A Personal Response for Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet

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A PERSONAL RESPONSE FOR KENNETH BRANAGH'S HAMLET

Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet was, to place it simply, one of the greatest movies let alone version of any hamlet play I have ever seen. Horatio was my most favourite character to watch, Nick Farrel's performance was not only believable, but also highly exuberant and most characteristic to how I perceived the character to have acted in "All" situations. Mark you, that Kenneth Branaghs' performance was as well, unlike any other, however I found it more melodramatic than how it should have been performed. Derek Jacobi who played Claudius performed quite well as did Julie Christie (Gertrude) his spouse within the play. I especially enjoyed Ophelia's ravings and ranting, but what I did not enjoy at all was Jack Lemmon who played Marcellus. He committed a most heinous crime against the very being of acting by taking that part. However, not all the blame can be placed entirely on him, much must be placed on Kenneth Branagh for allowing him to act in the movie in the first

place. Polonius, played by Rufus Sewell fared quite well but my most major complaint would be his scene with Roberto, His pronunciation of speech seemed a little skewed, in the sense, not very believable t

Like all great movies, Kenneth Bring displayed a fresh new concept when filming Hamlet. This fresh new spin was the addition of modern Russian like costumes, from within the past era. Instead of going historically accurate a rather "newer: approach was take, one which I very much enjoyed. The array of military like uniforms and more modern costumes compared to those used in Shakespeare's time, or that of Hamlet allows us to relate with the movie better. However, it did not reach the point ridiculously modern, an idea that I personally am not too comfortable with. Also appreciated were the little point, and features of the movie that were concentrated on. An extremely good example is eye colour, as I perceived it everyone in Hamlets Family had a peculiar shade of blue. Unlike some movies where the father may have green eyes, and the mother black but the child winds up getting blue yes. Furthermore, hair colour was also a minute feature followed, all Blonds, which may be quite historically correct because of the Norwegian origins of the original tale as well as being a country very close to Sweden and Norway, noted for that particular characteristic. Another small feature, lighting, makes a big difference and Kenneth used it very effectively. It was dark when it was supposed to be and light or bright when it was required. The Dark long corridors and secret passages always appeared gloomy white on the other hand t

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