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Couldn't stand Branagh. I've always thought he was a third-rate actor. He was at his best in Harry Potter, playing himse

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    dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 01:51 PM)

    Couldn't stand Branagh. I've always thought he was a third-rate actor. He was at his best in Harry Potter, playing himself.

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      Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:05 PM)

      Okay several of his acting roles kind of diminished his immense talent.
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        dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:08 PM)

        I was being a bit hyperbolic. But if you look closely at his Hamlet or his Henry V, he is desperately competing with Olivier, and losing badly. He's an earnest, hardworking actor.

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          Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:12 PM)

          I don't really see what you're seeing.
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            dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 03:15 PM)

            Hahaha! He even has the same haircut Olivier had in Henry V.

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              Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:25 PM)

              The acting styles are completely different. Olivier performs Henry V like a living Jesus speaking to his disciples.
              Branaugh performs Henry V like, a human being giving an inspirational speech to his fellow soliders.
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                dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:50 PM)

                Good points, actually.

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                  Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:54 PM)

                  Here's another. To Be Or Not To Be. If anything is similar is that both actors are Brits.
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                    dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 06:34 PM)

                    I didn't say he was imitating Olivier, I said he was competing with him. Henry V and Hamlet were among Olivier's most famus accomplishments (he was knighted largely for this kinfd of acting). I think Branagh aspires to a similar position in the British acting establishment (and has probably achieved it).

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                      Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 07:55 PM)

                      Proof?
                      Mel Gibson played Hamlet also.
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                        dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:04 PM)

                        Mel Gibson's Hamlet may be the worst ever made (only Ethan Hawke can compete). I have about ten versions of Hamlet, and Gibson's is almost unwatchable.

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                          Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 11:45 PM)

                          Okay let's just stop the bullshit now.
                          I'm only here this much because I wanna be near you.
                          I couldn't care less about Shakespeare plays.
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                            Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:15 PM)

                            Holy cow, that clip of branaugh has a young Christian Bale in it.
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                              Robgoblin — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 06:46 PM)

                              Have you read the books? Mankell is a pretty good writer.
                              However his books on Africa, namely Mozambique, are really good. Comedia Infantil ( its Chronicler of the winds in English ) is very good. Very far from Wallander tho…
                              Thats it, I’m going to clown college

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                                dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:03 PM)

                                No, I haven't even heard of him. Only Swede I've read recently is Sven Lindqvist.

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                                  Hepocles — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:06 PM)

                                  Yeah Branagh was good in his small Dunkirk role but he has never impressed me in anything else.
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