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In Reply to: The Cinematic Bard posted by mvwine on January 7, 2003 at 12:59:17:
the only film that's close to life-changing, an affirmation cinemtically of why Shagsper is a genius, rather than a failed attempt to drive 'relevance' down own's throat or a pointless recreation of theatre on screen is the awesome, wonderful, flawed and popularist it maybe but all the better for it, Branagh's 4-hour (and would be better for an extra hour) Hamlet.
Even the very bad in it, such as the great Jack Lemmon, are in already bad scenes so their badness only helps. Only the slightly flat Laertes, and the extremely distractingly annoying Robin Williams sour what is a masterpiece. The ridiculous ghost and the OTT sword fight where just so in the play, if Shakespeare can mock them why can't Branagh follow? critics be damned.An intelligent, but more importantly purposely intelligable and thrilling rendering of the most ambiguous and interesting play, Branagh's Hamlet is unmatched on celluloid.
Worth 4 hours of your life just to hear and see 'seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not seems'.
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- nonsense all - Bing 15:42:09 01/10/03 (1)
- I enjoyed it as well.... - dado5 08:33:49 01/20/03 (0)
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