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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