Patrick Stewart as Macbeth ("Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow")

[@lakerose]

The amount of futility and resignation that he put into that last "nothing" was phenomenal

[@nikolaivanniekerk1626]

100% agree

[@BillyCalhoon]

Almost a growl. Superb

[@clancywoodbine5343]

@@BillyCalhoon Patrick Stewart's rich, deep voice, especially with age, is perfect for that...he can really lean into that gravelly, vocal fry quality in a way that adds so much texture and depth

[@Crichjo32]

Behold the most depressing and nihilistic speech ever written.

[@dhaghighat]

I had to memorize this speech in high school...quite some time ago and I can still recite it

[@franklott834]

there are some more depressing.....

[@rationalmuscle]

Behold the languid pace, the beauty of reality, and Shakespeare.

[@jeromebosch4057]

read Schopenhauer...

[@observer9902]

Kevin Frodahl "There is nothing after death and death itself is nothing" - Seneca. That's why death is so tragic. Why there can never be love without pain. There's no going back and there's no coming back. To realize how precious your fading time is and still not be able to have the things you want. At least death is an escape from consciousness and the sorrow and horror of it all. If I try to hang my hat on an afterlife, it will fall to the ground like a man without a pulse.

[@drpavel_]

I think about this a lot. Hundreds of years later the bards words are still moving us.

[@anthonybonfiglio1210]

Those lines "the queen, my lord, is dead" were delivered incredibly poorly.

[@luisaleman3303]

That was my exact thought.

[@tsundoku5733]

By the end of the play, many people who were still on Macbeth's side were serving him with reluctance or worse: Malcolm: (...) Both more and less have given him the revolt, And none serve with him but constrained things Whose hearts are absent too. (Act IV, scene 5, i.e. the scene just before Lady Macbeth's death). In the Macbeth version with Patrick Stewart, they may have wanted to convey this by the callous delivery of the news of Lady Macbeth's death. Does that make sense?

[@t3db0t97]

Excellent observation. Agreed.

[@Marimba100]

Yes, thanks for that.

[@foxteen8721]

Overacted too.

[@furiosasinclair2018]

Sir Ian McKellen's "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" has always been, in my mind, the end all and be all. How refreshingly rare to find another, just as haunting, just as beautiful, and with a power of delivery singular to Sir Patrick Stewart.

[@TakecenterStage]

I've never been so moved by 5 words as I was his "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow." Chills and tears.

[@DHOPW42]

I like Ian McKellen's delivery more, but Sir Patrick Stewart's "nothing" is one of the most powerful and nihilistic nothings I've ever heard...

[@kskfbk]

+Gergő Hahn Sammála

[@DrJones20]

Why do you like Ian's better?

[@DHOPW42]

To me it's more "seamless" - also, I like his rythm, pacing and "melody" more than this one. To me, McKellen plays with the words, letters, phrases and sentences better and more consciously.

[@DuncanAppleby]

I actually prefer Sir Patrick's rendition - that moment after "It is a tale..." when you can SEE HIM PICKING HIS NEXT PHRASE, is absolute magic.

[@terryRBNF]

well, it's a different medium, IM was more a theatre delivery, while Sir Pat was more cinematic and naturalistic.

[@Craig-dv3ji]

tomorrow...AND...tomorrow...AND...tomorrow...You can hear the profound resignation in this delivery. Stewart's emphasis of the word "and" rather than "tomorrow" gives it a nihilistic feeling that life just drags ever on. And we think we're important. We're not.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

He says that he learned this from Ian McKellen. When McKellen (who had been very successful in the role himself) learned that Stewart was playing Macbeth, he called him and said the only advice he could give is that in this line the most important word is ‘and’.

[@Joeyal123]

Behold when Patrick spoke the Gods froze.

[@miguelbrand5489]

After the bitter speech the sudden “hollowness” with which he delivers the “nothing” line is chilling. Fantastic acting.

[@lancefletcher2963]

100%. One of my favorite performances of Macbeth.

[@GreenHoleSun]

brilliant and moving Many people think that this point in the play marks the passage of MacBeth to definitive madness. On the contrary I think that this is the unique moment when he is perfectly AWARE of what is going on and conpletely SANE.

