Macbeth PBS REVIEW

Macbeth PBS Movie Critical Review Analysis

The movie Macbeth starring Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood is a spectacular modern version of the movie Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The version of the movie is not stage filmed which makes it very unique when presenting the visual effects, sounds, and lighting that the producer  Rupert Goold used to enhance the dramatic sequences in the play . The visual effects of the movie add more life, making each scene more vivid.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood do a terrific job acting as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The costumes that are worn by the characters are very well suited for each character in the movie, they are not over dramatized they are just perfect for each character. The costumes used demonstrate the social class of the characters of that era. These two actors seem perfect for each other, Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood, deploy very powerful facial expressions making the relationship between them seem so realistic and passionate. Lady Macbeth’s makeup in the movie makes her seem like a very mature, cruel, cold and chilling, women like the one she is supposed to be since the spirits unsex her to make her seem more like a man with a cruel character.

The visual effects shown in this movie are fantastic.  The best visual effects are shown in the murder scenes caused by the three weird sisters (the witches) who, in this version are depicted as nurses. The blood seems very realistic in the movie, making the viewer feel a chill when viewing the bloody scenes, which is very impressive aspect of the visual effects. This movie can cause the viewer nightmares since the blood is very shocking and realistic. The sounds produced in the movie are fabulous. The producers use technology to change the voices of the nurses to make them sound bone chilling and cruel, which is a very dramatic effect that is part of the movie. These voices make the nurses seem quite terrifying adding to the dramatic effect that Shakespeare intended.

The dramatic lighting of each scene fits perfectly to each setting. One of the best examples of this is at the beginning of the play when the nurses (the witches) murder a soldier. The lights of the room start flickering in a very dramatic way making the  visualization perfect for the scene.

The movie Macbeth is movie that will take your breath away, and it is a movie that is worth watching no matter what. Macbeth is one of the best modern film there is that interprets the play as it should be.