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I enjoyed the entire movie. I used it for my personal use

Great film that never gets old. Mekhi Phifer stars as: Odin James (O)- a hot shot basketball player headed to the pros real soon leading his team to a championship playoff run winning the most valuable player award. While getting praise for his great performance and teamwork, Martin Sheen, the head coach, expresses his love and respect for O where he tells everyone he loves him as if he was his own son which doesn't quite sit too well with his actual son, Hugo (played by Josh Hartnett), who's very resentful of O and all the attention he wishes his father and others would give him. To add insult to injury of the already damaged ego of Hugo, O accepts the MVP award with another teammate and close friend, Mike (played by Andrew Keegan), instead of Hugo which really sets Hugo off to the point of envy and betrayal. Hugo sets every scheme & plan in motion to become O's downfall having him thinking his best friend, Mike, is sleeping with his girlfriend, Desi (played by Julia Stiles). O turns to drugs as a result ruining his good image reputation becoming a wreck and ruins his friendship not trusting Mike. Not to mention, his once great relationship with Desi which is now becoming a bit extreme to say the least. I honestly forgot how sick and twisted this movie was until I went back and watched it. Easily my all-time favorite performance from Josh Hartnett and Julia Stiles is always adorable as usual. But Mekhi's performance really steals the movie with his over the top obsession of Desi being manipulated by Hugo. This film is a must have in your collection and must see for those who've never seen it.

Great movie

It said was 2 discs not one that's ok at least I had the movie disc it worked great

Did not play!The special features disc would play but the original movie would not play in my DVD player and I. In America!

This movie is the best remade, Shakespeare movie I think I've ever seen. It doesn't have Shakespeare's script, but it is based on the play very well, except that it is modrenized. Odin, which is the character based on Othello, is played by Mekhi Phifer, and did an excellant job protraying him, is a star basketball player, at his all-white school. Julia Stiles, (Save The Last Dance,) plays his girlfriend Desi. Hugo, who is played by Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor,) does a wondeful job of playing everyones friend, and making Odin jealous, becuase he makes Odin think that Desi is cheating on him with his best friend Mike, who is played by Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate ABout You / 7th Heaven,) which starts this whole plan to get revenage on Mike and Desi. Very tragic ending, and very well written.

The movie O, and the play Othello are very similar. O did a good job portraying the play Othello and made the play make much more sense. Watching a modern movie of a Shakespeare play written in old english is much easier to follow along with. The plot of both were very similar, the only difference was that the movie was a lot easier to fathom. The main thing I like about Othello is the descriptions and helpful information we get to understand the characters motives and feelings. In this book especially, grasping the main causes for why people want to hurt another person is very important. In Othello, the reader knows exactly why Iago wants to kill Cassio and we know why he wants to break up Desdemona and Othello. In the beginning of the play when Othello is lost at sea, Desdemona worries if Othello will return and Othello fears he will never see Desdemona again. This sweet scene in the play shows the love between them. Another thing special about this play is that Shakespeare told us many things that in the movie one would have to figure out; furthermore, the reader knew Roderigo very well, but in the movie the viewer has to figure him out. We knew Roderigo was jealous of Othello and we knew why started to help Iago. In the movie Roderigo is seen as this weak victim of a bullying situation and doesn’t really help Iago like he did in the play. I also really enjoyed watching the movie because it did not follow everything in the play. In the book, Brabantio wakes up to the harsh voice of Iago and is informed by Iago that Desdemona has eloped with Othello. That greatly differs in the movie; moreover, Bob Brable, father of Desi, is told that Odin has raped Desi. The way Cassio dies in the movie is much more interesting than the books end of Cassio. In the book Cassio is made governor of Cyprus, which is boring. In the movie, he is shot twice by Roger, which ultimately kills Cassio and in the book Cassio is just wounded. When Odin is furious about Desdemona “cheating” on him with Cassio, his anger is perfectly shown in O with the basketball dunking contest. When he breaks the backboard and shoves a little boy, the viewer can see anger radiating off of him. The movie also did a great job of showing these two scenes: the handkerchief scene and the scene where Cassio was talking to Iago about Bianca. When Desdemona could not find her handkerchief in the play, the movie did a great job of showing how mad Odin was at Desi. When Cassio came to Iago and was talking about Bianca, Othello thought he was talking about Desdemona and was furious. In the movie, Odin was raging in anger after he heard what Cassio said about “Desdemona”. I did not like the length of Othello because the play went on and on about not important stuff. The book talked way too much about Bianca when she did not have that much of an impact on the plot compared to other characters. At times, I thought the movie made Odin look too angry and mean. The book did not show Othello extremely outraged, instead it told us some things about Desdemona that made Othello angry. The characters in the movie were also confusing to connect with the play which is annoying because movies derived from Shakespeare plays are suppose to make more sense than the play and are suppose to have easy connections with the characters from the play. The movie should've had more interesting punches to it because the movie was really boring at some times. The movie should've done more with Iago’s father and Desi’s father because they are both powerful men that could have done much more to the plot of the movie. Overall, I give the play a 7 and the movie a 6. After watching the movie O, I realized I really enjoyed the Othello more. I prefer the play Othello over the movie because the movie didn’t have anything extra that would make it better than the play. The play had more interesting punches, which the movie lacked. Also, the movie did make me understand something I hadn’t understood in the play when I was reading it. I enjoyed the book Othello more than the movie O and would recommend it to anyone looking to read a sad tragedy.

Love this adaptation of Othello even when it goes astray a bit from the original plot. Caveat emptor: Be careful if you’re thinking about using it in class. There is a sex scene that cannot be shown in school. It lacks Shakespearean discretion! Make sure you know when it’s happening so you can advance the film to the next scene.

Delivery time was great, DVD is great, thank you

Pienamente soddisfatto del prodotto, del prezzo e con tempi di consegna estremamente precisi e puntuali, acquistatelo tranquillamente film assolutamente da vedere.

"Othello" in the 20th century, and I don't think it could have been imagined in a more powerful or original way. A true work of art, if at times violent (but then Shakespeare certainly didn't shrink from it, either). The basic story is the same, though this is set at an exclusive college in the southern US, and the rivals are basketball players rather than soldiers, but all the characters are true to life and the acting is superb. Another Sundance Festival film, and the quality shows.

"O - Vertrauen, Verführung, Verrat" ist wirklich keine klassische Nachverfilmung eines Werkes von Shakespear. Denken Sie z.B. an den Film "Romeo und Julia" mit Leonardo De Caprio, dann wird man bei dem genannten Film durchgehend von der alten Sprache gestört, was so ganz und gar nicht zu einem modernen Film passt. Bei "O" ist das nicht der Fall. Er wurde voll und ganz unserer Zeit angepasst. Und trotzdem basiert er auf der Handlung von "Othello". Auch die Schauspieler wurden gut gewählt. So ziemlich jeder spielt seine Rolle so authentisch wie möglich. Außerdem berührt dieses Drama wohl jeden, egal welches Genre man am liebsten mag.Fazit: Ich kann diesen Film jedem empfehlen.

Un Bon film avec de bons acteurs l'histoire est plutôt bien faiteD’après l'idée de l'opera "Ohello" mais revisité et moderniséPrix correct A recommander