Macbeth is one of the many tragedies that William Shakespheare wrote when he was alive. Macbeth brings a lot of scary and dark feelings into the reader. As this tragedy gives a lot of sense of evil all around it by the way the characters and background act and seem very raging throughout the whole story line. Many films have been made following the play called "The Tragedy of Macbeth". In the first film ever made of Macbeth starring Ian Mckellen and Judy Dench is made as a play. The characters were filmed while they were acting in the play. The play gives a feeling of horror since the beginning throughout the end . As years pass they made another film more modern then the other one. Released in 2007 starring Sam Worthington playing as Macbeth. Just like the first film it gives us the fierce acting and background. Yet, they both have some similaries and differences in them.
In the first film made in 1979 the play gived a good vibe on how crazy Macbeth was turning into a murder more than a king instead of what the witches said he would become. Macbeth seem very evil and storming ready to become king killing everybody that gets in his way. The same feeling the modern movie gives us. It too shows us that Macbeth was so impatient to become ruler or the king of his people. In the film he shoots everybody that is a threat and lies about it. The difference between the old film and the new one besides the way they dress and how they use guns, and cars is the way the characters act. The old one makes the character come more alive in the way they show their expressions and feelings on the scene. The modern one shows more action and more blood but is missing the sense of the way the character is.
If I had to choose between first film and the modren one it would be the first film. The film shows in the play real characters that come alive in front of your face and, in my opinion thats very important for the the viwer and the reader. That's what the new one is missing in the characters. So at the end they both turned out to have very important similaries and differences that affect the climax of the movie
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Matthew I strongly agree with everything you mentioned. The play indeed was way better than the second film. The acting was great! Also, even though the second film did show background and color, what counts is the dialogue and how well it is interpreted.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do agree with you in the part where you said that the play made the characters alive by showing their expressions and feelings, while the film just focused more on action. In my opinion I think that the second film was better because the book of Macbeth is like the play so might as well see something a little better than the basics and that's why the 2007 version was created. But over all I liked what you wrote.
ReplyDeleteVery insightful and detailed post, Matthew. You make a lot of good comparisons between the two films.
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