Richard III

I want to preface this by making it clear I'm not well studied in Shakespeare. I'm familiar with his more popular works (Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet) but not at all familiar with "the deep cuts." I watched this because I've heard great things about Laurence Olivier's performance as the titular character. Indeed, I was not let down by that, but there wasn't much else for me here. My biggest problem came from the dialogue. Difficult (for me) to understand due to the typical Shakespearean dialogue, I found myself lost and missing many key plot points. I feel like for me to truly appreciate this work for what it is, I'll need to read and study the play. If I ever get around to doing that, I'll circle back around to watching this again and hopefully have a higher rating for it.