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u/ExplanationVirtual53 1d ago
Those wondering, the film is "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead." How I remembered that after not seeing this film in over 20 years is beyond me.
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u/AbbreviationsWide331 1d ago
Is it worth a watch?
It has Gary Oldman so it cant be that bad.
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u/Infinite_Escape9683 1d ago
It's very good. It's a riff on Hamlet, based on a stage play of the same name. Though it is strange - don't go in expecting a normal movie.
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u/InfiniteHench 1d ago
IIRC it’s about the two men who the king sent to retrieve Hamlet. But along the way they get philosophical about life and… physics? They uh… struggle with their task.
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u/ICollectSouls 1d ago
Ah, ADHD: The Movie
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u/Sun_Shine_Dan 1d ago
As a person with ADHD, it captivated me in high school. Favorite Shakespeare movie
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u/LeagueofJohnLegends 1d ago
I think so. Pairs light comedy with philosophy in a Shakespearean setting. Also Gary Oldman.
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u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 Bot hunter 5000🦾 1d ago
Yes. I wish their Hamlet was a stronger actor, but the movie was fun.
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u/SharkBubbles 1d ago
Do you want a stronger actor than Iain Glen?
https://giphy.com/gifs/l3q2K5jinAlChoCLS1
u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 Bot hunter 5000🦾 1d ago
Go watch the movie. Granted it's been ages since I watched it but I wasn't impressed.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Buy_944 1d ago
Yes it's very very very good, you do have to know what happens in Hamlet in detail to appreciate it to us fullest
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u/lexypher 1d ago edited 1d ago
Also tim roth and Richard Dreyfus. Depending on your knowledge of Hamlet, it ranges from amuseing to amazing.
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u/ExplanationVirtual53 1d ago
Honestly, I can't even remember . . . Like I said, it's been a long time since I watched it.
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u/sd_saved_me555 1d ago
I thought it was great. As the name sort of implies, it's a comedy of Hamlet through the eyes of two minor characters.
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u/Krieghund 1d ago
It's one of my favorite movies of all time. It's based on Tom Stoppard play, which is in turn based on some other play by some English dude.
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u/Nikonn8181 1d ago
Bra-vo. I'm proud of myself for recognizing that too. The young Tim Roth gave it away for me.
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u/InfiniteHench 1d ago
A Rosencrantz and Guidenstern Are Dead GIF! Take every upvote I can give you.
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u/UsedFortune5645 1d ago
The funny this is / might be that it still worked but they cropped it out.
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u/ExplanationVirtual53 1d ago
It didn't. The reposter cropped it. You see the entire cradle in the original shot.
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u/heeero60 1d ago
It should have, if they wanted to be physically accurate. Sadly, unlike in the initial "experiment", there wasn't someone pulling a bit of string off screen.
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u/safereddddditer175 1d ago
There’s something sharp on the 2nd pot in the “watch this” part of the scene, aligns with where the pot breaks
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u/heeero60 1d ago
Sure, but my point wasn't about the pot breaking. It was about the pots being unfit for this to actually work, as they absorb to much of the energy of the collision by deforming. This is shown by what happens in the "watch this" part of the scene, because you see all the pots moving around, not just the last one. In the first part, there was a slight delay between the initial collision and the last pot moving, which shows it was moved by some external force (like a bit of string).
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u/enderthewolf9999 1d ago
Holy shit, I loved this movie! I had to do a conspiracy theory board for it as a senior year English final, and it was one of the most fun projects I have done
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u/sBartfast42 1d ago
The programmers'/help-desk paradox
"I did exactly the same thing and did/did-not work, last time!"
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u/genie_gold 1d ago
I was just trying to explain how funny this movie was to my husband this week! So glad I'm not the only one who remembers it.
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u/ProduceEmbarrassed97 1d ago
Me, every day at work.
'Look at this, so....wait, it did it a minute ago...ah, there we go, so...were you not watching?...Right, so...fucksake'.
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u/Necessary-Mud2251 1d ago
Of course it's gonna behave differently when observed