Much Ado About Nothing (2012, Whedon)

My two favorite things Joss Whedon and William Shakespeare have come together and formed the 2012 masterpiece film 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Filmed in the week Joss Whedon had off from the Avengers with a majority of his many actor friends (including Nathan Fillion) fitting the filming around their already busy schedules.
Whedon used the original script written by William Shakespeare and filmed the movie in his own house over the course of a week and a few weekends (or so it says in the commentary). It is in black and white because of the colors in Whedon's house but he made it work to his advantage because it just gives the film a more vintage touch to it.
I love this movie and recommend it to anyone that likes Shakespeare and wants a modern yet still traditional telling of his stories. Or any person that loves Joss Whedon's work and the actors that regularly appear in that work *cough* Nathan Fillion *cough*.
Something to watch out for is Sean Maher stealing a cupcake. Which was a totally on the spot action that Sean Maher decided to do in the moment. That is the best thing about this movie, it is an on the spot movie. So much of it is the actors and actresses natural reactions and what they think will make the scene better.
Overall, I would say that this film isn't for everyone but it isn't for a specific audience either. Anyone has the ability to like this movie, but you do have to except the film for what it is. It isn't the avengers, or Firefly, or Buffy or like anything else Whedon has done. If you like Shakespeare you will like the movie purely because it is the original script and everything just enhances it, if you like the actors that Joss Whedon uses you will like it for their performance and if you like movies you'll like it purely because it is so well made that it is mind blowing to think that it took them all a week to film it.

Sunday Film Reviews will hopefully turn out to be a regular thing from now on. I watch enough movies for this to happen, so I hope you look forward to it as much as I look forward to writing them.