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It had been a long time since Titanic made me cry my eyes out that I cried so hard while watching a movie. Roman PolandSki had done a great job with his version of //Macbeth//. He captured Shakespeare's //Macbeth// best moment into his film without making it look ridiculous just like the other two movies. It was very moving and touching when our beloved Macbeth said to himself:

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.**
 * To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

My friend and I could not stop crying at this point that we had to go to 7-11 for more Kleenex by the end of the movie. But not only that this version of movie could make people cry, it could cause goose bump as well. To make long story short, when there's blood, he gave you blood. When there's violence, he gave you violence.

There was no denying that the three weird witches led Macbeth both up and down the hill. Their famous prophecy was nothing more than a crazy drug that caused Macbeth to slaughter way too many people. It was just so scary how power could change people. In Macbeth case, he was willing to kill anyone who stood in his way even though those people were the King and his super best friend, Banquo. It all began with a prophecy and the three naked witches, who had their clothes on.

**MACBETH** Speak, if you can: what are you?

All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis!
 * First Witch**

All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!
 * Second Witch**

All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
 * Third Witch**

Of course, this scene was in a movie. It was very well done. I could remember it as if I just watched it 5 minutes ago. It was raining and there was a lightning. That was when it all began. It was so perfect. As perfect as Audrey Hepburn actually. Whenever there was something dark happened, it rained and a lightning showed itself.

The witches are the symbol of darkness and supernatural. The two movies showed the three witches except the fishy or Japanese version. It was almost impossible to tell whether the witch was a she or a he. Plus there was only one of them, sitting there and spinning the thread like a crazy hamster. This Japanese version had failed to capture one of the most important parts of the original play. It was hard to know whether it was the way they intended to do or they just could not afford other two witches. Unlike Polandski's movie, we could easily tell that something dark must be going on in the play by the beginning of the movie. The way the witches were portrayed was as good as the way Shirley dance her way through the crowd. In case you are wondering about the witches in modern Macbeth, all I could possibly tell you was that the only thing that made it better than the Japanese version was that there were three witches. So don't let me get started on that one.

Although Mr. Polandski had done a wonderful job making the play into a movie, but I would not give him an Oscar for the world. His movie made me understand everything about //Macbeth//. The problem was I found it hard to stay awake to understand anything. And the tears I was talking about at the beginning -- actually those were tears of joy and happiness because I had made it to the end of the movie. The thing about Polandski's was that our beloved Macbeth voice was worse than a nursery rhythm. He kept talking to himself in a low tone. After all it was also something to do with the old English that made it hard to understand. Speaking of old English, I thought it might be cool to see a modern Macbeth, but it turned out to be a disaster, mostly because of the using of old English in a setting of 2006 Australian city.

One of the most important scenes in the play was when Lady Macbeth slept walking and washed her hands while saying **"Out damn spot!"** This scene revealed the truth about the murder of King Duncan.


 * Lady Macbeth** Yet who would have thought the old man to have had //so much blood// in him.

Do you mark that?
 * Doctor**

Well of course that was marked and it all ended in a tragedy.

Too bad washing her handing every night could not wash away all of her stresses, but boy that was a good scene. By that I mean the one in Polandski version.

If you still wondering which movie to watch and which to ditch, think of it this way -- if you let a science teacher teach English, that would not be pretty. It's exactly the same thing here. It was much better to keep things simple and original. And that's what our beloved Roman Polandski did so now it's time for that teacher to go back to his crazy laboratory.

Sources

//- The Tragedy of Macbeth.// Dir. Roman Polanski. Perf. John Finch and Francesca Annis. Columbia Pictures, 1971. Film.

- //Macbeth. // Dir. Geoffrey Wright. Perf. Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, and Lachy Hulme. Arclight Films, 2006. Film.

- "Macbeth Entire Play." //shakespeare.mit.edu.// Thurs. 24 Oct. 2001

- "SparkNotes: Macbeth." //SparkNotes.com//. Wed.09 Aug. 2007