Essay On The Movie Macbeth

Martin Knelman’s review on Polanski’s film Macbeth was accurate and understandable. In Shakespeare’s play, there are several themes such as ambition, appearance vs. reality and abuse of power, however in Polanski’s movie it seemed like there was only one theme violence. The movie was not done will because of the emphasis of brutality, a few important moments passed over and because of the unimpressive acting. The play Macbeth does include many fights and murders, since the character Macbeth is a soldier who takes many risks to become King. In the movie scenes that involved violence were long and dragged out, for instance the beginning of Act 1 Scene ii shows the captains face covered in blood and wounds. There were also additional scenes not part of the original play like the opening of the film, which shows the three witches burying a detached limb. The additional scenes that are not part of the original play were unnecessary and did not add context to the
The actors never put expression into what they were saying, disregarding the importance of certain lines. Macbeth only seemed proud throughout the movie and did not exhibit the suffering of the tragic hero. Lady Macbeth did seem crazy but never seemed evil or as if she was powerful enough to manipulate Macbeth. The asides were done as voiceovers and as they were playing the actors facial expressions never changed with what the voiceover was saying. The lack of emotion in the dialogue made the movie flat, missing occasions of excitement and highlights. Polanski’s interpretation of Macbeth was not perfect and did not showcase the important themes that Shakespeare included. The movie focused on the violent aspects of the play, losing sight of important ideas and did not show the distress of characters. If the gore was taken away the movie would be very boring and have no peaks of