By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:39:50 +0000

"Men of Respect" fails for this viewer in making Macbeth a criminal from the beginning; one of the important aspects of the Macbeth story is that our hero is a good man who falls from grace. Without that essential goodness, there is no contrast to the monster he becomes, and no reason for the guilty conscience that tears him apart, and, ultimately, no tragedy. In its place on this list I would recommend the "ShakespeaRe-Told" version of Macbeth starring James McAvoy, which is a much more imaginative (and, IMO, successful) rethink of the play with a modern setting. And "Scotland, PA" fails for this viewer because it is a crappy movie through and through. The plotting is never organic, feeling like events are being imposed by the structure of the play rather than coming organically from character motivations, it wastes time with pointless digressions (Mac ostensibly goes hunting in "Birnam Wood" with Banquo so he can kill him, but instead nothing happens?), it misunderstands the source material (the point of Lady Macbeth\’s hallucinations are not her hands, but the metaphorical & literla blood on them — Scotland PA retains the hand fixation but does away with the blood!) and the jokes aren\’t funny. Suggest replacing it with the Patrick Stewart "Macbeth."

By: Banquo

Banquo — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:39:50 +0000

Richard, that\’s because O was based on Othello and not Macbeth.

By: Richard McLin

Richard McLin — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:39:50 +0000

No mention of "O". I\’ll admit it wasn\’t a masterpiece, but it was interesting and for the most part well acted.

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