BORING - Hamlet (1991) Discussion

[–] Marshtomp8 17 years ago

Yes it gets way better, people go crazy, theres a massive duel, the king tries to kill hamlet loads but hamlet PWNS him! Seriosley, it gets WAY better after that, the begining is rather slow and borning but it just basically sets the scene, there aliitle mor escene setting after that but things DO get better

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[–] hanshotfirst1138 17 years ago

You just applied message board slang to a Shakespeare adaptation.

http://www.originaltrilogy.com/

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=169370

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[–] StephEff 17 years ago

Ja, it definitely gets better. Where did I hear that most plays pick up in the third act? Somewhere, but usually the climax is in the third act. Or at least that's what I've heard, I haven't read many plays, but I can't remember where I heard it...this is going to drive me insane...

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[–] jeremy-200 17 years ago

There's nothing boring about any version of Hamlet (except the version that MST3K can't even save it's so G/D boring), that a little - scratch that - a LOT of GROWING UP on the part of the ten-year-old weenie who started this thread can't solve. But of all versions to call boring, this one is quite possibly the LEAST boring, which makes the poster an even bigger weenie.

This is Hamlet-lite, for the ADD Set. Call it Hamlet Weapon. Or Lethal Hamlet. It's the Hollywood actioner of Hamlets.

That said, I always did like this version quite a bit. If only there were some way to merge this with the Branagh version, which, brilliant as it is, is weighed down almost to stifling by the self-importance of its director... and its star... and the screenwriter. Oh, wait. Same guy.

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[–] airforcefooo 17 years ago

This version sucks. Scenes are misintepreted, lines are out of sequence changing the original meaning of the work, and things are left out making this version very empty. I don't like Gibson's Hamlet as he confuses the scenes in which he is mad and which he is not. Glen Close is too young to be Hamlet's mom, and the scene where they make out is such a bizarre twist that has no actual evidence in the test of happening. Skip this one and watch the Branagh version. Now that's a great movie.

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[–] peter-2115 17 years ago

there are no misinterpretations of any Shakespeare as long as you can justify it

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[–] skiguy7070 16 years ago

I'm reading this right now in my AP English class and we watched 4 identical scenes from 4 versions (Olivier, Branagh, Burton, Gibson). Mel Gibson's interpretation of the character is my favorite, and of all the versions I think this is the most fitting for film. It acts like a movie, not a play. I've never been a fan of taking plays and merely letting them happen in front of a camera. The settings are more relevant, I like the dark atmosphere the best, and it cuts like a movie should, keeping the attention of the audience. Ok I'm rambling, anyway to the OP yes the movie gets better... maybe you should try reading it that way you would know.

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[–] redsunrising_72 16 years ago

We haven't even done the script yet in english (which i will be doing next year.) I've done Romeo and Juliet, which I found to be decent, MidSummer Night's Dream, which kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and Julius Caesar, which was, initially, exciting, but then got kind of dull after we picked it apart.

I saw this version of the movie in Theater Arts class, and I am obsessed with it. The acting made the story come to life, and helped the mind to push through the complicated language and see the plot more clearly. I ended up feeling bad for Hamlet, unforgiving toward Gertrude, and wanting to help Ophelia. It is one of my favorite movies, haha and I don't even know why.

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[–] coffeemann 12 years ago

sounds to me, you think Drama class is boring.

I know why don't you rent Transformers, probably more your speed son.

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[–] lulupalooza 8 years ago

@coffeemann

To reply, or not to reply, that is the question.

There was likely no need for your pithy reply to student who had likely graduated and was long past his drama class issues after 5+ years...or not.

Perhaps the near decade has done much for his taste and tolerance in literature and film. Just thought I'd put that out there nearly 4 years later. ;)

"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

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