Much Ado About Nothing (live action movie), on DVD

I only bought this version of Much Ado About Nothing because I recognized (and love) so much of the cast, and because Joss Whedon adapted and directed it. I've maybe seen the Kenneth Branagh version, but I don't remember much about it, and I don't think I've ever read the play.

I was a little concerned I wouldn't be able to follow along with the story, and, during the first half hour of the movie, it looked like my concern was justified. I kept getting confused about who everyone was, how they were related, and what their motives were. It all just looked like a big, messy party that happened to include a bunch of people I knew from other things. For a while, Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof were just Fred and Wesley in my head, and not Beatrice and Benedick, and Agent Coulson occasionally joined them.

But then I hit that 30-minute mark and things started to click. I still couldn't remember most of the characters' names, but I remembered who they were and their relationships, and things finally began to make sense. Well, except for the fact that I still don't understand why Don Pedro brought Don John, Borachio, and Conrade with him if he already knew he was going to need zip ties just to get them all the way there.