Wright, however, is no visionary. He's certainly no Luhrmann. Macbeth may be aggressive, but electrifying it is not. It never takes the additional steps, cinematically or thematically, to truly distinguish itself from the other crime films we can see any day of the week. But I've long said you have to try hard to screw up an adaptation of material as eternal as Shakespeare's work. (She's the Man, I'm looking at you.) Macbeth isn't superior Shakespeare, but it is still Shakespeare. That puts it leagues ahead of most of the remakes and adaptations we are used to getting. Sit back and enjoy.
Extras:
We're lucky we get the chance to watch the film. Don't hold the fact that we only get a brief 'making of' feature against the disc.
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