Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I think the reason i find Branagh's rendition of this soliloquy so good is that he delivers it from a standpoint of power. It seems like everyone else's 'To be, or not to be' is projected from this place of defeat and anguish. I think K. Branagh played Hamlet most like the text intended; a man with the newfound power of having a distinct mission of revenge and nothing to lose. The setting is sort of lone and not so dark. It sets a powerful mood.
The Mel Gibson version in my opinion is probally the worst one. He tries to put his heart in to it but he comes out looking like a homeless asshole. When we read that speech in class and even the whole story of hamlet i invission him as a well kept young man with a new found interest in life or death. Mel gibson is sort of portraying hamlet as raggedy man with crazy ambitions.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

hamlet

In my opinion i think each actor portrays hamlet in a diffrent way. in the metl gibson version we see hamlet as emotional but not so gloomy and suddle aposed to the branugh version tro were hamlet is just this emotional quote on quote "emo" kid who cries over everything. The music is not as prominent in the gibson and modern version as it is in the branugh. The music adds to the drama and actually plays more of a role in that than it does in the other two.

In my opinion if i was recreating this scene i would actually use the technique of useing music. it really is dramatic but it adds a nice spice to the whole thing. And music in any dramitic scene such as this video.
and it really shows how much this author uses the senses.

in conclusion just rember what you think is lame or wack may actually move anther person in a diffrent way