[@fallinginthed33p]

This is the point where he realizes everything he's done is all for naught. I also think this is the best version of this scene so far. Stewart comes across as more of a film actor than a stage actor in terms of his cadence and facial expressions. That grimace and catch in his voice when saying "tomorrow", and the weariness piling on after that, ending with that chilling "nothing" - amazing stuff.

[@ishmaelforester9825]

There is no doubt the nihilism is the exact opposite of Shakespeare's worldview per se. 'Signifying nothing...' But of course Shakespeare is full of the idea of life and the world as universal symbol and full of profound meaning. He plumbs the depths here but this is definitely a man gone mad, at least in Shakespeare's view. Shakespeare is ultimately a merry traditional English Christian. He puts speeches like this into the mouths of his tragic heroes when they are on the point of oblivion to be pitied rather than admired. After all most of his plays were comedies. He is essentially the most cheerful and least nihilistic great writer of all.

[@jeromebosch4057]

What is awareness to some is madness to most... (like the world is real to some and to some its a ghost)

[@SloanPhotographers385]

@@jeromebosch4057Woah

[@Chloeprettyoccasionally]

​@@ishmaelforester9825King Lear would disagree

[@dianagarcia-uw7zd]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

[@jamesgroccia644]

Who knew that ten lines could ever be so powerful as this!?

[@jsxr8917]

All of that took 2 minutes to say

[@jamesgroccia644]

Twatapottamus Rex Which only adds to the power

[@charmlife7890]

Thank you for posting the words. My oldest sister had to recite this in school and asked me to help her with it. It’s been over 30 years and I still remember those precious words.🤗

[@simong567]

Gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang

[@natural91LC]

Ian's rythm and delivery is theatrical, Patrick's is more cinematic. one was on a stage, the other in front of camera. Both perfect . Shakespeare can be proud

[@rsr789]

We all know Shakespeare loved the movies. 🤪

[@JohnSainsbury-my4bj]

An absolutely fantastic thespian. I could listen to Patrick Stewart for hours, Ian McKellen secondly, then Morgan Freeman.. awesome listenable voices and brilliant actors too

[@darthkek1953]

Gordon Freeman > Morgan Freeman

[@fergusdawson]

Imagine Patrick Steward playing old snake in a metal gear solid movie

[@eddieb4557]

fergus dawson DUDE!! That would be incredible if he got the accent right.

[@genetenz]

Um.. let's not.

[@SakutoNoSAI]

Ehhhh, Patrick Stewart is talented, but he does a shit American Accent (Although, he's probably just not interested or trained for it)

[@limpbriscut6516]

You say that. But imagine him playing pretty much anything ever. He is just that good. An actor who has clearly transcended the ages. An actor who can play any role on stage, and nail any role in television or film. Sir Patrick Stewart is a once in a lifetime actor. For those who havent seen him in films such as the green room or safehouse I cant stress enough that you should watch them.

[@JulianInvadesYouTubeTheMovie]

He’d be a great Zero too

[@robertromero9488]

"The Queen my Lord is...deeeeead" .. A bit of over-acting. The word "dead" was delivered poorly in my opinion

[@oliverren4069]

Chef Love exactly

[@James_Lo]

Chef Love I think it was intentional

[@johnmartinez7440]

Why? How?

[@neitherherenorthere2185]

Pfft, as if George lucas knows anything about line delivery

[@Postmaspartan1985]

John Martinez I think he was mocking Macbeth like look what you’ve done you bastard

[@bayonnetenor]

He got it right -- the word to emphasize in "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" is "and".

[@ijustworkhere1008]

Allegedly this is also exactly what he said when he first read the script for the emoji movie

[@johnhunter2058]

Am I allowed to say it? Genius ... both in the original writing, and Stewart's delivery of them.

[@draculanova6548]

From this to... Poop in The Emoji Movie

[@DarthSinistris]

Dracula Nova that shit Fucking hurts

[@twoguyskissingpng]

It's such a painful thing to accept

[@Anans1_Spyd3r]

Well kinda makes some sense bc Sir Patrick Steward is THE 💩 not A 💩

[@mcrettable]

@@twoguyskissingpng and to expel...

