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This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

OKAY, WOW! Not to be super mean, but the first review of this movie really is deceptive! I loved this movie and am a huge fan of Macbeth so I would not say that lightly! Please take the time to watch and form your own opinions on the film!I loved the way the cast (Macbeth/ Lady MacBeth) spoke! Although it was in old Shakespearian it flowed beautifully! Lady Macbeth's (adapted) "monologue" chilled me to the bone, in the best way. I already knew what was going to happen and it still surprised me! Just watch and decide for yourself before you listen to puffed up movie critics!

I thought that on a personal level I would never subject myself to the oppression of the mind that criticism lends but here I am, my hand forced after bearing witness to this DETACHED ADAPTATION. I must say first that to ATTEMPT to modernize Shakespeare and make it appear more natural by completely reducing it to a secular rhythm, an almost monotone slow beating of the drum, an ever-present whisper, misses the mark entirely. In fact it does the complete opposite of creating realism, it lends itself to the present visual shine and tepid cinematic climate of today's artistic oppression. YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE Shakespeare MODERN AND ACCESSIBLE to today's world by removing its poetic rhythm (designed for the stage). Yet somewhere you decided to reduce it to a whisper and thus striped it of its emotional integrity. Maybe because the traditional plays are spoken loud with such great volume the director felt in order to separate from tradition you must go in completely the opposite direction. I don't know but if that was the intent you should have known better.

Between the soldier's light quilted armor sewn perfectly with a machine, the symmetrical cross gable roof on the Church built with dimensional lumber not introduced until the 1800's, the phony modern Scot's accent (in the 11th century who knows how they spoke. Not English certainly.) the "fingernails on the chalkboard" music mixed far too loudly and the the whispering voices mixed far too quietly, the net result was that the movie was just simply a mess. Pretty cinematography. Good acting (probably should have acted with a made-up language and subtitles. Pig Latin maybe. Moe: Omay. Larry: Arrylay. Curley: Curleycue, Nyuk Nyuk). Silent would have been the best. We quit about halfway through in in total frustration. Not recommended.

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively; a power hungry couple who decide to assassinate their king so that Fassbender will usurp the throne. The funny thing is…Fassbender knows that his treachery will bring serious blowback to himself, but Cotillard spurs him on. After their traitorous deeds are done, and Fassbender and Cotillard are king and queen of Scotland, paranoia and madness sets in the mind of Fassbender, leading him to murder men, women, and children so that he may keep his fragile grip on the throne. But a vengeful husband and father comes with ten thousand soldiers to put an end to Fassbender's tyranny, and Fassbender will have to answer for all the blood that he has spilled. "Macbeth" is overly stylish to the point of distraction; but the performances of the main characters are top-notch (although the combination of accent and an ancient way of speaking makes it difficult to understand what is being said). My most memorable, movie moment of "Macbeth" is the scene when Fassbender burns a woman and her children alive because he believes they will oppose him in the future.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments