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crash669 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think this version would be so much better without the 40's soundtrack. Olivier is obviously one of the great actors of all time and Hamlet is probably the greatest play ever written, the music just seems to intrude upon the reflection of this scene.
carogirlyaya (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
When was this filmed?
ManweArcadio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You must be a young child. He made it so that an audience can enjoy it to be watched. Once you finally understand it, which you probably will not, you will probably appreciate it. It's ok though. You are young.
DonJulioBlanco2002 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The location of a sea cliff is far more appropriate than Branagh's version (spoken into a mirror inside Elsinore).
mystolenusername (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He didn't make you have to learn it. If you think it's boring, then don't learn it. Personally I think it ranks amongst his best work, along with a speech in Richard III. And yes, this acting is clearly brilliant on Olivier's part.
askwushujeeves (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i don't know man, that jump seems pretty low. he might need it if he doesn't die and just breaks everything!
sealfood345 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i memorised it tonight lol so boring but who gives. Why did shakespeare have to be such an asshole? he made us hav 2 learn it! grr
shutteredmemory (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No not entirely. Hamlet's soliloquy is about the contemplation of suicide. You could say that action vs. inaction plays a role in his contemplation, he curses himself for being indecisive, but the soliloquy is about his suicide.
CMRbuzz7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
to be or not to be isn't about death, it's about action vs. inaction of killing claudius.
theczechguy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well, since he refers to it in the soliloquy (bare bodkin), he probably thought it best to have it in hand (maybe for those who would not get it otherwise). |
