Macbeth the movie lit. event 2
For my literary event #2 I watched Macbeth by Geoffrey Wright just released in 2006. It has the same story line as Shakespeare’s original Macbeth; the director Wright put a little spin on Macbeth. He made it in modern times and instead of fighting over a kingdom it’s drug lords fighting over drugs, money, and territory. Even though he added guns, drugs, sex, money, fashion the story still very well corresponds with Shakespeare’s version.
When the movie starts you see a lady crying at a grave that says Beloved Son, later to be known it is Lady Macbeth. Then you see three teenage girls dressed gothic at graves sites and they are talking about meeting Macbeth. They show their dark side by the way they are behaving and laughing. Aussie Sam Worthington played Macbeth, and when the fighting scene erupted it wasn’t your 15th century shields and swords fight. Macbeth and Banquo were killing guys with a 45 caliber pistol. They kill everyone on the scene and as two of the opposing side drug dealers Macbeth and Banquo follow them to what seems like their head quarters. Kill the last two men and take a duffle bag whats to seem inside is drugs. When the Witches/school girls see Macbeth and confront his after the battle this time it’s not him and Banquo, they just talk to him and tell he is going to be the new “Crime” king.
Through out the movie Geoffrey Wright uses most the same ideas, same concept, but he puts his frame of mind into it, making the story what comes out more clearly to the viewers. When Macbeth killed king Duncan in the original version Kind Duncan gets killed and you don’t know how, all you know is that Macbeth did it, it was successfully done and his guards got the blame after. The movie shows the actual killing scene, Macbeth stabs the king with the guards daggers that Macbeth stole from their front pockets in their jackets. Then after his deed was done Macbeth wipes blood all over the guard framing them and after shoots the both in the head. The rest of the movie contrasts with the novel just that there’s no more swords instead they are fighting with guns. The movie end with a tremendous shoot out between Macbeth and Macduff, they fight it out until the very end, then Macbeth get shot.
Macbeth. The movie, Director Geoffrey Wright. Actor Sam Worthington. 21 Sep. 2006