[@guthax30]

Dracula Nova No actor owes you a great roll, just like no casting-director owes any actor any great roll. It has to do with luck and skill and what’s most important: what the actor actually wants for themselves. They’re not public property. Whatever the reason that drove one of the best actors of our generation to choose to play a walking turd is his business and not ours. No one is forcing you to watch “The emoji movie”.

[@sunyata150]

Possibly the greatest lines ever written. I love the metaphor of life with a candle flame, especially due to its implications with how our life plays out in light/color consciousness, and saying that yesterday was an experience of "light." But perhaps I am reading my own interpretations into it. Shakespeare was a very awake man.

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

No, I disagree. The greatest line was: “Bull-queers take by force. That’s all they want or understand.”

[@phyllismonk4909]

@@dightonazpeitia4350 no no no

[@davewallace1209]

He was very awake. I know what you mean. You can see it time and again in his work..

[@danielgray65]

The soldier at the beginning says the queen is dead in such a scathing voice because most people still on Macbeth's side were there on coercion, and inwardly were truly for Malcolm and the mix of Scottish and English forces to put down his reign. Macbeth knew this, but obviously he kept them because he still needed muscle. So it's a pretty perfect delivery to show the open defiance his troops had for him. Lady Macbeth dying is only a grievous event to Macbeth and that is it. Shakespeare himself did not philosophically agree with this speech (I won't get into his personal beliefs). The point of the speech is this is how Macbeth feels at the time, not a general philosophy that Shakespeare is ascribing to the entire world and all its people. But it is also Shakespeare having a dig at himself and stagecraft, and literature in general, in whatever form -- all literature, performed or not, is not real life, and is what Macbeth's words are conveying. A subtle way for The Bard to say as genius as fiction can get, don't mistake the forest for the trees, with the forest being the reality of you, your life, and the world around you. Hence so many stage metaphors in this speech. The fatalism expressed here is what one would expect from someone who thought everything was pointless unless they could change fate according to their own desires, like Macbeth tried throughout. That's long enough for a YT comment, yet I see so often people say that this speech was Shakespeare's ultimate "view of the world" yet it could not be further from the biographical truth.

[@jesusfuentes7589]

Interesting, thanks.

[@moisesdiaz3303]

Magnífico análisis. Gracias. And yes, probably some of the best lines ever written.

[@Elcore]

These are interesting interpretations, but we can't ever say what anyone other than ourselves thought or believed - only what they wrote or said. With Shakespeare we only have what he wrote to go on, so if you're quoting his view on the world from something biographical, I'd be interested to know where you found it, because he's a bit of a mystery in terms of things he actually said and did outside of his (... maybe his?) plays and poems besides the details on the records of births, marriages and deaths.

[@BeggarsNight]

Lmao…are you that actor or something? That’s an absolutely insane amount of mental gymnastics in service of a shit line reading. It could have been done in any number of other ways that would have gotten the point across in a far more subtle and effective way. The guy had a bit line, wanted to make the most of it, apparently. And boy did he.

[@maxthepupp]

Daniel Gray: Respect, yo!

[@AhnSeoulo]

Alternate universe where Captain Picard goes mad with power and tries to take over Star Fleet.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Ha! Right!

[@JimElford]

He has the Mirror Universe facial hair so maybe...

[@c.o7993]

He could probably do it as well

[@FedoReds88]

Simply the Picard of the mirror universe, the comic book series

[@CaptainFSU]

Or this when Wesely annoys him too much and he needs to retreat to the holodeck and play out his tyrannical fantasies

[@weaponxreacts]

Sir Patrick Stewart's acting in this scene is amazing

[@teddmented]

I don’t think I’ll ever be satisfied with any actors delivery of this pinpoint accurate summation of life

[@sunyata150]

One of the best verses written in human history.

