How... just how can you make Macbeth so boring?

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2015)

I love this play and there have been some fantastic versions made for the silver screen. This is, sadly, not one of them. It takes a great deal of effort to make such a lively, action orientated story into a slow, boring film but- here it is. With a musical soundtrack that reinforces the bleak melancholy and grey blandness, this is probably the most disappointing version of Macbeth I have sat through.
I understand that Scotland in this time period is foggy, grey, dirty and gloomy. But the characters lacked depth. That said, there were some pretty amazing things in it with interpretations that were stunningly exciting.
I was really excited for this film and the reviews I had read reinforced just for wonderful was supposed to me. I truly felt like I saw a different film.