Macbeth, great soldier with PTSD.

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2016)

I saw this on DVD from my public library. My wife chose to NOT see it, not her kind of movie.
It is helpful to view the DVD "extra" first where the director and the actors discuss their approach. And basically it is presenting Macbeth as a man suffering from PTSD after all the wars, and this is responsible for his actions. He even says "My head is full of scorpions."
It is also helpful to view it with subtitles on, otherwise much of the dialog is difficult to comprehend, especially with the language usage it was written in.
Macbeth is a Thane, a landowner under the sanction of the King of Scotland. He is also a great soldier and given credit for winning the King's battles in the Scottish wars. But he is confronted by three witches who say he will become King.
Michael Fassbender is really good as Macbeth, so consumed with the idea of becoming King that he will stop at nothing. And his first act is to murder the King at night and blame it on those assigned to guard him.
Equally good is Marion Cotillard (one of my very favorites) as Lady Macbeth who even more than Macbeth himself seemed consumed by the idea of the power that come with all that.
I will admit that I am not a fan of Shakespeare and I have not seen any other adaptations of Macbeth, but I enjoyed this one, it is very nicely acted and filmed.