KENNETH BRANAGH'S HAMLET

It's better than your non-life, Jason.

>>87603856
My name is Thomas you big time jabroni

>>87603834
It's good. Watch the nazi version of Richard III too.

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>Whats the best Shakespeare adaptation?

>>87603905
Dude me too

>>87603834
It goes by pretty quickly. Branagh himself gives a great performance, and he doesn't hide from the spectacle, but a lot of scenes are too over the top or otherwise baffling. A lot of the more subtle moments of the play are turned into fanfic tier displays of emotion. When Hamlet confronts the Ghost of his father the ground beneath him is opening up and fire and lightning start shooting from under him. The arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on a little choo-choo train is so bizarre it's like a fucking art film.

Ultimately it's still good because it's pretty hard to fuck up Hamlet, but the Olivier version reigns supreme.

>>87603834
Disappointing as fuck. Branagh surrounds himself with the best supporting cast ever, then turns in the most embarrassing and hammy performance of his career. Most of the time he's just showboating, like he's getting off on how well he knows the text. Just cringeworthy.

The only watchable scenes are the ones he isn't it. Turns out Hamlet without Hamlet isn't such a bad idea after all.

>>87606453
>the ones he isn't it
What did I mean by this?

the ones he isn't in, obviously

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>>87603834
>Whats the best Shakespeare adaptation?

>>87603834
>Whats the best Shakespeare adaptation?
I don't even know if you could answer that considering how many things use Shakespeare as source material.

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>>87603834
>Whats the best Shakespeare adaptation?