Julie Taymor is the only person I like doing Shakespeare adaptations. Her sense of surrealism is perfectly matched by her subject and the result is absolutely magical. She's such a good director, she made Russell Brand not annoying. And I would have said that was impossible. Prospera (Helen Mirren) was the Duchess of Milan until her treacherous brother (Chris Cooper) conspired to have her deposed and exiled with her baby for the crime of witchcraft. She survived, washing up on an island and overthrowing the resident witch before claiming the other's servants. Now, with her daughter Miranda (Felicity Jones) approaching marriageable age, Prospera uses her sprite Ariel (Ben Whishaw) to steer the King of Naples (David Strathairn), his son (Reeve Carney), his brother (Alan Cumming) and his advisor (Tom Conti) to the island along with her brother for a little revenge.
Everybody in this movie is fantastic. The cinematography is beautiful, the effects are astonishingly good, the costumes are gorgeous, and the soundtrack is lovely. There is absolutely nothing I would change. I love love love Ben Whishaw. He's so talented it kind of makes me want to die. It was also great to see Djimon Honsou letting his hair down, metaphorically, as the angry spirit Caliban. That makeup job was amazeballs.
I can't believe this only got nominated for costume design. What the actual, Academy?
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