The Branagh Hamlet discussion revealed the possibility that some of the commentators don't know much about Shakespeare. Give it a listen, you'll see. The Shakespeare-related knowledge level of the loquacious gentleman on the phone seemed particularly shallow.
For the Fassbender Macbeth, all we really hear, over and again, is that the poetry is missing. Unaccountably, none of the commentators had any opinion about the presence of the dead baby or the significance of Lady Macbeth witnessing the murders, which, among Macbeth films, is unique. One commentator admitted he had never seen a theatrical production of Macbeth.
I wondered why I was listening.
