Review of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) by Jmeraz8 — 06 Feb 2022

The Tragedy of Macbeth by Joel Coen is amazing if you like the play of Macbeth. Personally I am not a huge fan of the play because of the Shakespearean language which makes it hard to read but it is even harder to understand when watching the movie.

Joel Coen does a great job of staying true to the text and does not change up the wording very often which makes it feel like you are reading the play straight out of a book. The Shakespearean style makes it hard to sit though because it is very boring and it is hard to turn Macbeth into a movie.

It is hard to make Macbeth into a movie because it is a very long play so it would be hard to fit the whole play into one movie. The best thing to do is spilt it up into two movies to capture the whole play.

One thing great that Joel Coen does with this movie is the actors. Denzel Washington does a fantastic job as he always does in movies. He gives the movie a new life with his amazing acting ability. Frances McDormand does an amazing job as she always does.

I think that Denzel and McDormand have an Oscar nomination heading their way. Also the three witches played by Kathryn Hunter gives the movie a creepy feeling with her opening the movie with her contorting her body in many different ways that a body should not.

Along with her contorting her body, her raspy voice gives the movie a gothic feeling especially with the black and white of the movie. The cinematography of the movie is amazing with the camera never really staying in one place.

Overall I would give this movie a B- because it is visually amazing and the acting is good but the tempo of the movie is very slow. It takes awhile for King Duncan to die while in the play it takes 2 Acts for Duncan to die.