Okay I get it. It's Shakespeare. But seriously the dialog was absolutely dull and unrelateable. I wonder what it would have been like if the dialog had been rewritten into a dialog of modern films. I am sure some Shakespeare fans would be upset about it, but it would have made the movie a lot more enjoyable. There were 14-16 people in the theater when I watched it, and I saw at least 4 people leave.
shareMacbeth was my first Shakespeare play, I was taught it when I was 12. I must say, my teacher was totally uninspiring. How could a play that involves witches, ghosts, and chopping off heads be dull? All I could think was, why can't they modernise the English and make this more fun?
Well, these days, that idea appalls me. The beauty of Shakespeare is the language, and when performed well, it can be just as effective as contemporary dialogue. I have to say, much of the mumbling in this film meant it was hard to follow, but there's plenty of examples of the language being recited with better clarity, without forsaking realism. The BBC's second series of The Hollow Crown for instance, or the McKellen version of Richard III.
Maybe you'd feel differently if you saw it executed better, is all I'm saying.
This film looked beautiful though, and had a poetic quality to it that I did like.