The Merchant of Venice (2004) - Official Trailer

[DramaFreak02]

im reading this book right now in class...the modern language is kinda hard to understand

[sonacs]

venice was one of the richest state of the history..now italy is an occupant state in that area..onor to the Most Serene Republic of Venice (600-1797)

[poland08]

crap

[bes123seb]

I have an english exam on this

[badfucker2jodie]

i love this movie...its the best shakespeare movie ever...and shakespeare was the best lit. writer ever

[neothomist1275]

Venice was such a wicked place, everyone being without ethics and thinking of his own advantage . Remind you of any other commercial republics you know of?

[RaspberryRainbowS]

this was a great movie ... loved it!

[RogerZee]

Jeremy Irons...that's Scar from the Lion King!:)

[freethinker17]

I don't many people think homosexuality is something noble or praiseworthy.

[thatdrattedcat]

Okay, I have to admit... the movie looks cheeseball but I still really want to see it.

[juliashchupak]

the music is perfect... jocelyn pook, the compozer, is something...

[67nunky]

"If you prick us do we not bleed? Hoo hah!"

[TannedNostril]

I didn't get the impression that the film was trying to use Antonio's love for Bassanio as a pulpit for talking about homosexuality. One of the great things about this movie is, precisely, that it largely ignores homosexuality. It certainly doesn't dwell on the issue the way we moderns do, pretending that it is something noble and praiseworthy.

[Floydfan101]

i agree! actually, in the special feature of the film, the person who played bassanio was saying that the relationship between two men was held in such a high esteem back then, and was really different than modern friendships...

the kiss between the two was merely a friend-love type gesture, as it was acceptable back then.

and i liked the way shylock was portrayed, definitely evoked sympathy (especially at the end)

[bugramps]

I think the director was pretty accurate with his adaptation of this play. You'd have to be pretty blind in reading the play not to suspect some sexual relationship existed at least at some point between Antonio and Bassanio. But I agree, it was a subplot. It was not the heart of the film or the play.

[silverbeth]

i like the way modern productions of this play cast the character of shylock as a tragic figure, and the character of Antonio as a villain-like homosexual... it's an intersting take on a play written at a time when anti-semitism was an accepted and almost expected thing

[McLachlan1828]

I'd love to see this. We're performing this at my school, and it's the first of Shakespeare's comedies I've ever read or performed. Though, I have to say, the movie makes it seem MUCH more dramatic and intense than I think the script actually is. But it looks very, very good.

[elephantzel]

and he doth nothing but talk of his horse ...

[josephgranja]

AL PACINO IT'S GREAT PEOPLE GREAT OK

[Janiqua]

OMG! That looks so good! I have to see it! We're about to read it in school and I had no idea what it was about, but it looks incredible!

[lynda12798]

MERCHANT OF VENICE<33

love it.

[atia44]

maan i luv it so much. we r doin it at skool now and we r watching the production. godddddddd it is so boring but this one is FABILOUS. i luv it so much n i luv the charcter bassanio n shylock !!

[atia44]

omg we doin this at skool soooooo boring to read. probarbly because of the language. i just dont understand it. the movie looks good. i think it would be waaaay better then the book . its a must see for ppl who hav read and studied the book . !!!!

[mistie101]

I had to learn this 4 my gcse's ,i was really bad it lol It confuses me 2 much and i wasnt the only 1 to say it!!

[NGS712]

Does anyone here recommend reading the play itself first or watching the movie first?

[RomanianSoul]

Read it first then watch, I did the same :D

[LughLongArm]

this is one of the best jewels of world literature and the movie is perfect, thank you very much for posting!

[RomanianSoul]

you are right & thanks for your comment :)

[Tomdracula]

Great movie, great play... awsome actors, very good story, I think the movie is even better than the play. The characters are more alive, if you understand what I mean by that.

[Dementedhighlander]

Great movie and yes lynn collins is fair.

[LaBelleRiviere]

isn't that play supposed to be a comedy?

[banjodeluxe]

Yeah, exactly... This movie looks good, but people need to realize that The Merchant of Venice is actually a comedy. A little dark for a comedy, but a comedy nonetheless.

[k1wibaby]

It's a comedy, but a lot of the humour in it is really hard for a 21st century audience to understand, especially the whole "Gobbo" scene. It is a good storyline in that it looks at anti-semitism in a way that other plays and stories hadn't really before.

[Decrid]

lol, yeah

[JFMJJ]

A dark comedy, yes.

[mairearad]

Great movie! Really made the play come alive.

[bugramps]

Romanian... what novel are you talking about? It was a play.

[RomanianSoul]

Sorry, I ment to say play by saying novel

[doodoostickstain]

Nice. Good movie too.

[RomanianSoul]

ya, they made a great movie from a great novel

[pureaddiction]

*Play

[Decrid]

agreed