The Best Macbeth So Far
I just had to leave this review to correct the record, lest you be misled by the one other review.
This is the best Macbeth film because it is Shakespeare's Macbeth, true to his text and plot with no major cuts, true to his setting, and free from weird modernist alterations. It has no major flaws. It is not a big budget film, but that shouldn't matter to a true Shakespeare fan. It doesn't look cheap at all, but it is also not a special effects blockbuster. It is a good film of a PLAY. The feast here is for the mind. The costumes and sets are just as good as you will find in comparable British television productions.
The performances of Michael Jayston as Macbeth and Barbara Leigh Hunt as Lady Macbeth are outstanding among the other fantastic performances.
We are truly lucky to have this good Macbeth when so many others distort the play. Unfortunately, it has only been released on video, not yet on DVD or Blu Ray, which is a great shame.
This is the best Macbeth film because it is Shakespeare's Macbeth, true to his text and plot with no major cuts, true to his setting, and free from weird modernist alterations. It has no major flaws. It is not a big budget film, but that shouldn't matter to a true Shakespeare fan. It doesn't look cheap at all, but it is also not a special effects blockbuster. It is a good film of a PLAY. The feast here is for the mind. The costumes and sets are just as good as you will find in comparable British television productions.
The performances of Michael Jayston as Macbeth and Barbara Leigh Hunt as Lady Macbeth are outstanding among the other fantastic performances.
We are truly lucky to have this good Macbeth when so many others distort the play. Unfortunately, it has only been released on video, not yet on DVD or Blu Ray, which is a great shame.
- ScarletSpider87
- Mar 12, 2019