[@kimberlyshutt8171]

Oh Mr. Patrick. This scene is perfection. I watch all the time. The words written during a time when women could only birth babies, sew, and cook. When women were just starting to b allowed on stage and most women parts played by men and all stage performers looked down upon. I get goosebumps every time I watch. U do w such ease and eloquence hearing guns popping off in background. That these words ring as true as the day they were written. We are fools and idiots and our time is fleeting. We No more wise than when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England even though we all think we so much smarter and better than those of the past. U to me are the epitomy of the best captain ever rather on a starship or a ship of old. I am hugging and kissing u now. Thank you for all u do. Please b captain of the Enterprise 1 more time. We need u. Love Kim. Engage!! 💖🤓⭐⭐⭐

[@gibbonsgriffithsinc7731]

I read this out at my grandads funeral as he was a lover of literature and often recited Lady Macbeth to me. Thank you for this wonderful speech which is brief but effective

[@CaptainFSU]

Hopefully, everyone there knew Shakespeare too...

[@kotetsu131]

Damn dude that's dark.....I hope your grandfather would've appreciated it. That must've been a heavy funeral.

[@gibbonsgriffithsinc7731]

@@kotetsu131 it was a nice way to say goodbye because he used to recite Macbeth to me and he did like literature. He was suffering with dementia and it ruined him. I wanted to recite it because I love Shakespeare and Macbeth

[@gxrsky]

truly, a grim choice

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@kotetsu131 Funerals should be heavy, heavy as hell, heavier than anything anyone could ever lift. Then lunch and affable reminiscing.

[@TheDenix8]

This man is a legend! Hands down, one of the best actors ever!!!

[@jonathansmith9291]

This genuinely scares the shit out of me, and I can’t stop coming back to it.

[@chikowashere]

It's the moustache that I can't get over

[@honoraryanglo2929]

Signifying nothing

[@BrucknerMotet]

Chiko was here He looks like G. Gordon Liddy with that stache.

[@connormehaffey1838]

Wow, I didn't know Andy Parsons had such great acting chops!

[@somberlight]

Shakespeare is the mark of an actor. So easy to overdo (see 'the other guy' at the start) , but if you can accept the performance of an actor, he/she/they is/are fit for anything.

[@clae8715]

Josey Bojangles You alright there, buddy?

[@minarik01]

just don't get in the way of the text. Its like sondheim. Don't think you need to add anything to the brilliance of the words. Just say them and live in that moment and it will play honestly. No one is "better" than shakespeare. Don't try and add your "thoughts" on it. Just do it

[@henryanderson6752]

michael minarik Excellently said!

[@notapplicable6985]

​@@minarik01 I don't know, titus could have used a few more versions

[@Falconlibrary]

It was Sir Ian McKellen himself who told Sir Patrick that the most important word was not "tomorrow" but "and". And Sir Patrick of course took this instruction to heart.

[@tarot_esoterica_with_erin]

Patrick Stewart could read the phone book and I'd be enthralled.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Did this speech on stage once. In rehearsal, said 'fruts and strets his hour'. Thereafter suffered with split second anxiety every time I got to the line! Happy days.

[@bernhardwall6876]

I wonder if Shakespeare intended to form a link between Macbeth's "Out, out, brief candle" and Lady Macbeth's "Out, out, damned spot." Is Macbeth actually seeing an image of a candle, the way his wife saw an image of blood on her hand, or like the way he himself saw an image of a dagger as he was preparing to kill Duncan?

[@adolphsanchez1429]

Brilliant.

[@Karonis124]

One of my favorite lines from any of Shakespeare's plays, delivered by my favorite Shakespearian actor.

[@johnhunter2058]

Those lines "the queen, my lord, is dead" were delivered ... perfectly ...

[@AirelonTrading]

I can't believe I've missed this. I love modern interpretations ...

[@nicolewashburn416]

I love the humanity in his delivery- this is my favorite although McKellen's and Fassbender's are excellent too. I like that Stewart connects with a kindness inside the madness for this speech. It makes the final "nothing" hurt a little more.

[@danielgates8918]

This gives me shivers! By far my favorite play of The Bard's and Stewart is superb.

[@vivianzenari8522]

good show, Sir Patrick!

