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>to be, or not to be, that is the question

>> No.23228338

>>23228329
Shit performance, have some respect for the Bard's work.

>> No.23228350

>>23228338
Still the best Hamlet adaptation

>> No.23228369

>>23228350
Not in the world. Kate Winslet, Billy Crystal? Lol.

>> No.23228391

Are performances of Shakespeare meant to be realistic or are the characters supposed to be acting like they know they're in a stage play?

>> No.23228405

>>23228391
Shakespeare himself preferred "natural" acting as opposed to hamming it up.

>> No.23228406

>>23228391
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzskNtFnIY

>> No.23228419

>>23228391
>Are performances of Shakespeare meant to be
No.

>> No.23228432

>>23228391
Realism is the fundamental basis of Shakespearian theatre.

>> No.23228449

When I drive to work I have a habit of repeating to myself 'When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin' and 'Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life'
My King! My Jove!
I speak to thee my heart!

>> No.23228452

>>23228350
This. I love the scope and I love how there aren't a ton of omitted lines, but the casting is fucked.

Hamlet is a College student and Kenneth was like 40. I didn't have an issue with Kate, but Billy and Robin Williams were obvious winks towards the audience. Distracting cameos.

I also think Jack Lemon didn't give a single good performance after Glengarry. Nigga was senile and the hollywood execs kept wheeling him out like they did with Kirk Douglas. Dead ass eyes.

>> No.23228464

>>23228452
>movie opens with a black persons face
>changes the order for no fucking reason
>turns the ghost scene into a ridiculous mess of editing
>is pseudo arthouse for the rest of the movie
The 'scope' is dogshit.

Also Hamlet's 30.

>> No.23229745

>>23228329
You remind me of my father and not in a good way

>> No.23229751

>>23228432
Not true

>> No.23229771

>>23228329
To be and still not be

>> No.23229888

He portrayed it correctly. Hamlet is written as an extremely flamboyant, immature and melodramatic character, which somehow tends to get lost in translation (probably by people who haven't actually read the full play.)
Actors who play this monologue completely straight, as if an ordinary depressed person was delivering it, are doing a disservice to the work and the character.

>> No.23229938

>>23229751
If you think it isn't true then maybe you'd prefer some cringe comedy of manners that the French imported into a fine English language. They all act very silly and artificial, and wink at the audience so you know they're only acting.

>> No.23229966

>>23229888
>thinks hamlet is 'an extremely flamboyant, immature and melodramatic character'
>accuses others of not having read the play
What a fucking retard. Are you yourself an ESL, or just a flamboyant theatre fag that likes to project anything he wants onto classic literature? He's immature, yes, but in no different a way than all young men are, and he matures throughout the play. Nothing about him is flamboyant or melodramatic, unless you would like to reduce his madness to simple melodrama, which in the case of it being either real or feigned simple does not fit.

>> No.23230000

Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished
I like the way he says this

>> No.23230544
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23230544

>>23228350
>the best Hamlet adaptation

>> No.23230569
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23230569

>>23228406
Kino

>> No.23231553

>>23228452
jack lemon did exactly one character ever

>> No.23232695

>>23228329
Just bee yourself

>> No.23232725

>>23228406
This is one of the most unwatchable films of all time