45 Arguably, The DEFINITIVE "Othello" For All Time. Oliver Parker's Unjustly R-Rated Version Is Also Worth A Look, Mostly For Kenneth Branagh's Devilish Performance. Recommended For Classroom Instruction
	Hamlet (1996) [VHS] Buy used from: $1.99 Kenneth's Star-Studded, Uncut Version Of One Of The Bard's Most Popular Works-An Absolute Masterpiece!! Sir Laurence Olivier's Classic Version Also Recommended!! Where The Hell's The DVD Of This Film?
	Henry V Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.99 Branagh's First Stab At Shakespeare-A TRIUMPH In Every Way. Sir Laurence Olivier's Classic Also Recommended For Classroom Instruction In Tandem Viewing With This One (Preferably Before Viewing This).
	Love's Labour's Lost Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.00 Shakespeare And MUSIC?!!! Kenneth Branagh Does It Again. All-Star Cast And Great Songs Make For A Musical Treat. Recommended For English Classes.
	Much Ado About Nothing Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $4.68 Delighful Comedy With Kenneth Branagh Quadri-tasking Yet Again (Director, Producer, Screenwriter And Star). All-Star Cast Adds To The Fun!! Recommended.
	Othello Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $11.50 A Pre "Morpheus" Fishburne Boldy Steps Into A Role Owned By The Great Sir Laurence Olivier...With Spectacular Results. Kenneth Branagh, Playing Against Type, Is Wonderfully Villainous. Recommended!!
	Romeo & Juliet Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $4.39 EXCELLENT Adaptation Of "A Pair Of Star-Crost Lovers" Who "Take "Their Life And Do With Their Death, Bury Their Parents' Strife." Recommended For Classroom Instruction.
	Hamlet (1990) [VHS] Buy used from: $0.31 Added For Sake Of Completion. Too Chopped Up For My Taste, But Still Good Shakespeare. Stick With Olivier And Branagh's Versions. Avoid The Contemporary B.S. Mess Of This Great Tragedy, Though.
	Romeo + Juliet (1996) [VHS] Buy used from: $0.01 "What The F---?!! Shakespeare Is Turning In His Grave." Read My Review Of This Trashed-Up, Mutilation Of The Bard (And Of A Classic Tragedy, No Less)!! There Are Better Versions (Zefferelli's, Etc.).
	Richard III [VHS] Buy used from: $0.78 Holy SH--!! Shakespeare Would Be Apalled!! Caught This On TV (I Swore I'd Never Spend My Money On This P.O.S.) NOT Recommended!! If You Enjoy Shakespeare, STAY AWAY From This Modern Version.
	Hamlet (2000) [VHS] Buy used from: $1.40 Made Before The One Listed Below. Don't Plan To Spend A Penny On This Trash. Stick With Olivier, Branagh And Zefferelli's Faithful Versions Of This Tragedy. AVOID THIS ONE!!
	Hamlet (2000) [VHS] Buy used from: $0.89 Never Seen It (And Don't Plan To, Unless It's On TV). Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier And Kenneth Branagh Would Be APALLED!! AVOID THIS MESS!! Stick With Olivier, Branagh And Zefferelli's Versions.
	Othello Buy used from: $32.87 Never Seen It (And Don't Plan To, Unless It's On TV). AVOID This Sh-tty Modern Crap Version Of "The Noble Moor Caught In A Maelstrom Of Jealousy And Revenge" If You Can. Stick With Olivier/Parker's.
	O [VHS] Buy used from: $0.39 Yet Another Shakespeare Travesty That I Don't Plan To See (Unless It's On TV). AVOID IT!! If You Like Shakespeare, There Are Better Versions (Stuart Burge/Oliver Parker, Etc.)