Wednesday, November 16, 2011

To Be or Not To Be, That Is the Video


In the three different Hamlet plays the producers and directors choose to guide and tell the story in a different way, however following the same plot development. In the Ethan Hawke production Hamlet is an ordinary guy that walks through modern day life. It is during the "To Be or Not To Be" scene that the actor finds himself in a blockbuster action aisle which is kind of ironic knowing that Hamlet talks a lot about revenge, action, and death but he never makes them happen, instead he over thinks everything to the point of not over going any of his plans. This production was in my opinion the most interesting I like how the director makes probably one of the most famous Shakespearean lines something very normal as if it was only a simply question at the end of the day. However the David Tenant is completely different from this one, evoking the message of a crazy Hamlet that's seems so over thought per say that his conscious has brought him to a point of no return, a dead end. It is in this production that we can see the dark side of Hamlet as a "nut job". From this production I liked how the director uses dark lights to create a feeling of darkness to the viewer, fortifying the crazy Hamlet reaction. Last but not least the Kenneth Brennagh production seems the most boring or traditional for me, it portrays a Hamlet that just makes a question to him of life and death but does not impose a great importance on it, even though the actor tries to act mysterious and paranoiac.

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