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Maybe it is a matter of taste. I have noticed that Hollywood-style underacting doesn't really work for theater productions, at least for me. Speaking of Shylock, the BBC production of Merchant of Venice is in my view vastly superior to the Hollywood one with Al Pacino. It's a celebrated production and the guy doesn't react at all to anything.
I haven't seen the BBC version. For awhile Pacino was playing Shakespeare in the park for like 2 years before he played Shylock in the movie
Ah, so you're one of the few who knows why I have this username.
Most of the BBC Shakespeare complete series are very good, though there are a few awful ones as well, like Troilus and Cressida. Highly recommended if you're into it.
I don't know much at all about Troilus and Cressida. Have you seen Titus Andronicus with Anthony Hopkins? That movie has such oddball shit happening I swear they were making a horror comedy.
Haven't seen the movie, but I'm familiar with the play. Certainly... interesting. And it might surprise you that this play, which was until recently regarded as utter trash that some people denied Shakespeare wrote it, was one of the more popular plays by Shakespeare in his own time.