I saw the movie "The Merchant of Venice" starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and a few other unheard of actors. It's been a while since I last read that book... in fact I don't think I have ever even read that book, but I was familiar with the whole story... I am not that ignorant.. geez! Anyways, the movie was fairly good. Al Pacino (Shylock) as usual was simply brilliant. Jeremy Irons (Antonio) and most of the other actors and actresses did a good job as well. One bad thing about the DVD was the sound quality was not very good, and there was no option of turning on the subtitles in English. I give it a 3.5 / 5.
"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that."
(The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene I).
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