"This movie is so.... sudden."

[dazie]

Kate's assessment of Branagh's Hamlet.

I have no idea what she meant by that, but she's watching it, entranced, so I'm guessing it's a good thing.

[Beefy]

That film was the exact moment when I gave up on Branagh.  Even four hours couldn't hold his ego.  Interminable.

Believe it or not, I prefer Gibson's version.

[nishi]

That film was the exact moment when I gave up on Branagh.  Even four hours couldn't hold his ego.  Interminable.

Believe it or not, I prefer Gibson's version.

dude. he rewrote shakespeare. that version is right out. well - right after the ethan hawke version.

[Beefy]

That film was the exact moment when I gave up on Branagh.  Even four hours couldn't hold his ego.  Interminable.

Believe it or not, I prefer Gibson's version.

dude. he rewrote shakespeare. that version is right out. well - right after the ethan hawke version.

I prefer a rewrite with good intentions over bombastic self-aggrandization.

[nishi]

he turned hamlet into the story of an epic hero.

just like every other movie he has ever made. mad max. jesus. hamlet. all epic heroes.

[VikingJuice]

Kate's assessment of Branagh's Hamlet.

I have no idea what she meant by that, but she's watching it, entranced, so I'm guessing it's a good thing.

I got off the "Branag" (as Beef and I used to call him) back then too.  3 F-ing hours before the intermission?  Seriously?  And then I have to watch ANOTHER hour?  And I recall the theater being small too, made me feel claustrophobic sitting there for so F-ing long.

To me, that movie was anything BUT sudden.

[Alice]

Has anyone seen the Ethan Hawke version?

[nishi]

Has anyone seen the Ethan Hawke version?

yes. it's terrifying.

and to be clear, i don't love the branaugh version and he's a pompous ass. although it's rare to find an actor that feels that they're ready to play hamlet that isn't a pompous ass. and it's long because it's the only full version of the play that's on film.

jack lemmon as one of the guards in the opening scene of that film was .... a very poorly considered idea.

[dazie]

Has anyone seen the Ethan Hawke version?

jack lemmon as one of the guards in the opening scene of that film was .... a very poorly considered idea.

It does seem like the Hollywood equivalent of a kegger.  "Hay guyz!  I'm makin' a mooovey!  Wanna play?"

[Dry then Catch]

Has anyone seen the Ethan Hawke version?

i liked how he wore sunglasses at night and a beanie while moping in his limo.


i've seen nigh every version of Hamlet and the best one is when mel gibson makes out with his mom

[VikingJuice]

Has anyone seen the Ethan Hawke version?

yes. it's terrifying.

and to be clear, i don't love the branaugh version and he's a pompous ass. although it's rare to find an actor that feels that they're ready to play hamlet that isn't a pompous ass. and it's long because it's the only full version of the play that's on film.

jack lemmon as one of the guards in the opening scene of that film was .... a very poorly considered idea.

But only Branaugh could make four hours feel like 20!  Well, maybe if Charles Dickens directed.

[nishi]

Well, maybe if Charles Dickens directed.

i love dickens, and that is still hilarious.

[VikingJuice]

Well, maybe if Charles Dickens directed.

i love dickens, and that is still hilarious.

I like his stories, I hate his story telling.  His logic is circular and he ends up repeating certain points or themes over and over and over.  It's like talking with my father.  I used to joke that he and Dickens were long lost relatives.

[nishi]

Well, maybe if Charles Dickens directed.

i love dickens, and that is still hilarious.

I like his stories, I hate his story telling.  His logic is circular and he ends up repeating certain points or themes over and over and over.  It's like talking with my father.  I used to joke that he and Dickens were long lost relatives.

query: is everyone's dad related to charles dickens? because that would make a lot of sense.

are there any dads that do not repeat the same themes over and over? now that you've brought it up, i'm suspecting there must be some kind of force of nature at work there. perhaps the dads on here should chime in. once your offspring was old enough to listen, did you start channeling the energy, if not the specifics, of charles dickens?

[VikingJuice]

Well, maybe if Charles Dickens directed.

i love dickens, and that is still hilarious.

I like his stories, I hate his story telling.  His logic is circular and he ends up repeating certain points or themes over and over and over.  It's like talking with my father.  I used to joke that he and Dickens were long lost relatives.

query: is everyone's dad related to charles dickens? because that would make a lot of sense.

are there any dads that do not repeat the same themes over and over? now that you've brought it up, i'm suspecting there must be some kind of force of nature at work there. perhaps the dads on here should chime in. once your offspring was old enough to listen, did you start channeling the energy, if not the specifics, of charles dickens?

It wasn't just that he repeated over time, it was that he repeated within the same conversation, over and over and over.