Iago's Monolouge

i love this film, on the surface you probably just see petty hatred but when you look harder you can see how twisted he really is, shakespeare was really ahead of the game when he wrote plays like these. Kenneth Branagh was really good as Iago =)

And being internal thoughts, they're frequently used to reveal a character's true intentions. A character, generally speaking, will never lie in a soliloquy.

...obvious to some, but I felt it should be mentioned.

Does anyone have Iago's speech from Act 1 Scene 3???

i like how he recognizes the audience during the soliloquies; the aside lines are basically intended to be heard by people watching the play at a theatre
look at him cover up the camera.. heh

I thought that was a pretty cool choice on the director's part; as far as I've seen, actually acknowledging the audience isn't usual fare for movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays. It creates an interesting feeling--it feels like Iago is confiding directly in you, the viewer.

also a monoloughethough

That's what i've been wondering...i know he's jealous of Cassio, or at least that's the motive he gives, but is he actually in love with othello? His hatred for women and his repulsed obsession with sex makes me wonder if he's actually gay, frustrated and completely infatuated with othello, also he works more to destroy Desdemona and Cassio, and although he makes othello mad with jealousy he only works to bring him closer to himself and distance him from everyone else...

If Othello was so repulsive to Iago, he wouldn't draw him in and pretend to submit to him.

There's definitely an element of sexual undertones between Iago and Othello.

Not a good actor

But is the repulsion Iago feels towards Othello just a projection of the repulsiveness he feels he himself is?