Coriolanus

Brilliant! after watching 'TITUS' Anthony Hopkins 'MERCANT OF VENICE' Al Pacino thought id give CORIOLANUS a watch and enjoyed it very much, thought setting it in modern times was great, John Snow reporting on the war for tv, tanks rolling into cities, explosions, gun fire ect made it almost documentary but with shakesperien language, which to be honest was a little hard to get onto at times, a bit like Yoda with a broad vocabualry 'if what mean i, knowest thou' but that just gives me another reason to watch it again. Ralph Fiennes was excellent as Corialanus another baddy to ad to his repotoire, all in all a must see movie, could get into this shakespeare fella, wonder has he written anything else!

I thought I would put least enjoyable rather than "worst". I am sure there are worse films in terms of cinamatography or acting. There are a few problems with this film. Number one is the trailer (and the cover from the look of it) - it promises tons of slick action. In reality all the action is in the trailer, and people should be aware the text is a direct translation from Shakespeare. It just leaves people disapointed, it shouldn't pretend to be something it isn't. Number two is it doesn't work on film, the scenes drag on with no flow, you have no idea what is going on for half of it, and there is never any real suspence, action or empathy for those involved, this was written for stage and should have stayed there. I couldn't really relate it do modern life like some try to. I just felt empy at the end. Number 3 is the brilliant reviews it gets from alouf arty types, filling papers and websites. My experience was seeing more people walk out than any other film (Miami Vice was second most!) and about 10 of us in the cinema who unanimously hated it. Dont get me wrong I am not a brainless action fiend without substance, this just doesnt work on film.

This is junk, the acting was crass, the dialogue was poor, in all honesty i can think of nothing positive to say about this movie. Shocking. Shocking!!!!

I studied this play for my school leaving exams 30 years ago. We were informed by our (arrogant) English teacher that Coriolanus was Shakwspeare's "worst play". despite that criticism, I enjoyed studying it, and so was intrigued when I heard that this modern day version had been released.
Yes, the Shakesperian dialogue can be hard to follow, but using the subtitles makes it easier. Some excellent performances in this film make it most enjoyable. Pity I knew what was going to happen in the end, though... ;-)

I found this riveting and a good production but will this be lost on people who think its a war film and buy it as such? It takes good concentration to absorb this plot and the true Shakesperian dialogue.