Suicide Reflection - "To Be Or Not To Be"

"To be or not to be, that's the question." Each of these scenes varied independently in several ways. First, in the Olivier version, had a little bit of enthusiasm. Yet, in the other version, he expresses his emotions a lot more. In one of the versions, he is staring at himself in the mirror while proposing his speech. I think that truly shows the form of the speech in his inner tone. The music in this has a dark, intense feeling to it. In the last two versions of the play, they had a pretty bright tone. Each version of the play had their own language and emotion. In the Mel Gibson version, you can really feel his speech. That was my favorite because the other versions weren't as into it. There were so many versions of this play to show it in a variety of expressions and perspectives. William Shakespeare had his own perspective of the play as he wrote it. Though, I feel that each director of each version had their own idea of Hamlet.

Ghost Scene.

    In the first ghost scene of the first movie we watched, the actors were shown to be very dramatic. The character of Hamlet was played by Mel Gibson and was directed by Franco Zeffirelli. This was an interesting version because of a familiar actor such as Mel Gibson, which brought my understanding and attraction of the scene a little more. The music and setting also came to my attention because it was in a much older time period. That is what truly portrays the act of the characters.

    The second version, however, was way more intense and broad than the first. The character of Hamlet and director of the play was Kenneth Branagh. This version seemed to be the most outstanding because of the tradition of the play. By that, I meant the structure, setting, and music in the scene. This one had the most interpretation of Shakespeare's time.

     The third version, directed by Michael Almereyda and plays the part of Hamlet by Ethan Hawke, definitely did not even get my attention.  It didn't make any sense to me how they made it modern but still chose to use the old english.  It just didn't fit well together and made it harder to understand what is actually going on throughout the scene. Overall, they barely had any interpretation of Shakespeare's time.