The Merchant of Venice
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Choose Shakespeare and you can't go wrong... We watched The Merchant of Venice Saturday. It was a classy drama, spoken in Shakespeare's verse and set in always so beautiful Venice.
The central character in the movie was Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. He lends 3000 ducats to a trader, Antonio, whose money is bound to ships at sea and who wants to loan the money to his friend Bassonio. He is even ready to pay interest (something that was forbidden for good Christians), but Shylock offers the money without any interest. The catch of the deal? If Antonio forfeits the bond, Shylock gets a pound of his flesh.
You can guess what happens. Will Antonio be able to pay his debt? Well, it turns out rather interesting in the end. In the middle the movie drags a bit, the story just isn't that interesting. The end is diamond, pretty much. Al Pacino does a good Shylock, full of pathos, rage and sorrow. Well worth seeing, this one.
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