Anonymous (2011)
Directed by Roland Emmerich
5.5/10 PG-13
“All the world’s a stage,
and all the men and women merely players…”
Wherefore art thou, Shakespeare?
A lack of cinematic depiction
(“Shakespeare in Love,” many a fortnight ago
just one of 79 depictions
starting with Georges Melies in 1907…
Lincoln has had 297…thus far)
“Anonymous” takes his story
and discredits it
Was Shakespeare a hoax?
A story as ill-conceived
as its many bastard children
And somewhat implausible
Director Emmerich likes to predict the end of the world
(“Independence Day,” “Godzilla,” “2012”…you get it)
For Shakespeareans, “Anonymous” does just that
Oscar-winning costumes
and a lofty, poetic script set the stage
But someone wished the actors luck…
instead they broke their leg.
Cinema or Cine-meh 
I’m a Shakespeare fan (a former alias during my BBS days was Hamlet) so I looked forward to this movie. Sadly I didn’t even recognize the movie title in the subscription title and only just looked at it. What do you read Hamlet is asked. Words, just words he says. Forgetable words in Anonymous and forgetable film … sadly it is.
Agreed…and I thought it was a fun idea, too!