MacBeth- Fassbender & Cotillard
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NobodyReally
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Yeah, there's been no promo in my area at all. Either this means it's really bad or it's not a wide release. I hope it's the latter, but I really want to see this too.
Nah reviews have been pretty great someone dropped the ball on marketing though. It will bomb hard if it goes wide in a few days.
Distribution has been wacky too i think it came out overseas a month or 2 ago
Love Marion Cottilard since I saw her in 'Public Enemies', my first love was Indian, and I went to Paris, South of France earlier this fall and saw so many amazing french women......Plus, 'Macbeth' has been a favorite since my mom took me to see a play when I was really young, the witches, the blood, classic....
THIS shyt IS GONNA BE 
FASSBENDER IS THAT nikka
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FASSBENDER IS THAT nikka
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Grand Conde
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Just back. shyt was nasssssstttttyyyyyy. 
NobodyReally
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It was OK. Great cinematography, outstanding acting by Cotillard, in particular. She completely redeemed herself from that awful TDKR performance. Fassbender was good but this was not his best work. His performance felt stilted in parts. Not sure why, he's usually top notch. Sometimes I bought it, other times it felt like he was just reciting lines. Also, the use of slo-mo was gratuitous, especially in the beginning. That whole 300 style of shooting battle scenes didn't really work here. I understand the director was trying to highlight the presence of the witches and MacBeth's awareness of them, but it was too much and got old fast.
Also, for one of Shakespeare's shortest plays, this film felt too abbreviated and cut up. Like there were parts missing. And there were some very interesting creative changes for the most famous speeches. Some of them worked
I liked the brutality of it. They pulled no punches on showing
So I guess, my review is that parts of this were brilliant, but not enough of it was. I give it a 1 thumb up. A for overall effort, C for execution.
Also, for one of Shakespeare's shortest plays, this film felt too abbreviated and cut up. Like there were parts missing. And there were some very interesting creative changes for the most famous speeches. Some of them worked
(like the close up of Cotillard doing the "out damned spot" speech). Others didn't (Fassbender's final words...why no beheading? Everyone was waiting for MacBeth to be beheaded 
).
).I liked the brutality of it. They pulled no punches on showing
the cold sick way MacBeth went through people to gain and keep power. It did make him much less sympathetic than earlier versions of the play, but I think it was refreshing because he's a fukking greedy serial killer. So I'm glad they depicted him that way. And the ending shot...with Banquo's son running into the sunset to a crescendo drumbeat was fukking beautiful.
So I guess, my review is that parts of this were brilliant, but not enough of it was. I give it a 1 thumb up. A for overall effort, C for execution.
Grand Conde
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Fassbender was excellent, dafuq more do you want from him? 
NobodyReally
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Fassbender was excellent, dafuq more do you want from him?
He was OK. I love him, I just wasn't particularly moved by this performance. Did you like it?
Sooooo does Cotillard get naked at any point in the movie?It was OK. Great cinematography, outstanding acting by Cotillard, in particular. She completely redeemed herself from that awful TDKR performance. Fassbender was good but this was not his best work. His performance felt stilted in parts. Not sure why, he's usually top notch. Sometimes I bought it, other times it felt like he was just reciting lines. Also, the use of slo-mo was gratuitous, especially in the beginning. That whole 300 style of shooting battle scenes didn't really work here. I understand the director was trying to highlight the presence of the witches and MacBeth's awareness of them, but it was too much and got old fast.
Also, for one of Shakespeare's shortest plays, this film felt too abbreviated and cut up. Like there were parts missing. And there were some very interesting creative changes for the most famous speeches. Some of them worked(like the close up of Cotillard doing the "out damned spot" speech). Others didn't (Fassbender's final words...why no beheading? Everyone was waiting for MacBeth to be beheaded
I liked the brutality of it. They pulled no punches on showingthe cold sick way MacBeth went through people to gain and keep power. It did make him much less sympathetic than earlier versions of the play, but I think it was refreshing because he's a fukking greedy serial killer. So I'm glad they depicted him that way. And the ending shot...with Banquo's son running into the sunset to a crescendo drumbeat was fukking beautiful.
So I guess, my review is that parts of this were brilliant, but not enough of it was. I give it a 1 thumb up. A for overall effort, C for execution.
NobodyReally
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Where does it rank in the pantheon of william the great's adaptations?
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/favorite-shakespeare-adaptation.252032/
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/favorite-shakespeare-adaptation.252032/