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crash669 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
When was this filmed?
ManweArcadio (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
The location of a sea cliff is far more appropriate than Branagh's version (spoken into a mirror inside Elsinore).
mystolenusername (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
i don't know man, that jump seems pretty low. he might need it if he doesn't die and just breaks everything!
sealfood345 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
to be or not to be isn't about death, it's about action vs. inaction of killing claudius.
theczechguy (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
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). |
