Thoughts on Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It

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Watching Helen Mirren in "The Tempest" got me in the mood for more Shakespeare. I've loved Kenneth Branagh's movie adaptations since his "Henry V," which I saw in the theater four or five times, and I have been collecting his various Shakespeare movies on DVD. I hadn't yet seen his 2006 version of "As You Like It," so I obtained the DVD and watched it in one go.

This adaptation was very interesting visually; it was set late in the 19th century, when Japan had opened itself to outside...