Coriolanus

While sharing the elevator down to the parking lot after seeing the movie, the one person who made the trip with me said he came to the film not knowing it was a Shakespearean play. Rather, he thought he was simply coming to an action movie with modern English. So he found it hard to follow, given all the Shakespearean prose. But the thing is... and it is worth stating, he stayed for the entire film nonetheless. That says something, does it not? As for me, the day after the film I was reflecting on the actual story and what Shakespeare was really talking about. To me, he was describing the internal battle we all face, namely to live our lives the way we ourselves want to live them versus living our lives the way others would prefer we live them. This is a story which is MUCH GREATER than the surface elements of the tale. So on that score, the film succeeded in making its mark, and director Fiennes did a respectable job in the process. It's simply too bad that Shakespeare were not alive today so he might have a go at making his phrasin a tad more accessible to a larger audience.