[@thecegrus]

Both Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart are phenomenal actors in my opinion. However, Patrick Stewart will have my vote as the better of the two.

[@stephaniemontalvo7470]

i agree mr bananananananna

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Okay, just finding this gem.

[@ReubenAguilar]

Scholars agree that the nihilism and seeming under reaction to his wife's death is in fact what gives the speech it's tragic power. My interpretation is that this response is the only one Macbeth can have and still manage to survive. His wife meant everything to him, his sun would rise and set on her- if she dies the only way that life would make sense is if nothing mattered at all, since she was the only thing that mattered to him- especially after his life takes a turn toward corruption.

[@BillyCalhoon]

My only critique is that I feel the ‘signifying’ should have been said as a distant thought, almost a growled whisper, leading the incredible ‘nothing’ he delivers rather than a ramp up to the ‘nothing’ - still, my favourite performance of this scene

[@Elleoaqua]

This is the first time I got, that “a tale told by an idiot” is self-reference by Shakespeare: a teller of tales. He so sly

[@DutchPlanDerLinde]

Good Lord, that nothing is so chilling

[@vasilstanev4234]

At the back of every Shakespearean play, no matter how tragic of comical, there is a skull smiling mirthlessly at us.

[@Elcore]

Interesting thought. Where do you think the skull is in Midsummer Night's Dream?

[@Crichjo32]

@@Elcore yeah Midsummer is pretty much death free.

[@SamuelBlack84]

"Creeps in this petty place from day to day" To me, a perfect encapsulation of everyday life how we all meander our way through our days inside our homes and our places of work like some tedious actors pacing up and down a stage steuggling to make meaning our of their empty petformance Life is a play with no story

[@l0r3nz0isSaf3]

God, those words, hitting the nail on the coffin of life and tearing the meaning of it from my very soul. Still can't get over how real and depressing that is. "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." Thank you for posting that.

[@DavidZorkboy]

Thank you! I will probably be looking this up cause it's wonderful! I love Patrick!

[@joelsattler8420]

I read MacBeth three times last week. All of his problems were due to believing what women told him.

[@claire2943]

Studied this play for o level.Thankfully i loved it.Remember it word for word,probably always will.To be heard not read.That was the intention.

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

Interesting but this doesn't make Shakespeare look like a timeless playwright who can escape the dead language and superimpose itself into a modern setting.

[@JasonReitsch]

My favourite. Besides the breathtaking performances, the claustrophobic sets and intensity of the vision of this film make it the quintessential MacBeth in my mind.

[@TheMarkrafter]

Patrick sounds like Gandalf here.

[@streamtree3383]

i was going to type in what i think here but... i just realized it does not matter : )

[@BeulahKuku]

Stream Tree3 life's but a walking shadow my friend

[@jamesgroccia644]

@@BeulahKuku A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.

[@paulryan2128]

I'd still like to hear what you have to say. (Smiley Face Emoji.)

[@nonnobissolum]

@StreamTree….I see what you did there. Well played, sir/madam.

[@Lipsmackergirlify]

I was lucky enough to get to watch this in my English class.

[@jamesgroccia644]

So was I!

[@DGK774]

Yessir

[@AliSyed711]

@@DGK774I don’t know why, but my class absolutely hated it.

[@louthegiantcookie]

Why was every performance, bar Stewarts own, so awful in this adaptation? This soliloquy was amazingly delivered, and he makes an amazing Macbeth, but look at the man who tells him that the Queen is dead. And, later on, at the man playing Macduff. No one can match up, and the worst part is that with their cartoonish facial gestures and bizarre inflections, it's like they're not even trying. Anyone else notice that about this version?

[@Dim2134]

louthegiantcookie Yep and if you think those are bad just look at the Romeo and Juliet travesty that happened in the 2000s not even a Patrick stewart to provide a small saving graces

[@Knight_Astolfo]

That's why you're supposed to STUDY Shakespeare. Most of the people in that movie never did... and their performance betrays them. Drink Duff. Drink Duff Light. Drink -Son of Duff- MacDuff. =3

[@aidanstead6069]

Kate Fleetwood’s performance as Lady Macbeth is fantastic.

