Shakespeare in films

When I first started GCSE Media my teacher told the class as a discussion topic 'Is anything original nowadays?' And so, 2 years after that I still compare every movie which I watch to others and grade their uniqueness. So here it is.

I fully understand the need for adaptations as they help bring a wider audience to books, plays and poems which if they were not updated would be left with the same rustic audience as originally designed for. However, as times change audiences change as well, especially their likes. For example, as a slightly weird teenager I quite like SHakespeare's plays especially his comedies. Which is why I always become more excited when yet another one of his plays are either adapted into a new styled version of the play or simple a hollywood film. to explain it better here are some of Shakespeare's plays:

Othello
Hamlet
Taming of the shrew
Romeo and Juliet
As you like it
Midsummer's night dream

Now here are the film adaptations of these plays:
Othello, with Kenneth Branagh, Michael sheen and Laurence Fishburne
Lion King
10 things I hate about you
Forbidden Planet
Romeo + Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet
As you like it
Midsummer's night dream


I just felt that someone should say something as it is an anniversary of The Bard and therefore I did.