Being a huge fan of the Matrix and seeing Laurence Fishburne in another movie other than the Matrix is pretty interesting. Knowing that he was in Othello, made me like the modern version than the old black and white version. The Orson Welles movie itself just felt very dark and old. Everything they wore looks like rags while the modern version had more designs. Even the settling looked more presentable and more with in the time period. I felt that the actor who portrays didn’t have as much as excitement from what I in mind. While Fishburne have a very strong and deep voice and visually looks like what I had in mind.

In both versions of the movie Othello closes the candles in Desdemona room before her death but after that there were some differences in both movies. In Welles version of the scene where Othello kills Desdemona, the camera faces Othello in the dark like the shadows and when he kills Desdemona he puts a blanket over her head and slightly chokes her to death. Welles version shows no feeling towards the murder just hate and revengefulness. While in the modern version there’s more of a struggle in the fight between Othello and Desdemona. Othello puts a pillow on her and Desdemona somewhat try to get out of it but Othello over powers her. While this was taking place Othello has tears in his eyes. Othello has a reason to kill in the modern version and the audience feel more connected towards him.