William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition) dvd movie.|
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List Price: $26.99 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $7 Features • AC-3 • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Original recording remastered • Special Edition • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 25 December, 1996 DVD Release : 14 August, 2007 |
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition) description It's the greatest work of literature, but nobody had ever filmed Hamlet uncut--until Kenneth Branagh went about the task for his lavish 1996 production. The result is a sumptuous, star-studded version that scores a palpable hit on its avowed goal: to make the text as clear and urgent as possible. Branagh himself plays the melancholy son of the D ... review details |
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| When this Hamlet first came out in the theatre, Ie thought it was great. It's taken years for the DVD to be released, and I couldn't wait. I was badly disappointed. There are some good points: "to be, or not to be" is interesting; Polonius is impressive inlife and in death (lots of blood)--his advice to Laertres is sincere, not caricature. Polonius is very convincing as the scheming two faced character he really is; Derek Jacobi's Claudius is convincing, like the entire play should be, he's a sincere stepfather and a sincere villian. Guildenstern is uncomfortably slackk jawed and brain dead. Jack Lemmon has absolutely no expression as the guard who first sees the Ghost?!! Robin Williams as the page??? Julie Christie as Gertrude goes from helpless to murderous without batting an eyelash. And worst of all, I think Branagh actually chews on some of the scenery at one point. It takes him longer to die than any opera satire would dare.
The last scene in which he's carried Christ-like like after Fortinbras' arrival is to laugh. Branagh's Henry V was great, as good or better than Olivier's version. HJis Hamlet is a four hour bore bettered by almost any of the other modern film versions. Oh that this too, too, stolid film would melt away! Sorry, I really didn't like it. |
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