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Kenneth Branaugh vs. Mel Gibson as HamletHamlet, like every movie that is made after a book, could never be better than the book itself, and in this case the two versions of England's favorite bard, Shakespeare, has left Hollywood with much to do about interpreting his classic dramas. The atmosphere in which the play takes place gives more freedom to imagination. Even the main character is not whom people imagine when reading the book: shy and confused, while the movies present Hamlet as a more heroic character. Although both version have very good actors, neither can capture the glory of the book. Kenneth Branaugh and Mel Gibson as Hamlet, and Hamlet as written in the play share many similarities and differences. The movie starring Kenneth Branaugh is supposed to include every line of the original play, but actually there are some missing, like when the queen drinks the cup of wine and the king says, "It is the poisoned cup. It is too late." (Act 5, Scene 2,Line 318). In the movie, he rather stays silent a
cast thy knighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. While he is with Claudius, for example, and asked where Polonius's body! is, he answers to the king that it is ". Even though it has some added scenes, plenty of the original scenes were edited, which makes this movie light and easy to watch. The version with Kenneth Branaugh could be at times long and tedious, but it does show the whole play, which can be helpful to "visualize" the play. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**both movies. In the book those same words do not seem to be comical. The castle in this version is of a medieval style; a dark and dank place: the perfect niche for a ghost to be lurking around. Even though the movie could never be as good as the play, the former surely gives the opportunity to create many interpretations of the latter, and those could be alike or different in many ways. The version starring Mel Gibson is rather shorter and lighter than the original play and simpler to understand, which gives the audience a good synthesis without dealing with the whole script. "(Act 1, Scene 2, Line 70-75), while in the book, she tells that to him on her wedding day.
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