Brennagh

’s Hamlet Essay, Research Paper

Often when a movie is adapted from a play, there are several aspects which are adjusted or completely lost. This often depends on the directors point of view as well as the casting director. In Kenneth Branagh s movie Hamlet only a small number of aspects were lost from the movement of the play to the movie. The movie was word for word of the play with the exception of a few moved silique. Therefore, the plot or order did not change. The scene where Hamlet meets his father, 1.5, was very well done; conjuring great emotions of fear and suspense. In addition, the final scene was adequately performed evoking anxiety and thrill for the viewer. The ghost of Hamlet was very disappointing at first but later developed into and excellent portrayal. The characters who played Marcellus, the first Grave digger and Oris, Jack Lemmon, Billy Crystal, and Robin Williams respectively, were fairly poor selections by the casting director. They lacked a certain Shakespearian character as famous comedians. It could not be forgotten making the choices dispiriting.

You tremble and look pale (1.1.53). The first viewing of the ghost causes the guards great fear. They are unsure if what they have seen is something more than just fantasy (1.1.54). It appears to be the body of the late King Hamlet but perhaps it could be their boggled minds. When the ghost enter a second time, they confirm that it was in fact the ghost of Hamlet. This terrifies and mystifies Bernard, Heratio, and Marcellus. The reader feels all of the emotions along with these characters, as it is expressed through the dialogue.

In Act 1 Scene 4 and 5, when Hamlet meets and speaks with the ghost of his father, the fear increases. You begin reading faster and feel like you are running after the spirit with Hamlet. The actual conversation between the two is very fast and flows very nicely. Once agin making the scene more intense. Throughout the scene the dramatic effects are heighten by the ghost s long lamented speeches to his son. The entire scene is one of climactic drama.

In the movie, the ghost first appears to be a statue. He brings about no feelings of horror in the viewer. This sets the viewer up for grave disappointment as in the play it is so intense. The second view of the ghost does not arrows any more fear. In fact, it is even more upsetting than the first. As the ghost of Hamlet holds out his arms, he looks like a robot., the image of a ghost should be flowing. Although he is in amour the scene could have been much better shot had the ghost been more realistic and not robotic.

This letdown continues when the ghost speaks to Hamlet:

Mark me…

My hour is almost come

When I to sulph rous and tormenting flames

Must render up myself.

(1.5.2-5)

His voice, along with his motions, are robotic. It does not bring apprehension but rather discontent. In the first act we are faced with this large problem, what is the remainder of the movie going to be like. Thankfully, Branagh lives up to the expectations as the ghost scene develops. Firstly, the ghost begins talking in a slower, deeper voice bereave the robot image. As well, he loses the amour and appears wearing a brown cloak. This alone, makes him more frightening and thus making the scene more convincing and living up to the play.

The filmography of the scene is amazing making the scene above that of the imagined play. Branagh focuses on one eye of each of the characters; cross-cutting between Hamlet and his father. Close-ups alone bring you so deeply into the character, focusing on just the eyes makes it all the more intense. The eyes of Hamlet are a pale blue never seen before colour. The eye colour, once again, emphasizes this. Eyes are one of the first things noticed on a person; dramatic or complex eyes lead you to believe the person themselves are dramatic. Branagh is strongly aware of this technique and chose the ameliorate colour of eyes for the part. They display and

depth which is undescribable. You immediately become enthralled int he character. From that moment on you are enmeshed.

While he has your attention in the first complex scene, Branagh pulls you in even deeper. Not only does he focus on the eyes of the ghost, he also focuses deeply into his mouth. This is a shout which is rarely done but works unbelievably. You see even deeper into the ghost and feel the terror and emotion Hamlet must be experiencing. This probably would not work for any other scene or movie. But when it does work, it works amazingly.

Although you are on the edge of your seat already, when you think the scene is astounding, Branagh turns up the dial on more notch. Hamlet is listening to the horrid words of his deceased father:

Ay, that incestuous, that adulterous beast,

With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-

O wicked wit and gifts that have the power

So to seduce!- won to his shameful lust

The will of my most seeming-virtuous Queen.

O Hamlet; what a falling-off was there,

From me, whose love was of that dignity

That it went hand-in-hand even with the vow

I made to her in marriage, and to decline

Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor

To those of mine.

1.5.42-52.

These words are incomprehensibl

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