That film was brilliant, wasn't it? I think he made the perfect Hamlet.

Oh and this would be great for a website layout. Nice job.

Truly, I absolutely love Kenneth Branagh (even got a letter from him, WHOO!) and thought that he gave much more depth to the character of Hamlet. While Mel Gibson did a decent job, the thing that makes me upset is not his portrayal so much as the fact that it was not the FULL portrayal. If you watch the Branagh version then go back to the Gibson version, you will notice really how much they took out.

Anyways, sorry for the rambling.

Thank you for the comment! Long live Branagh!

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Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her. Find nourishment in the very sight of her, I think so. But would he see through the bars of his plight an ache for him?- Hannibal Lecter

oh, man...this is gorgeous!
I agree, the Gibson version totally chopped up Shakespeare...Branagh is a 'grandchild' of Larry Olivier...he would only do the bard justice...

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What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream.
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'Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.' Dylan Thomas

scéal lámh

Thank you for the comment..I tell ya, it might cheapen it to say that I just used Paint to make it but I love this coupling of Hamlet and Ophelia anyway. Kate did the best Ophelia in my opinion, such a 3 dimensional character. Well, take care and I'll talk to you later

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Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her. Find nourishment in the very sight of her, I think so. But would he see through the bars of his plight an ache for him?- Hannibal Lecter

Oh, I love the way you did this!
I agree, Kate really has a feel for the women she portrays...I was impressed with her Ophelia!

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What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream.
Mozart

'Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.' Dylan Thomas

scéal lámh

Ahh, I simply love Kenneth's version of Hamlet. Tis absolutely brilliant. :3 I felt there was actually a true relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia in his version, unlike Mel's, which I felt Hamlet and Ophelia appeared very distant. It probably has to do with the scenes evolving around the sex. xDD But I admit I had to say "AWWH!" when they flashed back to Hamlet reading his letter to Ophelia. It was sweet and made it all the more hard to watch the two of them.. Anyway I'm rambling. ^^U Very nice picture! Considering it's in Paint, which I can do absolutely nothing of this quality in. *thumbs up* 8D

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Awww,
shucks! Thanks a bunchy bunch! There is nothing wrong with rambling on about Hamlet and Ophelia. " Doubt that the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.." my favorite quote of my favorite play. There is no way that any woman could not fall for someone who said that to her. The scene that really made me want to cry was after the 'to be or not to be' speech when he is talking with ophelia and then there is the sound....'where is your father...' at that realization, I felt like I wanted to break down with the both of them...

If you have any other suggestions, let me know... (i personally would have loved to see Glenn Close opposite Kenneth Branagh if for just a makeshift scene)

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Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her. Find nourishment in the very sight of her, I think so. But would he see through the bars of his plight an ache for him?- Hannibal Lecter

Oh yes I know! I felt so terrible for them, and yet mildly pissed at Ophelia for just throwing it away like that because of Polonius (and I understand back then women of her age listened to their fathers, but seriously, pull a Juliet and go with him anyway lol). That's exactly what I was thinking when he was reading the note to her. xD "I would be putty in the man's hands who would ever write something like that for me! x3"

Oh yes, I thought Glenn Close was possibly one of the best things to come from Mel Gibson's version of Hamlet. She was a suprisingly good Gertrude. Not saying Julie Christie was a bad Gertrude, but Glenn was better.

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"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - Charlie Chaplin

I think the one thing that pissed me off, I mean one of the things that REALLY pissed me off about the Gibson Hamlet is that everyone kept saying that Hamlet slept with Gertrude...and honestly, if you think about it, he wouldn't have done so especially at that stage in time. He would have been so mad with her that he would never have wanted to touch her....ahem...sorry, that was my lil ranting. I do think that if they threw Glenn Close in the Branagh version..if nothing more then an experiment of seeing how she would work, I think it would've been very cool...especially the scene after the play between Hamlet and Gertrude...only slightly less powerful then the scene between Hamlet and Ophelia and that is only because they were lovers then. Oh yeah, and wish me luck! I'm playing Osric (Robin Williams part in Branagh version) and the Player Queen in "The Mousetrap". We've been doing the play at different schools and have two more preformances until the play will have a preformance at one of the local theatres! YAY!!!

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Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her. Find nourishment in the very sight of her, I think so. But would he see through the bars of his plight an ache for him?- Hannibal Lecter