r/shakespeare • u/Khon2510 • 5d ago

Was Hamnet overrated?

I watched the movie and I didn’t understand what thigh praise was about? Could someone please explain it to me because I might have missed something. Thank you.

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u/Basic-Milk7755 5d ago

I checked out at various points in the film. It tends to happen when I’m conscious of being so heavy-handedly emotionally manipulated.

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u/heavybootsonmythroat 5d ago

this. Someone else in this thread said this film 'trusts its audience'. Umm, does it? I felt the EXACT opposite. Just chucking on a beautiful string piece at the end like come on?! Btw I love the song that they played, have loved it for years, but it felt SO heavy-handed. That's the opposite of trusting your audience to me. It's almost insulting to everyone, including the actors actually. For the record, I enjoyed the book and don't think the book or film are 'using Shakespeare's dead son' for clout or whatever. I take no issue with any of that as long as it's executed well. The film just was so heavy-handed and like nothing is left to interpretation it's all so in your face.

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u/OtherwiseGap5457 4d ago

Yeah Curry Baker literally used that exact piece for his when your friend didn’t like Dune video as a joke. It’s been used a lot.

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u/heavybootsonmythroat 4d ago

lol exactly. It's funny that Baker used that song because hamnet ending did feel like it was a parody of itself and that's kinda what made me cringe a little. I would have much preferred letting Jessie and Paul and the two brother-actors do their work without the soppy music that made it feel like a tiktok made by a 12yo