Richard III

This film is based on the play by William Shakespeare.  It stars Ian McKellan as Richard.  The story is a tale of betrayal and murder.  Richard is bent on becoming king and will stop at nothing to take the crown.  This includes murdering not only his brothers, but also his nephews.  The most interesting part  about the film is it's modern feel.  Instead of being set in medieval times the film is set around the 1930's.  Because of this Richard III is a type of Hitler character.  The film definitely portrays him as such.  Also instead of swords there are guns and instead of cannons, tanks.  What was most interesting to me is that though the scenes and characters were modernized the dialogue was not.  The characters still spoke in the tongue of Shakespeare.  This made some parts of the film slightly hard to understand.  The story is well put together and easy to follow.  I would recommend this film to any fan of Shakespeare.