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Yoda speaking shakespearean english ???

posted 12 years ago by debabrata4747
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Why the hell are they speaking shakespearean english, that too in Yoda style? I am halfway through the movie and i am damn frustrated ...
".... we shall strike till one can strike no more. If ever again I meet him beard to beard, he's mine or I am his" ???? WTF WTF WTF

[–] smorgasbord222 12 years ago

The trailer calls it "William Shakespeare's Coriolanus".

Was it really that confusing?

[–] debabrata4747 12 years ago

I am sorry, I didnt see the trailer, i started seeing this only because of Ralph and Gerard Butler, but i must say, i thoroughly enjoyed it, the english does not seem so confusing after half an hour ....

[–] smorgasbord222 12 years ago

Glad to hear that you gave it another shot.

[–] airbreather02 12 years ago

It's just the way Shakespearean English is spoken. This is William Sheakspeare's, Coriolanus by the way, you know from Elizabethan times? Just finished watching it and thought it was great. Yes you have to pay attention to what is being said but so what. This movie is so much better than most of the stuff coming out these days. It's nice not to be spoon fed a movie for a change.

[–] gwen_christie 12 years ago

Well said, I agree with you.