Macbeth Movie Vs Play Analysis

Macbeth is a 2010 drama film based on William Shakespeare’s famous play The Tragedy of Macbeth. The film runs approximately two hours long and was directed by Rupert Goold. This interesting adaptation of this tragic story includes many famous actor such as: Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Sophie Hunter, Bertie Gilbert, and many more. Macbeth is set in Nazi Germany; however, like many other adaptations of Shakespeare’s work, it uses all of the original dialogue from the play.
The film has the same basic plot line as the original tragedy, with some slight changes to make it fit within Nazi Germany. The witches are portrayed as nurses, the traitors are presumably people of the Jewish faith, and Macbeth is a General in the Scottish Military.
This gave the story a creepier vibe than I feel presented in play, seeing as how the play had a very sad theme with only a few actually creepy aspects. I feel The Tragedy of Macbeth was going for more of a heartbreaking and shocking story while the film Macbeth felt almost like a horror. I could understand this change if it fit the adapted storyline, but even then it’s a tad bit of a stretch. Nazi Germany was a very tragic time period and although definitely terrifying, is looked back on as a tragedy and not as something necessarily categorized as
In the end, the movie was finished out almost lazily. While the plot and acting definitely assisted the film in being successful and the best movie adaptation that exists as of now, it lacks things it needs. The tone of the storyline is something very easy to mess up when playing around with it, along with the filming mistakes. The movie was creative, and I will praise it for that to the best of my abilities, but if you’re looking for an incredible cinematic experience, I would skip this