Anonyme
Who is the real William Shakespeare? This is the question that attempts to answer the director of “Independence Day” and “2012″ in “Anonymous”, a drama not very twitching that possesses despite all some have in its game.
What would happen if William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall) was just a single actor? And Edward de Vere’s (Rhys Ifans) was the true author of literary classics such as “Romeo & Juliet” and “Hamlet”? It is the amazing theory that provides a guideline for this historical drama that during the reign of Elizabeth I (Vanessa Redgrave).
It was time that the King of the disaster film and special effects change gender. After the unpalatable “10,000 B.C.” and “2012”, Roland Emmerich deals with a much more serious, taking care to always use the full view. Including the use of a rich reconstruction of time, impressive air plans and even a few revolts of the people, this gives rise to terrible fighting.
For once in his career, the German director takes care of his characters, developing a certain psychology. His direction of actors is assured, with the passage of fine roles to Rhys Ifans, Rafe Spall, Vanessa and the general Redgrade Derek Jacobi in a brief appearance.
Despite all these qualities, the feature film little captivates. It is far too long, repetitive, lacking serious attraction. Apocalyptic editing mixing times is particularly draft, losing the viewer in a false complexity where the great and the story come together. This gives a few late revelations that evoke Greek mythology and beautiful comparisons between art and life, but also several unnecessarily wordy sequences and others that fall squarely at the flat.
Very good topic for a sloppy scenario scattered and sealed by dialogues that sometimes recall “Virginia” to the Elizabethan court? Maybe so. However, despite these shortcomings, the filmmaker offers easily one of his best efforts in his career, which does eventually, might say anything.
