#also i see a lot of critcisms that david tennant made hamlet childish to which i respond: yes absolutely 100% i agree. which is why i think | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dykeofmisfortune · 1 year ago

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got drunk today and started comparing the bbc version of hamlet with david tennant (jumpscare) and the 1996 hamlet movie, both of which we watched in AP Lit, and began listing off things i liked or disliked about each version in way too intense detail

#for example. i thought 1996 had MUCH better production design.... the sets and costumes were so bombastic and truly camp #i felt like BBC hamlet was so... visually dark and boring and the sets were uninteresting and minimalist #which i mean they were going for a modern setting and ik the budget was rough. but the 1996 was one to remember #okay now. the acting: i liked david tennant WAY more than kevin branagh #yk like kevin branagh did something different where he made hamlet seem self assured and somewhat confident.#the way he carries himself and walks and whatever. even if he's saying something pathetic it comes out Cool #which is. it's a fine interpretation i guess. but i think david tennant really nailed the Vibe of a guy with 37 mental illnesses #like okay his hamlet was not confident whatsoever. he spends a good portion of the film bending over crying and wailing.#BUT. he also nails the wit but also the depression and most importantly he knows how to play a guy that's pathetic and anxious (aka: hamlet #LIKE IT WAS SO !!! the only way i could describe it is sad wet dog which like. yeah #idk. i do have my problems with it. mainly that i felt like he wasn't particularly as angry and u couldn't feel the Fury of the character #but i actually think thats ok because idk it gives off a guy that's more depressed and anxious than vengeful. interesting take on hamlet #another thing that bothered me is that the bitching and moaning did happen a Lot. i mean like he's wailing like crazy #but again. isn't that what hamlet does.#OH ALSO. I LIKED 1996 OPHELIA BETTER BECAUSE !!! KATE WINSLET!!!! SHE WAS SO GOOD THERE OMG #ophelia is a REALLY hard role to nail but yk kate winslet is perfection #also i see a lot of critcisms that david tennant made hamlet childish to which i respond: yes absolutely 100% i agree. which is why i think #it points out how hamlet is Very Immature If You Think About It #OH ALSO I KEEP COMING BACK AND ADDING THINGS: branagh i felt like was mostly Acting crazy but i actually thought david tennant went insane #like by that i mean i think i actually bought the slip into genuine insanity more with the bbc version

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