as;kfja;lskdj;aldj 2006 MACBETH

[dontcrosscross]

Another one of my "late at night having just watched a movie and need to scrawl down some reactions immediately" posts.

200C MACBETH. FUCK, that was a good movie. I mean, maybe it's just that it's the only film version I've seen of it (or the only full-length anything of it post reading/understanding the play).

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[dontcrosscross]

Ok! I'll put it on my list - still waiting for the '70 version to download :P.

[angevin2]

I haven't seen the Macbeth you're talking about, but for my money the best version of it ever is the 1976 RSC version with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench (which is now pretty widely available, actually). It is utterly amazing -- I can't watch any other versions now because I always find myself going "yeah, but it's not Ian McKellen." Kurosawa's Throne of Blood is also totally brilliant, if probably a little bit harder to find.

Also, the Olivier Richard III and Polanski Macbeth are both pretty heavily adapted -- there's a tendency not to think of them that way because they're done in period dress, but Olivier especially cuts things and rearranges things and imports things from other adaptations. So I don't think it's necessary to think of them as any more authentic than, say, McKellen's Richard III, even assuming authenticity is something to strive for in productions (and that by "authenticity" we mean "period accuracy").

[dontcrosscross]

*blinks; re-reads entry* Face, meet palm: I've seen that! As little as a month ago, actually. (In my defense, it was 2 am when I wrote that entry?) Of course, all of my interactions with this play can be categorized into "before playing Lady Macduff" (indifferent) and "after playing Lady Macduff" (absolutely love it, can't get enough of it, etc), and that was "before". So I had probably watch it again, I suppose...

As for it not being Ian McKellan, the actor playing Mac was Sam Worthington (you may have seen him in a recent popular fantasy movie: he was blue), who was alright, but can't hold a candle to IM.

Hmm. I suppose "original" wasn't the word I was looking for, it was "authoritative". (Like, supposedly Olivier's Richard III is the greatest interpretation of any Shakespeare character ever.)

[dontcrosscross]

YES YOU SHOULD

[dontcrosscross]

Posted too soon: I remember you not being terribly adverse to downloading things, so it's available through those means.

[kirihana527]

I want to see this version of Macbeth now. I've seen Polanski's in school; I think I was bored, which is terrible because awesome play is awesome.

And I totally just realized that the plot of the Mirrorverse in TOS before main-verse!Kirk and co. arrive and after they leave kind of reads like a version of Macbeth... in space. I'd write it, but it almost doesn't need to be written, it's that obvious.

[dontcrosscross]

So awesome! You should totally watch this version.

Oh my god, so much this. Spock can be Macduff, Bones can be Banquo, rainbow floaty thing chick can be Lady M, Chekov can be Malcolm, Pike obvs is Duncan... this is absolutely fantastic. If you're not going to write it, I am. XD

[kirihana527]

Totally going to try.

It's so obvious, I'm wondering if anyone else has realized how perfectly it fits.

[verecunda]

The orgy was a little much, though.

Not a phrase I ever expected to hear in a Macbeth-related context. XD

[dontcrosscross]

I always bring the unexpected orgies! ;D