See Coriolanus Now. (Updated)
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2.3. The film takes place in “A place that calls itself Rome”—actually Belgrade, Serbia, whose recent history gives the material a fresh charge. Coriolanus is especially relevant in a year when ordinary people in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere rose up and toppled entrenched strongmen.
2.3.1. Writing 400 years ago, Shakespeare has something new to say about the world we live in. No one explains human beings better.
2.3.2. Compare this to another recent film, George Clooney’s much-praised political drama The Ides of March (the title a reference to Shakespeare). Though finely-crafted and well-acted, The Ides of March is a conventional drama about an idealist who loses his illusions. It is not nearly as complex as the evening news on TV. We know whom to root for, whom to dislike.
2.3.3. Coriolanus is so badass, we don’t know whether to worship him or revile him.
Read our review, Coriolanus: The People vs The Badass, on Interaksyon.com.
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January 21st, 2012 at 18:17
This film is just brilliant! Loved that they made use of Shakespeare’s original words and made them seem very contemporary. It’s like watching a CNN report with the battling forces uttering the words of the bard. Tapos sasabihin ni Anderson Cooper, “go get you home, you fragments!” Ganun.
January 23rd, 2012 at 17:59
I enjoyed this film thoroughly. “To think upon me? Hang them. They won’t forget me.”
Everybody’s angry yet they vent in fluent Shakespearean.
There were moments during the film that I thought to myself “Is Coriolanus me?” Feeling!
Gerard Butler, you are adorable even when you are seething with rage.
January 24th, 2012 at 01:41
Vanessa Redgrave as Volumina has to be the most badass of them all. Every time I see her in military dress I keep thinking they’re handing over command of the army to her.
January 25th, 2012 at 22:35
Have you seen A Separation? In my opinion, it’s easily the winner for the Oscar Best Original Screenplay