My favorite moment is how Macbeth could’ve won the fight, but in his attempt to literally reclaim his crown, he loses focus and gets beheaded. That’s such a neat choice.
@@sonwalrez2842 technically it’s left unclear how he beats Macbeth, just that Macbeth is beheaded. That’s one of my favorite things about Shakespeare. If the text is ambiguous, it’s up the director of whatever production to interpret it. Like, for example, the witches are described as “wither’d and wild in their attire, that look not like the inhabitants of the earth, and yet are on’t” which can mean any number of things. Love that.
@@sonwalrez2842 Really you'd expect Macbeth to be the better fighter and stronger man, he's fought more and he's a renowned warrior of the Scots. The reason he is beaten is due to fate, his weird (or waird for the scots) is that Macduff will kill him, and his own actions have already decided this, and cannot change it. Any other man would simply have been another notch on his blade, any man but Macduff would have fallen like all those that came before. I quite like the Fassbender version from 2015. Macbeth defeats Macduff, and his him at his mercy, but once he finds out that he's been entrapped by the fates, and cursed to fall, he simply gives up and refuses to fight the vengeful Macduff, because it doesn't matter what he does, eventually Macduff, or someone like him, will end Macbeth as the consequences for his actions. Macbeth was a peerless warrior by his characterization, we don't really know much about the character of Macduff though, I think that the former simply giving into his fate better represents the narrative given, and how the consequences of their betrayal truly inescapable for Macbeth or his wife, to the point they essentially (or literally in the case of Lady MB) end their own lives because of it..
I seriously think the guy macbeth was word fighting was totally suicidal 😳 macbeth just couldnt reason with him and had to put him down like a mad dog but he was a very attractive gent
I love that moment at 1:04 of Macbeth shutting his eyes, saying what he refuses to do. He's like a petulant little brat, unwilling to share his toy, even though his 'toy' has soured and ruined him and his life completely. If he can't have it, no one can.... Denzel should do more Shakespeare. He was also so brilliant in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado....
Or like an addict unwilling to put out his cigar with the kids over or at least do it outside. Also got more of a stubborn old man vibe who’d prob insists he’s fine but def needs help
Honestly Denzel's depiction of Macbeth as a weak, incorrigible man is one of the finer interpretations. Other actors have portrayed him with some manner of grace or remaining dignity, courage in the face of his defeat up until he is smited, and dies in shock or despair. But this Macbeth? He's pitiable. Truly tragic, a man petulant and utterly drained of his majesty. Even his death is of a lesser note.
“I will not yield, and kiss the ground at young Malcolm’s feet….” That line gets me every single time I hear it, no matter which version of Macbeth it is.
This movie got me into Shakespeare. I read the play before I watched this movie so I could understand what was happening. I’ve since used the same method to read and then watch eight more Shakespeare plays. It takes effort to understand what is going on in a Shakespeare play, but it is worth the effort.
This movie reminds me of the 1957 movie The seventh seal, and 1954 Seven Samurai, such art in the shots taken here, and classic to have Mozart Requiem in the background, at first I thought cheesy, but it fits that it is a song based around death, very interesting.
Robbed of both the ill-gotten crown and his life in a single swing of a sword. Tragic but poetic, and so justice is served. Macbeth took everything precious away from MacDuff, so MacDuff took away everything precious to Macbeth.
I've seen a few interpretations of this final fight, The Roman Polanski film, Patrick Stuart's version and this one. But this version is the only of the bunch that shows Macbeth's feverish attention towards his ill gotten crown.
Macbeth’s death was, in an odd way, both very sad and well-deserved. That’s why it’s a tragedy, I guess, because his life could’ve been so much better if he had remained loyal to Duncan. But he made a foolish mistake and committed a series of unforgivable murders that made it necessary and even proper for him to be killed as he had killed others. The one who resorted to murder was himself murdered. There was no one to come who would avenge his death, and rightly so.
@@TheeKingLeevo "though Burnam Wood be come to Dunsinane, and thou be not of woman born" Those are the circumstances Macbeth was told would herald his death. "I will try the last" refers to Macduff, meaning Macbeth realizes this is the part where he dies, but now he is going to challenge his fate where previously he has accepted it.
@@TheeKingLeevo Basically--even though the other person explained it quite well--Macbeth is saying, “Oh, so you’re the one guy who can kill me? Makes sense, I guess. Well, now I’ve got nothing to lose, so let's do this thing.”
My favourite is when MacBeth realises he is doomed as he hears the words “Despair thy charm, and let the fiend whom thou still hast served, tell thee MacDuff was from his mother’s womb, untimely ripped.”
awesome acting....absolutely. HOWEVER...I protest. White's don't get to play blacks because its racial appropriation but blacks "african americans" get to play Scottish people. Not buying into the ultra liberal "woke" bullshit. Sorry. Liberals would scream bloody murder if white people tried to adapt Roots to the irish / English oppression story. So, No, as much as I love Denzel...He doesnt get to play a Scot in my book. Lets keep it authentic people.
@@anubhavjha018 “laburnum”, “dancing” “being a woman born” ? What is this ? Check the actual line from”Macbeth”. It’s “ Though Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane, And, thou opposed, being of no woman born”
@@rocabraham I just rechecked the play and I found this "Though Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane, And, thou opposed, being of no woman born, Yet I will try the last." Thanks for correcting me. Thanks a lot.
And if nothing else, the lesson Macbeth teaches us is, don't take advice from strange women, as no good will come of it, not to mention your reputation down the club will drop once it's discovered you have a thing for hags.