[@pigskinpoetry]

I think the large part of your criticisms stem from the fact that this was a stage performance that was adapted into a film version, so many of these actors are used to playing their parts a little "larger" to reach an audience in a live auditorium. Stewart, by contrast, is used to acting on film, and can tone his performance back a bit.

[@robertwilson123]

What concerns me in this particular version is that the Three Witches appear to be NHS Nurses in the old uniform of St Bartholomew's Hospital... ...and killing patients and ripping their hearts out at every opportunity. Could the Director possibly be trying to give us a subtle hidden message of his view of the NHS?

[@thedoubtfuls]

that's perfect. fluidity of emotions with the words. ian mckellen's delivery is quite theatrical and dense. doesn't flow with the words.

[@gabrieljeffery3664]

This is simply the greatest giving of the speech ever by a mile. See Ian Mckellen's and see the huge gulf in quality, the subtlety gained here is magnificient. It brought to life what to me was previously dead.

[@jonmurray7791]

Which film is this from. I mean, obviously it's MacBeth. But did they do a version set in modern day like that Romeo and Juliette movie from the 90s? Lol

[@freddyt9140]

I had the honour of seeing this great actor plying his trade on the boards in London. He was, is, and always be an icon of British acting and stand as a benchmark for any budding actor to gaze upon, and know what is possible.

[@AndrogyneMichinaga]

Not only can he do Macbeth, he can do Tony Levine doing Macbeth.

[@MikadoOkami]

im not sure if this is mentioned in the movie but in the play the witches make a prophacy saying "no-one born from a woman can kill macbeth" though the other part of the prophcy saying the forest will move toward the castle he still confident he wont die since every one is born from a woman. again im talking about the play

[@anigbrowl]

Great acting. Dreadful, boring direction.

[@emanuelmayer]

darn, I have to check out that Macbeth-version :O

[@iainronald4217]

Sir Patrick went quite William Hurt here and I’m not mad.

[@Sforeczka]

Sir Patrick uses the tiny word "and" to great effect here. It brings together all the yesterdays, which mean nothing now, and the tomorrows that are nothing now as well. I think this is so for many at the loss of a love one. Sir Patrick's use of the work "and" is brilliant here.

[@nepntzerZer]

that was on ian mckellan's advice. he said to Patrick, the most important word in that monologue is 'and'

[@Sforeczka]

@@nepntzerZer thanks for that!

[@ItsukaShimotsuki]

@@nepntzerZer "I'm in a storm."

[@Grandshambles]

Breaking Bad Episode 15: Walt at the gate outside his cabin - "Tomorrow... Tomorrow"

[@rugbynimbus]

My God, what a gift to live a life while the likes of Olivier, Burton, Gielgud, Stewart, McKellen, Branagh, Redgrave, Klein, Jacobi, Dench, and Holm have walked the stage. (And yes, so many accomplished others to list, but even if it was *only* this group, it would still be a blessing.)

[@tordenstorm]

Dont forget Freeman and James Earl Jones :)

[@theodorecarter6601]

Ralph Fiennes is a great actor too in Shakespeare and, surprisingly, so is Gerard Butler.

[@greygremlin1248]

And they cast him to play a SH@T emoji in the Emoji movie. MY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS

[@opinionday0079]

Who is this Shakespear guy and does he have a you tube channel as I would like to check him out.

[@Re_Mode]

Um.. You do realise Patrick Stewart was in the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966, and an associate artist of the RSC since 1968 -- you can look this up on the RSC website....

[@MistahJay7]

Zinyak From Saints Row 4 always reminds me of Patrick Steward in Macbeth for some reason weird part is Zinyak always talks about Macbeth.

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and...oops, gotta go, I'm playing bass for Peter Gabriel tonight."

[@njits789]

Hahaha! Got it! True, the likeness is striking.

[@SunderPrime]

Absolutely destroys Ian McKellen's take! Now this is a Macbeth who could stand toe to toe with Judi Dench's Lady Macbeth.

[@LucydarkVerse]

Alphonsus Jr. you are comparing tiger with a dragon.

