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Re: Jessie Ricks
Posted 3/30/2015 at 9:54:25 AM by [anonymous visitor]
Thank you Jessie. It sounds like the play was very interesting. A lot different from the movie, but still very interesting. Thank you for answering my questions. -C.M.
Re: For expensive
Posted 3/25/2015 at 9:48:26 AM by [anonymous visitor]
"For expensive" was a verbatim quote from somebody in the computer lab on Monday. I don't remember who. Probably Danie D. J.R.
@Chris
Posted 3/25/2015 at 9:48:20 AM by [anonymous visitor]
1.) The witches were portrayed differently in the live performance of the play. They were always in the background of the stage behind a thin curtain like material. Also, one of the witches followed characters around, and this gave the impression that the witches were controlling Macbeth and his peers' options.
2.) I did not pay attention to the movie well enough to tell the differences between the live performance and the movie.
3.) The witches had more of a presence in the live performance than in any other versions I've encountered. Also, the witches were prettier than the written play and the movie made them out to be, but they did wear masks sometimes.
--J.R.
Idk I Wasn't There Either
Posted 3/25/2015 at 9:48:12 AM by [anonymous visitor]
Based on the posts, I'm glad I missed out on the play. Reading the book was quite the drag, and I'm sure the play wasn't much better since it was so accurately related to the book. The movie was also pretty dull, and although it was much better than the book, it was still very cheap-looking. It seemed highly unrealistic and the actors were just annoying. To those who viewed the play: How long was it? (Allison Lather)
Mrs. Pickett
Posted 3/24/2015 at 2:17:52 PM by [anonymous visitor]
What does 'for expensive' mean exactly?-Mrs. Pickett
Macbeth
Posted 3/24/2015 at 2:12:40 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I think the play was really accurate to the lines of the story that we read. It took way too long to watch the play and it was way too long to read the play. The acting seemed really good and accurate. I thought one of the witches was really weird and I didn't imagine her creeping on all the scenes when I read the play. I was bored reading and watching it. The play had good effects and seemed accurate to the way Shakespeare would of portrayed the play.
Steven Hall Reply
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:13:17 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I am sorry you all had to sit in those cramped conditions through a menial play with bad-smelling smoke.
To My Friend Jusin
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:13:13 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I was actually sitting in the seat next to you. And i must say that your description of the play was very accurate. I did see alot of old, over weight, elderly men screaming. I enjoyed it very much, At least the parts i was awake for. Which is another reason i evoyed the play, the crowd was small and you had a clear veiw of the acrors at all times.
-Brad B.
Idk Wasn't There
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:13:09 PM by [anonymous visitor]
The movie version of Macbeth was quite cheesy and not portrayed very well. I liked reading the play better. my question is for the people who did see the play; were there refreshments and who was your favorite character and why.
xoxo, Gossip Girl
(Jessie Meyers)
Macbeth Movie
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:13:01 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I'm Chris and though I did not see the play, I did see the movie. I have a few questions. First, were the witches portrayed in the play as they were in the movie? Second, was there as much detail that went into the play as the movie? And third, was the play any different from the play, like was there anything new or was there something added in just for special effect?
Macbeth Movie (Alexis Pernice)
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:12:56 PM by [anonymous visitor]
A few months back we watched the Macbeth movie, although it followed the story line very well and was very accurate I felt as though the acting was really bad. I also thought the movie props and settings looked very fake and cheap! Overall I think they could have produced a much better more realistic movie. The one thing I was impressed with was how closely it followed the lines of the book. The actress they chose to play Lady Macbeth in the movie was one of the most annoying characters I have ever watched. Since she was so annoying I became easily distracted by her during the whole movie. I think they could have really made this a good movie but they failed miserably. -Alexis Pernice
Re: Refreshments
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:12:51 PM by [anonymous visitor]
Yes, a family at Kent Trumbull sold refreshments--for expensive. J.R.
JP Crazy
Posted 3/23/2015 at 2:12:46 PM by [anonymous visitor]
In response to Justin Pickett's post, I have to say he had nothing to complain about. During the play I was crammed between the two tallest people in the class and it didn't help the I was the next tallest in the class especially with the very narrow isles that my legs didn't fit into and my very long arms that had no arm rest. I have to agree though that the smoke did smell quite bad. At one point in the second act it seemed as if someone had farted the smoke smelled so bad. Luke Habosky
Macbeth play review (Jessi Ricks)
Posted 3/19/2015 at 2:13:25 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I think that Kent Trumbull did a decent job of putting on their production of Macbeth. The play was rather long-winded, but I think it kind of had to be in order to capture the way that Shakespeare truly intended it to come across. There was little filler material in the written version of the play, so there really wasn't much that could've been extracted from Kent's live performance. However, the live performance portrayed Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as much more in love than the written version did. In the play we read, Lady Macbeth seemed to be cold and distant and would not have kissed Macbeth so passionately. While this was probably for the sake of being in the theater, I think the play could've been a little better portrayed without so much kissing between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth.
Portrayal of Macbeth?
Posted 3/18/2015 at 2:13:51 PM by [anonymous visitor]
When I envisioned Macbeth I saw him as an young, upcoming solider who was on the rise and let it get the best of him. In the play though, Macbeth appeared to the audience as an experienced, older man who had been around the block. It was very different to envision Macbeth as an experienced leader rather than an immature one who would make such lofty mistakes as Macbeth did. If in the story, if Macbeth would've been of such age and wisdom as he did in the play than he may have avoided such mistakes. The job done playing Macbeth was great, and the Doctor did a great job, but the portrayal was just not along the same lines as what I took from the book.
Macbeth Book and Play
Posted 3/18/2015 at 2:13:44 PM by [anonymous visitor]
I felt like the book was much better than the play. I don't think they casted the characters in the play as well as they could have. Also, they made some of the scenes kind of awkward and over exaggerated their lines a little too much.
-Sydney Calhoun
my thoughts of Macbeth
Posted 3/18/2015 at 2:13:37 PM by [anonymous visitor]
my name is Justin Pickett, i am 18 years old and i was there at the play of Macbeth. The play consisted mostly of balding elderly men yelling, screaming, rubbing around, and making out with younger women. There were several fog machines on stage and the fog smelled bad but the effect was well. The seats were a bit small and for the time i was there i was quite cramped. Although these were unconformable, i was quite relaxed and enjoyed the show. The play was above average and i feel with better props and characters it would be a great motion picture. This is Justin Pickett signing off for now.
Macbeth Review (Haley Byer)
Posted 3/18/2015 at 2:13:30 PM by [anonymous visitor]
We recently watched the a movie version of Macbeth. I thought the acting was a bit over-the-top and didn't seem very believable. It seemed like the actors tried too hard. The stage tricks were awful, as if they were carried out by an elementary school play. The only good thing I can say about this film is that they stuck to the real play very well.
(Haley Byer)