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From 1999 to 2001,Julia Stiles appeared in three movies , all of which were modern Shakespeare retellings , so of course , it is only lifelike to grade these filmsfrom worst to best . Julia Stiles is an actress whose career start in 1996 when she played a small role in the filmI Love You , I Love You Not . Stiles ' first leading role came in 1998 with the thriller , Wicked . However , it was Stiles ' prominence in teen romance and comedy picture that boost her to fame , includingDown To YouandSave the Last Dance . Since then , Julia Stiles ' movieshave continued to make their mark .
Julia Stiles’Shakespeare movie adaptationtrend happen at a particular high in her career . Just a class after receiving her first star character , in 1999 , Stiles bring in the role of Kat Stratford in10 Things I Hate About You , an adaption of Shakespeare ’s " The Taming of the Shrew . " The undermentioned year , in 2000 , Stiles played Ophelia in an art house version ofHamlet . And finally , in 2001 , Stiles followed up her Shakespeare course by portraying Desi Brable in an " Othello " retelling entitled , O.Ultimately , these three movies make up Julia Stiles ' outre run of Shakespeare films , and one in especial , really helped increase her celebrity .
3Hamlet
2000
Of Julia Stiles ' three modern Shakespeare version , 2000’sHamletis belike the worst . compare to the other two , it certainly has the worst Rotten Tomatoes grudge , coming in at 58%.Hamletis a thriller and love affair movie that follow the events of Shakespeare ’s tragedy , " Hamlet . " In it , Ethan Hawke play Hamlet , a film student who inherit his father ’s production troupe after his end , but must fight off those who bid to take his power . The film is set in modern - day New York City , and though it maintains Shakespeare ’s original dialogue , there is the inclusion of modern technology .
In the end , Hamletis the speculative of Julia Stiles ' Shakespeare movies because it is a rather middle - of - the - road celluloid . While others sawHamletas being darkly sharp , others felt it to be too soaked . Despite having a modernistic new setting , the photographic film ultimately did n’t do anything new with the authoritative story . Ethan Hawke ’s performance was also up in the air with critics . So , althoughHamletoffered a star - studded cast of Ethan Hawke , Kyle MacLachlan , Bill Murray , and Liev Schrieber , it was not specially telling , nor did it suffer out among other , best mod Shakespeare adaptation .
2O
2001
The next secure Julia Stiles Shakespeare adaptation is 2001’sO.The film is a modern retelling of Shakespeare ’s " Othello . “Ois a romantic thriller which tell the story of Odin James , a star basketball game histrion who has everything going for him until his teammate lies and reveals that Odin ’s girlfriend is cheating on him , leading to more and more spectacular and terrible events . LikeHamlet , Otakes place in the modern solar day , and in particular , on the courts of a high schooling basketball team . It does not apply Shakespeare ’s original language , and notably , uses a wide variety of euphony , from knock to opera .
Ois a dependable moving-picture show than Julia Stiles’Hamletbecause it has themes that put out beyond what Shakespeare intend . away from portraying the narration Shakespeare pen , Odelves into problem of teen furiousness , which at that metre , were quite prevalent . Furthermore , O’sadaptation of Shakespeare ’s linguistic process was a achiever for critics . On the other hand , Ois not Julia Stiles ' good Shakespeare adaptation . O’shigh schooltime setting often feel wrong for the great story at paw , which get the film palpate unfirm and unbelievable at clock time . Oalso bear from a delay handout due to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting .
Oincluded Josh Hartnett who , the following class , had a notable role in the war moving-picture show , Pearl Harbor .
110 Things I Hate About You
1999
Without a doubt , Julia Stiles ' best Shakespeare version is 1999’s10 thing I detest About You . The quixotic comedy tells a forward-looking - day version of " The Taming of the Shrew , " in which rebellious and candid Kat Stratford is romanced by unsound male child Patrick Verona , not have intercourse that his interest comes out of a bet rather than genuine desire , at least at first.10 Things I Hate About Youhas a Graeco-Roman 90s high school setting and a substantial cast , including Heath Ledger , Joseph Gordon - Levitt , Allison Janney , and Larisa Oleynik . In this case , Shakespeare ’s original nomenclature is supplant with playfulness and sluttish to understand modernistic - mean solar day language .
It is no surprise that10 Things I detest About Youhas the highest Rotten Tomatoes account of the three movies with a 71 % . This moving-picture show is a90 ’s rom - com as belovedasCluelessorShe ’s All That . Not only isJulia Stiles ' carrying out full of vigor and heart , butthe moving-picture show itself succeed at being both sweetly quixotic and amazingly funny . One big grounds why10 Things I Hate About Youwas well received than her previous films is potential that it lacks the oppressiveness of Shakespeare ’s tragedies , and or else , is just pure fun with a talented cast . In this way , it is no doubt the better .
