Friday, October 3, 2014

Which of the four Hamlet films do you prefer?Hamlet films considered by: Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and by Michael Almereyda. I would love...

I really enjoy Branagh's version, for a few
reasons:


I actually struggled to get into Olivier's because
it felt so dark and dreary.  Obviously the acting was superb, but it honestly felt too
drab.  Branagh's is a tad over the top in that regard with the incredible flourish and
foppery of the court, but I really enjoy it.  Besides, as an epic sort of tale, it
deserves to be over the top.


Another reason was Branagh's
own version of Hamlet.  I could do without some of his incredibile sighing, but outside
of that, I thought he did a fantastic job of mixing the very emotional and depressed
Hamlet with the determined and intelligent one, plotting for
revenge.

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