A very good movie that is worth watching. It did have the "Shakespeare speak" in it & was, to me, hard to follow. I say B.

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2012)

"O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!" Rome is in the midst of a hunger problem and when it's hero Coriolanus (Fiennes) returns they think their problems are solved. After expressing his extreme views to it's people the politicians as well as his mother decide to banish him from the city. Angry and seeking revenge he decides to join the army of his sworn Tullus Aufidius (Butler) in hopes of exacting his revenge. I will start by saying that yes I knew this was a Shakespeare play going in. I also should tell you that I am not, nor really have ever been a fan of his. The preview I saw made me really want to see this though and I was excited. The movie itself was very good and interesting with a pretty timely (hundreds of years later) idea. All that said I had a hard time getting into it because while it was set in present day it still had the "Shakespeare speak" and not being a big fan it was a little hard to understand in some parts. I did follow it enough to understand what was going on, but a few of the one-on-one emotional scenes really lost it's effect on me because I was trying to translate it in my mind and missed some of it. If you are a fan of this then you will probably love this. I, not being a fan, liked it but I think if it was spoken in "normal English" I would have liked it more. Purists though probably hate that I said that, but I just can't get into it. Overall, a very good movie that Shakespeare fan's will absolutely love. I liked it enough though. I give it a B (because of the language).