Shakespeare; Plays and Movies

Before this class I had never realized that there were so many modern day reenactments of Shakespeare's many plays. Possibly because some reenactments are so far removed from the actual play, it is hard for anyone to realize it is based off of one of Shakespeare's writings. One in specific that was mentioned in class was Ten Things I Hate About You. In fact, I was a little confused when someone made a quick little comment about it when we were saying how interesting it was that Julia Stiles had been cast in many of the modern Shakespeare movies. Not that I had any doubt in my class, but out of curiosity I looked it up on the internet. According to Wikipedia, Ten Things I Hate About You is based off of the play The Taming of the Shrew. It was really interesting to me to see the similiarities between that movie and that Shakespeare play.
It is obviously easier for me to see the similarities and differences between "O" and Othello because I've read that play. It is interesting to me that something which was originally set in the 1600s can be related to today. There have already been many instances in the movie which mirror the play. I'd say that right now, the biggest thing the movie has accomplished that is exactly like the play is Iago's character, Jugo in the movie. In both, this character is built up to be very sneaky. Both the play and the movie do a great job of making the reader/viewer hate this character. Now, I've never see "O" before, so I'm very interested in seeing how the ending of the movie compares to the ending of the play.