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Anonymous tells the story of how William Shakespeare may not have written his works, if the conspiracies are true, and it does it well.
Of course, the majority of us here would likely believe that Shakespeare wrote his plays on his own, but nevertheless, it's an interesting movie, and definitely worth a watch.

The movie begins in the modern day, with a play about to start.
The narrator of the play steps onto the stage, and begins speaking to the audience, explaining interesting facts about Shakespeare, such as how none of his original works were ever found, and how his family was illiterate.
This is where things get interesting. The real life, undisputed facts are cleverly worked into the story, and the movie makes a transition to Ben Jonson (a writer from around Shakespeare's time). Without spoiling too much, the movie quickly leaps into the action, before taking us back five years, and then minutes later, taking us back twenty years.
Now this is the only part of the movie that some may not like. It's rather complex, in terms of time.
Personally, I love movies like that, but if you feel like a movie where you don't really have to think... don't see Anonymous.

The movie regularly makes jumps back and forwards in time, but it all adds together in the end.
The story keeps you wanting more, wanting to find out what will happen next. Who will fail, who will succeed?
But of course, no movie is complete without some good actors.

The acting in Anonymous will not disappoint. Each character will really make you believe in what they're doing and why. The acting is an excellent part of the movie.

Overall, I recommend Anonymous for anyone into that sort of style. It's a political movie, but has a bit of action at times. Though, if you're a huge fan of Shakespeare, be prepared - it doesn't show him to be the greatest person.

If anyone else has seen it, let me know.

I remember seeing the trailer for this, and then seeing the name "Roland Emmerich". This is the same guy who made Independence Day and 2012. Enjoys playing doomsday scenarios doesn't he?

Because if Edward de Vere had really written all those plays that would be the literary doomsday.

Well yeah, as much as I enjoyed the story, I still don't believe it at all.

Skunk_Giant wrote:Well yeah, as much as I enjoyed the story, I still don't believe it at all.

It's actually a big debate even now - many think Shakespeare was just used as a cover to hide the personality of the true playwright. There's clues to back that, but I can't remember many of them. I haven't seen this movie, I'm just recalling stuff that was mentioned back in school.

I do remember that one of them was that the writer would have to have been a person familiar with the politics in a kingdom - likely someone directly involved, such as a queen. Shakespeare's background doesn't fit in with this.

DuplicateValue wrote:It's actually a big debate even now - many think Shakespeare was just used as a cover to hide the personality of the true playwright. There's clues to back that, but I can't remember many of them. I haven't seen this movie, I'm just recalling stuff that was mentioned back in school.

I want him to be real for the reason that someone will go back in time find him and ask him who is for the reason that people think he's not real, it would be one of the most awkward conversations in all time.

DuplicateValue wrote:I do remember that one of them was that the writer would have to have been a person familiar with the politics in a kingdom - likely someone directly involved, such as a queen. Shakespeare's background doesn't fit in with this.

So Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, is the best alternative?

I've read some of his stuff, it sucks compared to Shakespeare. It has none of the hallmarks of Shakespearean writing.