Today is the anniversery of Chopin's death. At the evening Mozart's Requiem will be played in the Church that holds Chopin's heart. This scene is especially powerful on the day like this.
Regardless of if he was distracted by the crown...the prophecy was Macbeth would not be harmed by any of woman's born. Macduff was ripped from his mother's womb and wasn't of a woman's birth... therefore making him the only one that was able to stop Macbeth. Shakespeare was a great and meticulous writer
Can someone help me with the very end of this film, When Ross takes Fleance from the witch, where do they go? Are they going underground or are they traveling down hill and in the scope, looks like theyre going underground? THIS HAUNTS ME TERRIBLY.
@@Weedmc420 MacBeth is one of the first play Shakespeare wrote for James I after his ascension to the throne. He wants to buttered up the new king, so wrote in that storyline. Fleance will eventually father the line of Stuart, James' family.
Beautiful film. They take full advantage of everything you can do in cinema that simply doesn't work on stage. Real close subtly acting. Washington reminds us all how good he is
@@sleepyeyes1968 I used to be in my HS Marching Band/Orchestra. We played a bunch of classical music but I've forgotten the names of most of the songs lol
Ok I had a hard time following games of thrones! I swear I guess a lot but it was my favorite pic of ALL TIMES. This will be a struggle 😩Can I get a translator please ✋🏽pretty please. Cause Denzel is going HARD
It was prophesied that Macbeth would not be killed by a man born of a woman, so when he heard that Macduff was born through a C-section he realized that this fight that is destined to be his last. In spite of that, he decides to go through with the fight rather than bend the knee to the rightful heir Malcom; either he will defy fate itself or go down in a blaze of glory.
I didn't know Macbethad mac Findláech, the 11th century Scottish King and Dub mac Maíl Coluim, the 10th century King of Alba were both Black! Amazing. I'm looking forward to a remake of Zulu, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dabulamanzi kaMpande to recreate the Battle of Rourke's Drift more accurately.
who cares man. been a billion and one versions of this on film and stage, often times with men playing the roles of women characters. if this is about white actors not being able to play some parts, why support that narrative of roles being locked to a certain race? just let actors act. .
"black-and-white was a perfect tool, and the moving light was helping to go from night to day, or day to night, in a single shot and playing with that."
Everyone just sounds bored. It sounds like they just recorded a stage play on an off night and made it a movie. And the Schtick with the crown was way too cheesy
Who else jus doesn't like Denzels acting.. it feels too much like he is actively "acting" u know wht I mean... like some actors u jus forget they r acting and some actors u r constantly lookin at their "acting" it's like unnatural.. some actors like Brad pit or Leonardo di caprio or Samuel Jackson u jus dnt feel they r acting u immerse in them like they r real ppl.. I cod never do that with denzel EXCEPT training day. That was his natural rythm I think that's why it didn't feel like acting (the first time I saw it) now I go back n I again can see his method n technique sooooo in ur face I cnt look past it..
I get it now, to be put as a main character in a high paying role you must sell your soul to the devil. Ps: that’s what you call him I don’t know his name, Is it a she or a he, i don’t know.
There were black Scotts in the medieval period. I don’t understand how people can be so ignorant of history. The Romans dominated Europe before the medieval period and they had a black/African population in their empire. Black people didn’t just disappear from Europe after the Roman Empire fell.
@@msgarion Please read my entire comment before you get defensive, respectfully. Africans can’t be scots just like I(Scandinavian) can’t be Chinese, or Spanish, or whatever. It’s a great movie, and I love Denzel. But he has a point and the forcing of African-Americans into traditionally European-American roles is going to nudge at some people’s heads, including my own(I still loved the movie). I think African-Americans should be further encouraged to create stories centered around their Race and be strongly protected from whitewashing. And I believe European stories should also be protected from blackwashing. Black panther is a good film, and I would hate to see somebody try to create a “white savior” into a future Black Panther film, or god forbid replace a character with a European. All of us humans are internally connected to our race and genetic heritage whether we want to admit it or not, and when our internal love for our ancestors feels as if it is being corrupted or subverted by others this causes us to become bitter and hateful(and we’re not wrong for it).
@UC2F3-AqD3-Pb9eqRM-IFyqw Quiet as kept, the aboriginals of that land and the royal line of Scotland during the time of Shakespeare were closer to Denzel Washington’s color and phenotype than to those you see there today. I only brought up Africa because no one can deny their presence in the Roman Empire, which began in Europe.
@@Nattyplatinum You mistakenly think that all black peoples are from Africa, that is your issue. During the Medieval Ages, Blacks ruled Europe. In reality, most of European history is Whitewashed. And for good reason because they can’t have the world knowing that blacks ruled over whites at one point in history. They leave you clues though by calling the Medieval age, the “Dark Ages”. And calling the plague that wiped out most of the black European rulership the “Black Plague”. White males would lose their minds if they realized, City states like Sparta were made up of people you would call black if you saw them on the street. And that’s just the tip of the ice berg. Don’t get me started on the lineage of historical figures like Shakespeare.
You look great, Denzel; but you shouldn't have delivered the lines casually. You should've done it more 'Shakespearian' -- anyway, the cinematography was great and the directing was also great. And you were not in competition with Will Smith, because he wasn't doing Shakespeare -- Vic Alexander
@@SBzKillFrenzy man he said Macduff was good, he is black. Why do you make commentator racist? If this dude was racist, he wouldn’t admire the performance of Macduff.
