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Summary: great cast
Review: This movie is the best remade, Shakespeare movie I think I've ever seen. It doesn't have Shakespeare's script, but it is based on the play very well, except that it is modrenized. Odin, which is the character based on Othello, is played by Mekhi Phifer, and did an excellant job protraying him, is a star basketball player, at his all-white school. Julia Stiles, (Save The Last Dance,) plays his girlfriend Desi. Hugo, who is played by Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor,) does a wondeful job of playing everyones friend, and making Odin jealous, becuase he makes Odin think that Desi is cheating on him with his best friend Mike, who is played by Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate ABout You / 7th Heaven,) which starts this whole plan to get revenage on Mike and Desi. Very tragic ending, and very well written.
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Summary: Intriguing and smart
Review: I went to see "O" not knowing what to expect. The trailers didn't tell much, and I hadn't read any reviews. I was very surprised with it, considering it hasn't gotten much hype."O" is based on Shakespeare's "Othello," and is a terrific modern remake. It is about a teen-age basketball player, Hugo (played by Josh Hartnett) who is overcome with jealousy for fellow teammate Odin (Mekhi Phifer). Hugo is the coach's son, and feels that he doesn't get as good of treatment because of this. He thinks he should have gotten MVP instead of Odin. He devises a plan to bring Odin down, by telling him he heard his girlfriend Desi (Julia Stiles) had been cheating on him. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, Odin becomes more and more violent, escalating to the horrifying climax of the movie. The thing I liked about this movie the most is that it is different. It isn't like every other "cookie-cutter" movie out in theatres. The acting is wonderful, especially by Julia Stiles. I would defintely check out this movie if you think Hollywood is going down the drain.
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Summary: Poor Shakespeare
Review: If Shakespeare could come back to life and see what they made with his play "Othello", he would remove Heaven and Earth crying out for justice. Be an actor in a play of Shakespeare it's difficult and only the best ones can do it, not mediocre actors with face of children. What's Martin Sheen doing here? He should be in better movies and in this trash, if you want a good "Othello" adaptation, get the movie with Kenneth Brannag and Laurence Fishburne, are good actors and a better movie.
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Summary: wonderful drama
Review: I thought this was a great drama though I have never seen the Shakespeare play Othello but I'll have to compare the to sometimes.But by an hour of it being on I had warter in my eyes and by the credits I was crying.It was very dramatic and tear breaking.I was also crying at the credits because this movie was good.So if you want to cry I'd recomend this ,if you want a movie that was a play buy annie.
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Summary: Othello is quite a fellow
Review: This movie is great, and one of the oddest films i've seen in awhile, much like the book. What's amazing is the book is put in modern times with the same story and it works. I'm so glad that they didn't stray from the book, as most Shakespeare movies do; they keep it true as the author meant. Another great thing about this movie is that it is fantastically acted. Phifer is fantastic as Othello, and puts on screen all the rage that reading just can't act out. His anger, as written in the book, is portrayed very, very well. And Julia Stiles also is fantastic as his lover whom he loves, and with whom she loves just as much, yet can't do anything about the unknown false information that Othello(oden) is being fed. He's suspicious and she has no idea why. if only his jealousy wouldn't have gotten so far, but it did...
What's so true about the movie, and book, is that the one who does wrong always gets off the easy way. Everyone dies but the criminal, everyone faces his punishment, yet the irony is the criminal is the one that faces no pain. IT is amazing irony. Good movie
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Summary: O, if only other renditions could be as fine as this!
Review: Those who are familiar with the play Othello will have no trouble guessing what happens in this dark tale of jealously and desire. How it happens, though, is a completely different story, and it is interesting to see how this timeless classic plays itself out.
O is an excellent (albeit haunting) rendition of the Shakespeare play, with Mekhi Pheiffer in the title role as the stellar athlete Odin (Othello) who finds himself the only black student at an elite boarding school. Josh Hartnett is Hugo (Iago), the jealous, brooding teammate who tries to steal Odin's fire. Julia Styles is Desi (Desdemona), and the rest of the cast does an excellent job of rounding this trio out.
There were two things about this movie which are of some importance. The scarf, for one (which also appears in the play). It seems to take on a life of its own, as Odin becomes more and more outraged at the idea that Desi might be cheating on him with his teammate Mike, the passion becoming so consuming that he can't control himself. The other was the hawk, the school mascot. Hugo compares himself and Odin repeatedly to the hawk- how the hawk has to soar and be independent.
The movie does an excellent job of transposing Shakespeare's ideas to the big screen and into modern language. Take, for example, the scene in which Hugo tries to plant seeds of doubt in Odin's mind about his girlfriend's fidelity. Here, the schene takes place in a weight room, and Josh Harnett, in that kind of sexy, seductive way he has, is wonderfully sly and manipulative. In this he does a far better job than Kenneth Branaugh did in the 1995 film.
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Summary: Keeping The Bard In The Ballgame
Review: OK, everybody will agree "O" really is Othello and release was held due to PR fears about the American school shootings...Columbine, Jonesboro, Pearl MS.....so what's special about this Shakespeare update? Simple, it's as well done as "10 Things" with the intense feel of Branagh's Othello version. Just because the Bard did all the great scripts first, doesn't mean this generation's interpretations won't be original and won't add to the legend. So quit reading this and just get the film.....you will remember it along with the rest of your favorites....and you can love or hate Shakespeare and that statement will still hold true.
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