Review of Macbeth (2015) by Daniel A — 16 Nov 2015

A visually extraordinary and literarily beautiful film, which is an extremely authentic adaptation of Shakespeare's play. The cinematography is especially awesome, maybe to the level of Roger Deakins or Robert Elswit, with a colour palette so striking, so stylistic it felt more like a "moving classical painting" than a "motion picture".

However, the strict adherence to authenticity, especially in term of dialogue, made the film a little bit too unreal, too detached, too "stage-like" to the modern audience, made them wonder what are the real meanings of such tragically epic but somehow dated words? Anyway, a technical marvel able to surpass the "style over substance" issue (like "300" or other Zack Snyder's films) by retaining its script's substance is already a rare film these days (sadly enough).