[@SunderPrime]

Lucy darkVerse Depends on who you are suggesting the dragon is, lol.

[@LucydarkVerse]

Both of them are wild and emotional as hell, I love Stewart´s Macbeth, its one of my favourite movies, but Ian Mckellen was fascinating. Watch closer his facial expressions in his performance, its full of irony, hatred and sorrow, especially in the "tomorrow" scene. :)

[@SunderPrime]

Lucy darkVerse I remember it and I remember how Mckellen talked about what was a verbal sigh for the character. But after years of having lived with that performance in his memory, I loved how -when they spoke- he told Stewart that "and" was the important word. His performance and the years since, informed what Ian told Patrick and so informed the growth of the scene to what Patrick finally did with it, in the end. But because of that -and because of Patrick Stewart himself-, I think Patrick's version does so so so much more!

[@LucydarkVerse]

Yes, you're right. Patrick's version is very moving and amazing and whole movie has it's own dark atmosphere which is perfect. This scene in fact was my first scene I ever saw from Shakespeare and it left such deep emotions in me, that I can't get enough Shakespeare since then. I started to study it and I have a huge respect towards those actors and whole Royal Shakespeare Company. It's a pure treasure.

[@300fleets]

Totally disagree. This guy is a BRILLIANT Porter in my opinion. As a Shakespearean actor myself I'm inspired by the way he handles himself throughout the film and I've put his "equivocator" speech on my iPod to memorize. Dude rocks the Porter, and if you don't like the performance then you are really disagreeing with either the character or the direction. Toodles!

[@sohelisultana721]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

[@Mamillius-00]

I think his Ebenezer Scrooge and Captain Ahab are underrated.

[@blackmetalmagick1]

The best Macbeth Soliloquy ever done IMO

[@Vanirvis]

That's because you haven't seen Ian McKellen's..

[@blackmetalmagick1]

but i have

[@meyakabrown795]

@@Vanirvis Nah this is way better.

[@jeremydaly8293]

his delivery of the first tomorrows, the first to his wife, in hope, in mourning, in memory. then the realization that it never ends, there is no escape from this life, from the suffering

[@originaljazzkatt]

I cannot take Sir Patrick Stewart seriously w/ a mustache.

[@justakid8904]

In my English class I got to read as Macbeth as I am an “A* student.” According to my teacher. And I had to rehearse this speech. And it is by far my favourite part of the book.

[@TheNocturnal1]

Anyone else watch this during High School English?

[@Arkalius80]

I kind of prefer McKellen's version myself. His has an air of disdain which I feel is a bit more appropriate than Stewart's despair. They're both great though.

[@echognomecal6742]

I'm quite surprised that I prefer Sir Patrick's to Sir Ian's, but here we are. They both seem to be quite delightful people & I admire them both, for the record.

[@sillyninja65]

This was the moment patrick Stewart became heisenberg

[@MrGjf22]

best version I've seen.

[@RichMitch]

Watch mckellen's

[@agocontealia211]

Ill never look at comic books and a colonoscapy the same again.

[@bijibadness]

WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT ONE GUY?! "the queen, my lord...is DEAD!" where did he learn to act, the corny, over-the-top school of acting??

[@yortko1]

Hello friends, if any of you budding actors have felt that it might have been "creeps in this petty PLACE", dont ignore that but go with it. Macbeth can't openly express his disgust with life because he must face death IMPERFECTLY. No matter how much he would like to.

[@Wasabi137SPM]

this guy would have been a great Heisenberg/ Mr White

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

"this guy" lmao.

[@joasbakker281]

Exactly what I thought - it has quite the same timbre as the speech in which Walt tells Skyler 'I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. I was, really... alive.'

[@PurpleCrownVic]

I had a teacher who made us watch this in HS.

[@tordenstorm]

There is something in Stewarts' performance that surpasses every stage performance I have ever seen, he brings these lines to life in humanness, and his meter makes them current.

[@milvache]

Patrick Stewart brings a very good performance of Macbeth. You feel his complexity, his sadness and everything he has to do to become the King before loosing everything he has fought for