Othello Movie Review

Ugh Katie I am wracking my brain for ideas to write about. I thought about doing a high school rewrite, but I feel like that would be cliché because the movie "O" was high school based. So, now I am thinking of what to do. So, I am just going to keep talking to myself, and pretend like you are there. Maybe I will tweet you. I tweeted you. Now to wait for a response. I am just trying to think. I know the rewrite has to be based on Othello. It's like I said, I don't want to do a high school setting. Those are already popular as it is. I would like to do something different, if I could just think of something. I swear I feel like I could write a brilliant story. Let's think. I don't know. I swear you better not judge me because when you read this you will die. Like you may see an entirely new side of me. It's an ugly side. I mean it's evil. It is not pleasant. So, I am still brain storming a topic, and I am having no such luck. What to write about? Let's see. I was thinking about writing something to do with school, but not like high school. I was thinking college related, but I feel like there are enough rewrites with stuff like that. So, let's think. I wish I could come up with something that wouldn't change the ages too much. What if I wrote something army related? I would feel bad though if I wrote something about soldiers killing other soldiers, but it happens right? I mean their are t.v shows where soldiers kill other soldiers, so would it technically be so bad if I based it on the army? I just feel like if I done it that way it would be controversial, but let's face it Othello in general is going to be controversial.


Cast:
Othello- Owen
Iago- Ian
Roderigo- Roger
Emilia- Emily
Desdemona- Destiny
Michael Cassio- Mike
Bianca- Bianca
Minor Characters- which are of no concern to me quiet honestly



Setting: Fort Stewart, Georgia
             Afghanistan


I would change it so that the characters were in Afghanistan, and they were fighting. Owen is the general, and Iago, Roger, and Mike are all soldiers under his command. Owen is a Major General, and he is going to recommend who is to be the Lieutenant General, which is second in command. Ian saved Owen's life, yet when they get back home, and the award/ promotion is given, Mike is the recipient. This is what outrages Ian, and causes him to go on his downward spiral.

Roger obviously will love Destiny.
Owen will obviously be black.
I would try to keep the ages as close to the same as possible.

After they get back from the war, and they begin their leave, Mike, Ian, and Owen decide to go out one night. While they were out, they encounter Destiny and her friend Emily. They are out at the movies, and this is where Destiny first meets Owen. He asks if he can take her out sometime. She agrees. The two continue to see each other for the three months that Owen and his soldiers are on leave. Owen decides to propose to Destiny, but this is a bad idea seeing as it is the first time he is set to meet Destiny's dad. When he gets there, her dad doesn't know that Owen is black, and he is clearly unhappy about it. He doesn't hold his tongue about how he feels either. So, then while they are eating, Owen decides to reveal his feelings of love for Destiny, and ask her father for permission to marry his daughter. He then gets down on one knee, and proposes. Well, this sets Destiny's father over the edge, and he has a heart attack. Destiny says yes anyway, and on the day that the two get married, her father dies of heart failure. As a sign of his love on the day that Owen leaves to return to Afghanistan, he gives to destiny his medal that he received for good conduct. It is a red and white ribbon with a medal on the end of the ribbon.

So, while they are gone on leave yet again, Mike gets into trouble with some of the other soldiers while he is drunk, courtesy of Ian. So, he is forced to return home. While he is preparing to leave, Ian tells Mike to speak to Destiny, and to have her tell him to speak on behalf of Mike, and give him his title back. He says that Owen will not refrain from listening to her. This entire time Roger is killing Ian by aggravating him with questions demanding to know when he is going to get to be with Destiny. So, while Mike is back home Ian decides to take advantage of this, and to turn Owen against Mike and Destiny. So he begins to tell him one night of his suspicions while they are on guard duty, and it is just the two of them. While they are watching for god only knows what, Ian says that he is curious about how Destiny is doing. Owen replies that she is good, and that every time he talks to her she brings up Mike. He then says that he is considering reinstating Mike. That's when Ian seems to sound disappointed and like he is holding something back. So, finally he says that he just isn't sure about Destiny being by herself with Mike back home, and he has heard from Mike, and he talks about this girl, and the things that they do. He calls her a sex maniac, etc. This begins to start the downward spiral of Owen.

Finally they get to go back home for leave. When they get back, Owen demands to see the medal that he gave to Destiny. She shows it to him, and it is while she shows it to him, that she drops it, and Emily takes it, and gives it to Ian. Ian then gives it to Mike, and tells him to give it to Bianca, who is actually the whore that he is involved with. So, he does. Ian continues to plan his psycho plan of bringing Owen down. That night Owen and Destiny consecrate their marriage for the first time. Note that Owen is going to be older like Othello is from the play, and Destiny will be young like Desdemona. The next day, Ian decides that it is time for him to really kick things into gear. Owen is visiting Ian, and telling him about how things with Destiny went, and how he can't bear the thoughts of her cheating on him. Then Mike comes to see Ian, and that is when Owen hides, and Ian convinces Mike to tell him about his dinner plans with Bianca, and how had given her the medal earlier, and now he was hoping to see some action tonight from her. He never refers to her as Bianca though, but rather as a whore. So, then this outrages Owen, and he decides that tonight will be the night that he kills Mike and Destiny. He cannot bear anymore. So, Ian convinces him to let him take care of Mike.

Later that night, when Mike is coming back from dinner with Bianca, Roger is hiding waiting to attack Mike. So as Mike walks by, Roger attacks him from behind, and the Mike overcomes him. Seeing as he can't identify his attacker because he is wearing a mask the two struggle for what would seem to be forever, but was really just a few seconds. By this time, Ian realizes that if you want to get the job done, you must do it yourself, so he takes his gun, and shoots Mike in the leg. By this time though, Mike had already taken his gun, and shot Roger in the chest. It would prove to be fatal if given the time. By this time though people are showing up because they heard the gunshots, and so Ian removes Roger's mask,  so that they could see who the attacker was. Mike is unconscious from blood loss. Ian hurries and hides, and then comes running, claiming that he came running the moment he heard the shots. Then when he realizes that it is Roger who "attacked" Mike, he shoots him in front of everybody. He calls him a traitor and says that he would have been charged with treason, and he would have got the exact same thing either way. Then he calls for help for Mike. He really shot Roger so that way he couldn't talk, and tell on him.

Meanwhile, Owen is visiting Destiny who is by this time in her room, alone. She is sleeping when Owen comes in. It is already late, and with the way he had been acting she didn't know if he would be  coming to join her or not, so she went on to sleep without him. He comes in, and while he is in there, he becomes outraged, and he begins to choke her. She of course wakes up, and while he is choking her, Emily comes to the door. Then after Owen thought that she was dead, he opens the door to see what Emily needs. She sees her friends, and asked what happened. Owen says he has no idea that he just got there. Then Destiny wakes up and says that she was attached by a white man wearing a mask. Emily says this is awful we must do something. Owen confesses Then Emily goes psycho, and at this point in time, Ian shows up, to bring the news about Mike. This is when Emily reveals her stealing the medal for Ian. Ian who still has the gun from earlier kills her. Then he is arrested, and due to be charged with as many crimes as possible. Owen is about to be arrested when all of a sudden, he lurches for the gun that has been seized from Ian. When he gets it, he points it at everybody, makes his speech about being fooled by a white man, and then shoots himself.


The End.