MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2012)

A brilliant film by Joss Whedon (director), reimagining Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing.

Similarly to the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio, the dialogue remains unchanged, while the surroundings are modern.  Though it can hardly be compared to this:

(Yes, that is a real scene from Romeo and Juliet)

A black and white, low budget film, and surprisingly the actors do not attempt any fake, or even sincere British accents.  Somehow, this makes the dialogue much more graspable.  The interaction with the outdated dialogue is far from awkward, and feels very natural.  Whedon brings his general humor to the film, with scene choices, as well as actor and character choices.  While all the dialogue remains unchanged, the delivery is far from so.

The plot doesn't matter entirely all that much (in terms of whether or not to watch the movie), but if you haven't seen or read the play, it's about matchmaking, and betrayal, and rivalry, and more betrayal, and lots and lots of alcohol.

Fun facts:

-The entire film was shot in 12 days while Whedon was directing the Avengers simultaneously

-To cut costs, it was filmed at Whedon's house

-The party scene filmed was an actual party that Whedon had, where many of the guests were just that. Guests. And were provided with real alcohol.

Fun facts courtesy of IMDB

Really, if you enjoy Whedon's films or shows, you will enjoy this one.  If you enjoy Shakespeare, you will enjoy this one.  If you like obscure movies, which somehow piece together something wonderful on a low budget (like I do), then you will really like this one.

Check out the trailer and see if you're still not interested.

Having just seen the movie now, for the first time, I highly recommend checking it out.*

ME: 8/10
Tomato Meter: 84%
IMDB: 7.3/10

This one had some bad reviews from people (despite the scores above), so I expect someone out there to probably not agree with my views on the film, and I would like to hear your opinions on this.  Really.

*Small after-note:  I did watch with subtitles, and I think that was helpful, though I don't know it was completely necessary.

Enjoy!