I know the movie was conceived before the latest season of Game of Thrones was broadcast, but I have the irresistable image in mind of Team Kurzel (the credits list no less than three scriptwriters, hence team) watching and thinking "yes! burning children alive is the one horror Will failed to come up with! Let's use that!

Well, that scene on GoT already made me question a lot of my life choices, so this might indeed be a Macbeth version I'd skip.

About Lady M's death: any chance it could be read as "withering away" from depression? "My husband is v. evil now, I must depart this sinful earth" seems uncharacteristically lame for her.

Speaking of Macbeth versions, have you ever seen the modern take with James McAvoy and Keeley Hawes, which turns Macbeth into a sous chef (!) who murders his boss, because he keeps stealing his ideas and tries to hold him back? It's... interesting to say the least. Richard Armitage plays Macduff (the head waiter) and is sadly a bit wasted to that part, and McAvoy is kind of odd, but Keeley Hawes is a revelation.

ETA: I almost forgot, the best part are the witches who are here represented by a pair of garbage collectors.