Titus

Titus

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Titus

Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Harry J. Lennix, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alan Cumming

War begets revenge. Victorious general, Titus Andronicus, returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora queen of the Goths and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the pr...( read more  read more... )offered emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus's daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus's sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus.

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  • June 17, 2008
    I read some of the negative reviews, and I think some just didn't get it, or didn't do their homework. The visuals in this film are fantastic and the acting is outstanding, with mention to Colm Feore as Marcus, Harry J. Lennix as Aaron the Moor. Then there's Jessica Lange as the...( read more) lusty Tamora, Queen of the Goths and Anthony Hopkins proves he's worth every cent in the lead role and plays it with such a range of emotion and steers clear of becoming cartoonish in the most heavy-handed of Shakespeare's tragedies.

    Set against a backdrop of a pseudo-1930s fascist Italy, the sets and vehicles are perfectly appropriate for the play. A vengeful and bloody film.
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  • April 5, 2008
    A very post modern version of one of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedies, with all the well known ingredients: betrayal, murder, intrigues, revenge and revenge for revenge, really mean villains and broken heroes. The set and prop design refuses to be entirely antique or modern and ...( read more)mixes old ruins with motorcycles, guns with armor, which makes for a really gorgeous, unique look. The cinematography of the film is just as beautiful, the soundtrack changes from classic drama scores to catchy jazz tunes, which creates some rather strong changes in mood. It's the rather bizarre and oddly humorous and symbolic scenes that do not quite work as well as the rest of this great adaption, but that's only a small minority of the whole 155 minutes. The whole cast gives really strong performances and when Titus reveals his final plot of revenge it's quite clear why Anthony Hopkins is truly perfect for the role, considering who else he played in movie history...
    Heavy, bloody and weird stuff but in the end very rewarding for Shakespeare fans with an open mind for new interpretations, just like Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet.
  • February 16, 2008
    Very fun to watch, despise some massive flaws. Hopkins plays the role with great conviction. Jessica Lange still looks good here, and Alan Cumming makes for a great over-the-top cheesy villian, same for Harry Lennix.
  • January 15, 2008
    A decent adaptation of Shakespeare's most bloodthirsty play, "Titus Andronicus". Julie Taymor's refusal to stick to a specific historical setting or cinematic style creates some beautiful and dazzling images, however these anachronistic and stylistic juxtapositions sometimes jar ...( read more)and distract one from Shakespeare's dialogue, which demands close attention from most of us. The plot is almost too grisly to be taken seriously, so the film is wise to opt for a blackly comic tone for the most part. Anthony Hopkins is fine as Titus, particularly moving when pleading for the lives of his two sons, framed for the murder of Bassianus. Alan Cumming was an odd choice for Saturninus, more closely resembling, as he does, a child throwing a temper-tantrum than a wrathful Emperor. For me, Harry Lennix delivers the best performance of anyone as Aaron, the Moor. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers could well be the most irritating actor ever to draw breath, and I would have liked his death scene to have been more protracted and far nastier.
  • November 19, 2007
    A bunch of guys do a bunch of stuff, then they have an orgie and eat people.
  • January 6, 2010
    History of someones...
  • December 3, 2009
    Titus is a spectacle for the eyes, but also for the heart and brain. Wicked, ultraviolent, madness, uncontainable passion makes this Shakespeare's play based an extraordinary film.
  • October 16, 2009
    Jonathan Rhys-Meyers truly is the hottest meatpie. Titus is the most violent out of all Shakespeare's works. This adaptation stays loyal to the story, while putting the time in such anachronism. Tamora is the coolest charachter. Refusing to be treated as an object, the queen mast...( read more)erminds a plot of horrible revenge towards a man who robbed her of her first son. She meets an ugly demise, but everybody pays the price they must pay
  • September 14, 2009
    A total cinematic and historical mess. I don't know WTF was Julie Taymor thinking about. Pretentious and ridiculous; it literally falls apart half way through the film. So shameful, since the perspective was way too big for Julie to handle. Just imagine what could have happened i...( read more)f this project had fallen into the hands of Peter Greenaway. Prospero's Books is a possible answer...

    56/100
  • September 9, 2009
    My favorite revenge story of all time. I have to be in the right mood to see this, but when I am, it is glorious. The colors, the violence, the acting, the superb melding of present-day or futuristic elements with the sublime rhythm of Shakespeare's writing and the historical ele...( read more)ments... I am in awe of Julie Taymor.

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