Jon Finch plays Macbeth as a powerful but quiet character who does a very good job at hiding his emotions. “However, Macbeth’s character was not strong enough to stand up under the weight of the crime he committed, so he disintegrated into the fantasies of ignorant superstition, while his flimsy wife went mad” (Ebert 1). For such an important role in the film, I felt as though Jon Finch lived up to the expectations that the viewers had for Macbeth and he made the film that much more enjoyable. Polanski’s Macbeth was a very graphic, captivating, and dark film. I believe it was the best adaptation to Shakespeare’s work that has been produced yet. Not too many people enjoy Shakespeare for the sole reason that it’s hard for them to depict what
