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Summary: Typical teen fare...
Review: With Othello being one of my favorite plays, I thought I would have enjoyed this more. I knew, it being the 21st century and all, that I shouldn't expect a total repeat of the play. What I got was far worse. The acting and plot was good, but the details left so much more to be desired. The sex scenes were not needed, and I'm certainly no prude. They added nothing to the story, nor did the steroid scene. I wasn't expecting an exact interpretation of Shakespearean tragedy, but I was expecting something far better than this.
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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 school shootings.....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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Summary: O no not Josh Hartnett
Review: This movie puts a wonderful spin on the Shakespeare play Othello.
Mekhi Phifer stars as Odin,(Othello)a minority in a private school who is the star basketball player and the coach's pride and joy. This upsets the coach's son, Hugo, Josh Hartnett(Iago) and drives him to do things based on his jealous nature. Odin's in love with the beautiful Desi,Julia Stiles(Desdemona)but like all of Shakespeare's plays their romance is brought to a deadly hault. Josh Hartnett is so sinister as Hugo. I ended up hating him in the movie eventhough I love him as an actor. In the end you feel sorry for the turmoil that Hugo brings into their lives and it makes you wish Shakespeare would have lightened up. But then it wouldnt have been Shakespeare.
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Summary: Superbly Scripted and Acted
Review: "O" is a slightly chilling movie that will stay with you long after the closing credits. Odin (Phifer) is the only black student at a prep school full of rich white kids, and he seems to have everything going for him. He's the star of the highschool basketball team, he's got a great girl on his arm (Desi, played by Stiles), and he's respected by all of his fellow classmates. Well, all except for one. Hugo (Hartnett) is the son of the basket-ball coach, and is deeply upset about not being the best one on the team. His father fuels his anger by pronouncing Odin as "being like a son to me" while Hugo can barely get the time of day from his dad. So he begins a deftly-crafted and deadly plan to get the honors he thinks he deserves.There has been a lot of controversy surrounding this film, but I have to say that I loved it. Mekhi Phifer has shown that he's got great talent, and the chemistry between him and on-screen love Julia Stiles was electrifying. Josh Hartnett plays the dark role of Hugo brilliantly, proving himself as more than just a teen heartthrob. He can switch emotions effortlessly as he spins his web of deceit, while still keeping a villainous edge to his character. This is an amazingly scripted and acted movie, and it will keep you thinking and talking for a long time after you see it.
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Summary: One of the best movies I've ever seen
Review: This movie was well worth the wait...Josh Hartnett acts so wonderfully in this movie. Other than Pearl Harbor & Black Hawk Down, this has to be one of his finest. Stiles and Phifer do a wonderful job as well. It was well worth the wait...I like the ending quite alot. "One of these days, everyone is going to pay attention to me. One day, I'm gonna fly too..." -Hugo (Josh Hartnett).
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Summary: quality flick
Review: O is definitly a must see, a great rendition of othello
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Summary: This is a very weird movie
Review: When I first saw heard about "O", I thought it was going to be another teen movie, which I love, with actors such as Josh Hartnett and Julia Stiles. But then I watched it and I was freaked out. I hadn't seen the previews and I don't know the story "Othello" from which the movie is based, so I rented it because I love Julia Stiles so much. Well, I was wrong about it being another teen movie. Josh Hartnett goes, I think, psycho and kills (or is involved in killing) all his friends at his school. I didn't expect it to be a slasher movie, but that's what it turned out to be (sorry if I ruined it for anyone). It was pretty good, but I don't think the actors and actresses were appropriate for these roles.
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Summary: O is a must see!!!
Review: This movie and the story behind it is extremely powerful,,,,a must see!! What jealously stems is pure hatred and the role played by josh harnett as hugi is intense,,hes masterfully scheeming and at the same time u feel sorry for him!
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Summary: Powerful and Moving (Towards the end at leased)
Review: As you probably all know, the movie "O" is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespere's "Othello" and was held on the shelf two years earlier because of comparisions between the movie and the Columbine shooting. Well, it's been a while and I just rented this movie. Overall it's a fairly good movie, though I had a few bones to pick with it. First off, the beginning scenes seemed a bit "Choppy", not flowing together very well. I also think they could've done better in choosing the actor for the character of Hugo. I'm sorry but I think Josh Hartnett is overrated as an actor. No doubt he does have (some) talent, but I just didn't get much of a feeling from his acting...it just seemed quite bland. Julia Stile's acting was good as usual, though she really didn't have much to do in the film. There needed to be more actions regarding race. Everyone seemed to ignore the fact that Odin (O) was the only African-American in the school...which was what caused such controversy in the original Shakesperian play. Another bone I had to pick was background music. Yes they did need to put (some) Hip-Hop in the background but the amount they used was rediculous. This is TWO years ago when Hip-Hop wasn't as mainstream...and at a Southern Prep Boarding School I'm sure they listened to a lot more then Hip Hop. Anyways, I thought the movie got better and more powerful towards the end. I don't mean to be a spoiler, but hey...you'll know "Othello" is a tragedy and of course people die in the end. I thought the plot picked up towards the end, and we the audience learned more and more about each character which kept us interested (at first I felt like just turning off the moving it was so boring). In addition there was a lot of imagery...with the doves always enclosed in the circle (of course in an "O" shape) with a dark background. I like how there was narration in the beginning and end. Overall I thought the movie was pretty good but I was expecting more then what I got out of it. You'll just have to see it for yourself. At leased it had Julia Stiles who was the best as always! Overall grade for "O": B-/C+
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Summary: Lost Potential
Review: Really dumb movie, could be viewed backward or forward for same results. Totally predictable and unbelievable. Of all the kids killed or injured in the movie, one wonders why no one blasted the loud-mouth coach who abuses his son constantly.
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