The directing and the photography are very good. The use of the color, the smoke and fog and the speed of the camera are very well chosen. Fassbender gives a very good performance, but it swallows everybody else in the movie. What I don't like that much of this version is that Lady Macbeth almost fades away. Her character is not as important as it should be and, in the end, everything is expected and everything becomes a bit boring.
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Macbeth
Overview
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Release date
22/09/2015
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1,537
Popularity
3.3
Michael Fassbender
Macbeth
Marion Cotillard
Lady Macbeth
Paddy Considine
Banquo
Sean Harris
Macduff
Jack Reynor
Malcolm
Elizabeth Debicki
Lady Macduff
David Thewlis
Duncan
David Hayman
Lennox
Maurice Roëves
Menteith
Ross Anderson
Rosse
James Harkness
Angus
Jack Madigan
Macbeth Child
Frank Madigan
Macbeth Child
Lochlann Harris
Fleance
Kayla Fallon
Young Witch
Lynn Kennedy
Middle-Aged Witch
Seylan Baxter
Older Witch
Amber Rissmann
Child Witch
Scot Greenan
Young Boy Soldier
Hilton McRae
Macdonwald
Brian Nickels
Thane of Cawdor
Scott Dymond
Seyton
Andrew Gourlay
Ghost Soldier
Eleanor Stagg
Macduff Child 1
William Stagg
Macduff Child 2
Matthew Stagg
Macduff Child 3
Rebecca Benson
Maidservant
Gerard Miller
Messenger
Roy Sampson
Doctor
Phil Lonergan
Masked Attacker
Barrie Martin
Thane
Robert J. Fraser
Macbeth Soldier (uncredited)
Martin Barrie
Thane
Original Soundtrack
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The thing about this play is that it is almost impossible to distil it down to two hours. Like most of Shakespeare's tragedies, there is immense richness in the language; in the pace the story develops; in the nuanced characterisations and in the imagery. Sure, the medium can reduce the need for much of the more descriptive narrative but it still takes time for the plotting and scheming; the menace and the power lust to percolate through. Now this isn't a terrible interpretation. Michael Fassbender is reasonable as the ambitious Thane of Glamis. He is informed by three witches after a battle t…
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