The action in A Midsummer-Night's Dream takes place in mythical Athens. Theseus, the reigning Duke, has conquered the Amazons and has fallen in love with their beautiful queen, Hippolyta. As the play opens, he tells us that their wedding is to take place in five days. At this point, Egeus, a wealthy Athenian, brings his daughter Hermia before the Duke. Having fallen in love with Lysander, a young man of whom her father disapproves, Hermia has refused to marry Demetrius, who is her fathers choice. Demetrius had been in love with Hermia's friend, Helena, but had abandoned her for Hermia. The Duke tells

By putting the nectar of a magic flower on the eyes of the sleeping Lysander, Puck causes him to fall in love with Helena and forsake Hermia. Into this confusion come Bottom and his amateur acting troupe. Puck turns Bottom's head into the head of a donkey, frightening off all his friends and leaving the weaver alone. He comes upon Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, and awakens her from her sleep. Her eyes, like those of Lysander, have been anointed with the magic nectar, and she falls in love with the first creature she sees. Her new love is, of course, Bottom- with his donkey's head.

I thought this movie had such a cute story line, it was romantic and comical at the same time. It fit all the cravings I had for a movie, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone. It was kind of far fetched with all the fairies and lymph's, and was very hard to follow at times. It jumped from focusing on the Duke and his troubles with his daughter to Bottom planning his play. Then from there I was confused by the plot conflict between Oberon and Titania. There was so many characters introduced in such a short amount of time, I had to watch it twice to understand what was going on with who. If you don't understand all the different connections by all the characters, the rest of the movie is really hard to follow, since it all builds on each other. And the fact it was acted in Shakespeare's language, it was hard to even understand what the characters were saying. The story line had a few far-fetched ides to it, like when Bottom turned into a Donkey, or how the magic nectar of the flower would make people randomly fall in love. Yet, I think this is why I like the story so much. It made me think and use my imagination, something that few movies these days allow us to do. It was a sophisticated fairy tale that was completely enjoyable, I thought.

The lovers come upon the Duke and his party hunting in the woods that morning. After hearing their stories, he proclaims that the six of them will get married on the same day.

I think that Michael Hoffman picked a perfect cast. Michelle Pfeiffer, who played Titania, is one of my favorite actors, and I was so excited to find out that she was in this movie. She played her part as the Queen of fairies very well, she just has that element of extravagance to her that made her shine as Titania. Also, I thought Calista Flockhart did a great job playing Helena. I'm not a big fan of her on Ally McBeal but she had an excellent performance here I think. Maybe it was something about her hair or her face, but she played the part, of a girl crazy in love, very well. The whole movie had such a fairytale-like glow to it. All the stage props and costumes fit together so well, it was just like a dream.

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