tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post5073913632224921168..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '13: H4 (PAUL QUINN, USA)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-30167794036071432502013-10-21T23:38:32.130-05:002013-10-21T23:38:32.130-05:00I sometimes love it, and sometimes read Merry Wive...I sometimes love it, and sometimes read <i>Merry Wives of Windsor</i>, and wish he'd been just ever so slightly less of one.<br /><br />But you raise a good point. The problem the film has is that with Hotspur dead, you feel all resolved and ready to go out quaffing and whoring, and BOOM there's another 30 minutes.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-31402183847022470802013-10-21T17:49:35.969-05:002013-10-21T17:49:35.969-05:00The film accentuates just how much the plays are s...<i>The film accentuates just how much the plays are separate, and how they can't be stuck together in one package without the climax feeling misapplied badly - the Henry IV, Part 1 material ends about 90 minutes in, and the rest of the film feels bulky and padded.</i><br /><br />To be fair, that's how the original plays went, too - one almost perfect dramatic arc with the end lopped off to provide for a sequel hook for a demonstrably inferior sequel. I do sometimes love how much of a hack Shakespeare was.Not Fenimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135812849405775125noreply@blogger.com