One reason I like the Branagh film best is that I think it makes far more interpretational decisions and statements than any other version. I don't know that there are any actual consensus among Shakespeare appreciators about which Hamlet film is the best. ![]() But in many other film versions of Shakespeare plays, it does tend to irritate me when significant cuts have been made. Personally, I like Branagh's long Hamlet film best, but the Zeffirelli film is a close second. I am something of a text purist myself, and actually prefer full-text versions. I don't think many Shakespeare fans tend to be annoyed that cuts have been made in film versions of Hamlet. As you watch it, you don't particularly miss the parts of the original text that aren't in it. Zeffirelli's Hamlet, though, is an especially good example of a successful abbreviation. I always thought the longer Shakespeare plays ought to be done as TV series rather than films I think Hamlet would be a particularly good fit for the TV series format. ![]() It's a very successful film version of the play.īranagh's '98 film not withstanding, all film versions of Hamlet are abbreviated. It has all the darkness and doubt-ridden gloom of a good Hamlet production, and most of the actors are faultless. Gibson gives a very good performance, and the overall presentation of the play, abbreviated though it is, is impressive in its moody and melancholy atmosphere. I think the general consensus is that it's a very good film.
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