Hi everyone! Just finished watching the TV-film version of Hamlet starring David Tennant. The movie is quite long but I felt it was surprisingly interesting to watch. It's most modern version of Hamlet and these group of actors should get more credit in their performances. Although I have got to say this film was about three hours long! Which is way too long for a movie, but I guess it balances out the play well since the lines were mostly true to the original play. I remember a distinct part of the movie where Hamlet's famous line "To be or not to be" is spoken. Tennant's version of this speech is done really well! I don't know if I'm going to choose to write about this scene in my final essay yet but I'm definitely considering it! Here's a link to this particular scene. I think the lighting as well as the movement of the camera enhances Tennant's performance; Hamlet's brooding nature is very evident here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8OlUS7BhU
What do you guys think about this scene?
3 comments:
I thought this scene was on point and passionate as well. In David Tennant tone and his facial features, it helps viewers connect the state of pain he is going through. I really liked that he was starting at the camera so it is like he is talking to us (the viewers).
I have watched the (2000) version with Ethan Hawk. His part of this scene was very distracting because it takes place in a Blockbuster. The setting behind that background was a huge distraction. I felt like I did not have the same connection/feeling in his scene compared to David Tennant. Hands down, David Tennant's part of To be or not to be was so much better.
The link below is Ethan Hawk's scene of To be or not to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YHMYkUrV7A
I wrote my essay about this one and definately think that the lighting, setting, camera work only enhanced hamlet. It gave everyone a better perspective and made the viewer understand that there was something more sinister about to come
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