HAMLET: Gibson vs. Branagh

HAMLET: Gibson vs. Branagh

1. Gibson

   • Setting
     • time period
       • 1990 Drama
         • appropriote setting for the play
     • Medival castle
       • better understanding of time period
     • Guards in armour, King/Queen embellished outfits
     • stoney grey bricks
   • Characters
     • Primary
       • Shakespear Hamlet
         • Calm thinker, dramatic soliloques, deeply felt greif
         • Movie Hamlet: Mel Gibson
           • Shows sorrow, cinematic, on scene tears
           • Close relationship with Gertrude
           • Young
       • Movie: Queen Gertrude
         • Beautiful, elegant, intensely emotional
         • Bedroom scene with Hamlet
       • Ophelia
         • insanity scene is intense
         • young, complex, passionate
     • Secondary
       • Horatio
         • Secret love for Hamlet?
       • Rosencrantz & Gildenstern
         • Death scene shown
   • Theme
     • effect of time period on characters
     • Old times/dark/gloomy
   • 135 Mins

2. Branagh

   • Characters
     • Primary
       • Movie: Queen Gertrude
         • not as friendly and all-lovig
         • marrying Claudius
           • politics and power > passion
       • Ophelia
         • insanity scene is peculiar
         • strong-willed, intelligent and independent young woman, passionately in love
       • Shakespear Hamlet
         • Movie Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh
           • Overacts
           • Exaggerated manners
           • Too humerous for a Hamlet
         • Calm thinker, dramatic soliloques, deeply felt greif
     • Secondary
   • Setting
     • time period
       • 1996
     • modernized castle, non-typical medival costumes
     • wealthy outfits, even the maids (ophelia)
     • mirrored doors, white trim, elaborate staircase and lighting
   • Theme
     • Too luxurious, wealthy live-stlye and social classes
   • 4 Hours

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