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Jan 26, 2024jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Added May 11, 2018: Thanks to the pair of easy-on-the-eye lead actors and spectacular Scottish landscape, enjoyed this adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. A critics said “Though last to the party, this account easily takes the prize from…
May 13, 2023JayBuMbleBee rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant. I think this is the 5th film version I've seen of MacBeth, and in many ways it's the best for me. It really brought a lot of meaning through that I hadn't felt before. Top notch acting, directing, pacing, visuals. The worst…
Feb 08, 2023Eiselic rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Quite intense and overall well-done. The final battle scene is visually amazing, even wonderous. The acting is excellent. This version of the famous play is different in that MacBeth and his wife are portrayed less as mad, power hungry…
Jul 05, 2022
The characters do not speak normal English. They speak in incomprehensible random word sequences.
Feb 28, 2020watrousj rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I hate writing this, but I found this version of Macbeth to be very boring. First of all I love Shakespeare and I think Macbeth is one of his most compelling plays. I also like Michael Fassbender and Marion Cortillard, they're both very…
Nov 20, 2019Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I have never been a big fan of Shakespearean plays, but find this interpretation of one of his better knows works to be solid in a narrative fashion. Watchable, but not something I would jump up and down for.
Nov 02, 2019Biblitz rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Still another disappointing Macbeth. Setting - coastal Scottish highlands, black stallions, thunder, rain and mist - A+. Musical score - F. Poorly choregraphed battles as if the director was bored - F. Amplifying grating musical score with…
Jul 11, 2019Palomino rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant. Take away the stage and it's an entirely different story, instead of posturing and shouting it's a tale told like a dream in long silences, slow words, violins, intimate eye contact, and tears. When I think of Macbeth I don't…
Jun 21, 2019spacefan1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great adaptation/interpretation. As others have said the PTSD and other modern day understandings of the greater complexities of war, relationships and the eternal hunger for power, while still true, are not one dimensional things; nothing…
Feb 09, 2019826_05 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I first saw the Scottish play at Stratford-on-Avon in Avon, CT, when I was 15, and was consistently given the traditional interpretation of Lady Macbeth as a conniving, cruel, selfish, ambitious woman; and Macbeth as a weak man. This new…
Dec 27, 2017dnk rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Macbeth is one of my favorite plays, but I've always been frustrated with how the leads are portrayed: Macbeth isn't bold enough to acknowledge his own ambition until Lady Macbeth selfishly pushes him to it, but both descend into madness…
Jul 18, 2017
Brutal and raw, but very well done. Fassbender and Cotillard give understated but powerful performances.
Jul 01, 2017nw_writer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Powerful - a bold, inventive adaptation that cuts right to the heart of Macbeth's tragedy. Shakespeare purists may object to some of the liberties taken here (much of the original text has been rearranged or omitted altogether), but the…
Apr 08, 2017
This adaptation features excellent acting by the two leads, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, as well as striking visuals.
Aug 03, 2016ArapahoeCody rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of, if not, the best adaptation of Shakespeare I've seen on film.
Jul 17, 2016GREGG CHARLES HEACOCK rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
"Macbeth," stripped of all window-dressing serving to stir up and counsel King James, shortly after the Gunpowder Plot might have caused him to rule with a heavy hand, is really about how power corrupts, especially when killing opponents…
Jun 11, 2016calliope rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
this is beautifully shot - Arkawpaw- I love the use of silhouettes, and the slow motion battle scene at the start. the indoor shots are heavily candle-lit; both realistic, when you think about it- the interior ofa tent wouldn't have much…
May 28, 2016lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"Yet who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him?" First of all, let's address a few of the comments. "Macbeth" is not written in Old English. Old English would be impossible to understand. "Beowulf" is Old English. While…
May 14, 2016aksbrmo1026 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Hard to understand old English, good cast and plot thought.
May 08, 2016duane767 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Just keep this in mind when watching this: the director made it as MacBeth being a PSTD victim. Now watch the movie and judge how accurately and interestingly the movie does its job. Fassbender and Cotillard are great in this. I will…
Apr 29, 2016Ky68RasK rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Not exactly a thrilling experience. Fassbender disappoints; it's Cotillard who really shines.
Apr 08, 2016Wyldemusick rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I saw this at the Loft, along with a friend who loves the Scottish Play and knows it backwards and forwards. We were both astonished at the sheer violence done to the text -- great swathes of it were yanked out, replaced by gloomy, static…