Othello Moderno
O is a teen adapted modernization of Shakespeare's play "Othello, The Moor of Venice". Now, with modernizations things can get a little shaky. The filmmakers tried to make it as close to the actual story though. It revolves around Odin "Othello" (Mekhi Phifer). He goes to an esteemed prep school which is located in America. In the story Odin is on the basketball team, from the story you can see that he was accepted for his ability to bring glory to them on the basketball court. The antagonist of the story is Hugo "Iago" (Josh Hartnett). Some say that Jealousy is a dangerous emotion. In this case one could say it really is. The affection of Hugo's father, who is also the coach of the basketball team is enough to cause a spark. There is a part in the movie where the coach (Martin Sheen), says of Odin, "I love him like my own son." Hugo has the ability to manipulate people to do his own doing. This is a part where the movie itself lacks a bit. The ease he has with convincing people makes it look like he is not manipulating them, but merely playing upon their sense of gullibility. From then on Hugo begins a path of manipulation and deceit towards his o
The way Hugo brings about this is working towards Odin's soft spot. All in all though "O" was a pretty good move. For the most part the acting was quite solid and so was the writing. He works his manipulative games by subtly leaving hints to Odin that Desi is cheating on him, when in reality she really isn't. He really captures the inner struggle that he's going through when he begins to believe that Hugo was right about his allegations of Desi's cheating on him. This is Desi (Julia Stiles) whom is the woman that Odin loves. I myself am no fan of the rap genre but I felt that it set the mood of the movie in a good way in which rock or any other types of music just couldn't do. The scenery of the movie was so-so. The rhythmic beats provide the movie a nice pace and it tended to help it not drag at all. For instance, nick naming the coach "Duke" worked rather well. The story was pretty well put together. Like I said earlier the thing that I disliked was the gullibility of the other characters. Mekhi Phifer does a good job all in all with playing Odin. I believe that they didn't really capture the manipulative nature of Iago as much as they could of.
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