Great stuff

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2016)

Realism, well done. Acting very good. Mac and Lady Mac, superb new generation of Shakespeare actors, the lust and sexual energy between the two conspiring to kill Duncan, the assassination scene was bloody and horrifying in a way I never imagined. This is the original goth story and the director played that up. I felt a couple of important moments in the story were minimized or altered, not too impressed with the witches. The play is long so it always gets scenes cut when put to film. The language of Shakespeare is not recited but spoken and in some scenes even whispered, so if you're watching at home turn the volume up. Heavy Scottish brogues too.