The Tragedy of Macbeth

Macbeth on Fire Stripped down and striking, incredible cinematography. The witches have never been done better, they're terrifying. I'd love to compare them to the original depictions on stage at the Globe (fat little Englishman with 4 teeth, caked in pancake makeup with a mop on his head OY IM A WITCH) I've had a free trial to Apple TV+ for 6 months that ends in a week, this is the only thing I've watched on it.

One of the best-looking movies in years, an impossibly beautiful blend of Dreyer-esque austerity and German expressionism where every shot is striking, elevated by the incredible music and sound. The cast is top-to-bottom perfect, with Denzel-as-King everything you could possibly want. The only way I can foresee someone having an issue with this is because they have an intolerance to the Bard which to be fair why are they saying all these bloody old words Macbeth should say lit and fam

Amazingly well made. Joel Coen has crafted one of the prettiest movies I’ve seen in years. The cinematography is gorgeous, the acting is very good, and the production design and directing are wonderfully striped back but still theatrical. All of that being said, I’m just not a huge fan of the way Shakespeare’s works read, so the dialogue had me feeling lost very often. Perhaps a rewatch will sit better with me. Still, this is a stellar movie and defintiely worth checking out.

The hardest part of this is that it doesn't have the footnotes explaining what they are saying. I should have been able to pause the film, and have an 80-year old scholar mumbling what the "tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy means.

I’m broke AF and just spent 12 bucks on a video-taped high school play. Replace Joel Coen with Mel Brooks and this could’ve been a great parody. (Walkout count: 2, out of barely 10 people…)