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Franco did it again, and he's better than ever!
Lord, I thought Romeo & Juliet was good BUT Hamlet is superb. Mel Gibson IS Hamlet. I hate to make this a lesson, but I must. There is always controversey over the characters Horatio and Hamlet...Many people can't seem to grasp why of all people would Hamlet choose to die in the arms of his best friend. That's the point. I mean, think about it just for a second. Hamlet was a madman (Mel Gibson showed that, love ya' Mel!) and ontop of that deullisonal, confused and distraught but Horatio was his squire and as such he stuck by him despite the conqusences. Hamlet had no other companion but his loyal friend, and I think both Mel and Stephen play this out well. Enough of that friend chit chat, let's get down to the movie. God, what can I say? It's perfect! It's following in the footsteps of its ancestor Romeo & Juliet (Watch out for John McEnery as Ocrbis!) I can't say enough about Mel...He can act, he can be crazy (duh, any idiot knows that), he can swordfight, and he can sing (watch Pochonatas!) this and The Patriot have to be Mel's best work (Father: Don't you dare walk out that door! Son: I am not a child! Father: Your my child! I love that from TP) Anyhoo, Helena Boheman Carter is a stand out for her role as Princess Ophelia (Can't wait for Corpse Bride either!). It's almost my bedtime soon so let me sum this up. Don't bash a gay director (teehee, I'm no Les!), don't bash Hamlet and Horatio's realtionship (friends people, friends!), don't bash Mel (cause he's soooooo darn cute), and finally...DON'T BASH THE MOVIE! Watch it, and enjoy the wanders of Shakespere's Hamlet.

best film version i've seen (and i've seen them all!)
through my endeavors i've had to read Hamlet 7 times (twice my senior year of hich-school). much as i don't like Shakespeare this play is part of my life.

The Olivier version is more accurate to the stage version but the camera techiniques are over-blown and hokey (circling the swords before the duel to see which one is tipped, it made me dizzy). the Branagh version, while creative in it's set up (modernizing it to imerial Russia), and using the entire text, complete with Prince Fortinbras of Norway, is SO long and SO over-acted (especially on the part of Branagh) that i needed a nap after i saw it. and i choose not even to dignify the Ethan Hawke version it was so terrible.

This one is my favorite, all the scenes which are cut aren't necessary for the forwarding of the plot in my humble opinion (the opening scene with the palace guards meeting the dead kingis cut yet horatio's explaination of this happening later in the movie is sufficient). Gibson chooses to play Hamlet as insane (that decision is left to the director) and as i am in the camp that Hamlet IS insane, you could also see why i favor this version. Glenn Close is EXCELLENT as Gertrude as is Helena Bonham-Carter as Ophelia.

solid performances with a great cast, what more does a 400 year old play need?

Mel has captured Hamlet's soul
What a masterpiece. As much as I love Braveheart, I truly think this is Mel Gibson's finest work. It throws all over attempts into shadow, including the great Lawrence Olivier and certainly Kenneth Branaugh or Ethan Hawke. So often the female characters are reduced to cardboard mock-ups of feminine ideals of the Shakespearean age. Not here! Ofelia and Gertrude have souls and minds to probe, filled with as many dark secrets as Hamlet himself. I could never say enough about the caliber of this film. Suffice it to say that it is THE Hamlet of the ages and worth a look as well as a few dollars to own it.

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