A Personal Response for Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
A PERSONAL RESPONSE FOR KENNETH BRANAGH’S HAMLETKenneth 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
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