Monday, September 27, 2010

Hamlet's Production Introduction

I expect a pretty accurate representation of the play, and I expect it will have good acting and scenery. I do not expect that I will like it, because I am not a huge fan of Shakespeare movies. This did look like it would be better than any I have seen so far, but I have not seen a single Shakespeare movie or play that I have liked, so my expectations are low. The aspects of the work that intrigue are whether or not the acting will be good and if I will like it or not. I think it is hard to do a good job reenacting Shakespeare while still using the language he used, because the audiences watching are not used to the type of language Shakespeare uses. I thought Branagh's idea to use a hall of mirrors to "mirror" the action of Hamlet's monologue's and "reflections" about himself was very smart. I also think using beautiful scenery in northern Europe will help the movie's success because the scenery will help bring the play to life. Other Shakespeare reenactments that I have seen often take place on stage, as they would have in Shakespeare's time, but I find this dull because of what movie producers are capable of doing now.

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