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just_the_things25. Read a book and then watch the movie based on it for 5 different books
I missed reading Othello in high school/college, so it was nice to give myself a reason to read it. I found the actors in the audiobook I earread to be overly emotional (maybe they were over-compensating for the lack of visuals by putting a TON of emotion into each line?). In fact, Othello seemed absolutely crazy in a split second. In the movie, he seemed much more believable. Lawrence Fishburne wasn't my mental image of Othello, but I thought he was excellent. So was Irene Jacob. And I'm not a big fan of Kenneth Branagh in anything that isn't supposed to be a seriously egotistical character, but he was amazing as Iago. I really enjoyed this production. And there's something about seeing so many broken and dead characters at the end of the movie that really drives the tragedy home.
Progress: 3/5
I missed reading Othello in high school/college, so it was nice to give myself a reason to read it. I found the actors in the audiobook I earread to be overly emotional (maybe they were over-compensating for the lack of visuals by putting a TON of emotion into each line?). In fact, Othello seemed absolutely crazy in a split second. In the movie, he seemed much more believable. Lawrence Fishburne wasn't my mental image of Othello, but I thought he was excellent. So was Irene Jacob. And I'm not a big fan of Kenneth Branagh in anything that isn't supposed to be a seriously egotistical character, but he was amazing as Iago. I really enjoyed this production. And there's something about seeing so many broken and dead characters at the end of the movie that really drives the tragedy home.
Progress: 3/5
