kenneth branagh version of hamlet full movie free

In order to keep a cohesive story for 242 minutes (4 hours), direction and editing must be done by masters! However, four hours of Hamlet is a bit too much Hamlet for today's attention span of audiences-particularly if in the audience there is a high school student, for whom I ordered the DVD. This version of Shakespeare's HAMLET was superbly directed and edited.

'The Play Is The Thing.', and it gets better with later viewings. I was a bit put off by the brief steamy make-out scenes between Hamlet and Ophelia, and the invasion of the Palace by Fortinbras' army, something not suggested in the play, but these are quibbles. Rooms with secret passages, mirrors everywhere, and a cold, snowswept environment provide a b leak setting in contrast to the lavish interior, well suited to the play. Filmed at Blenheim Palace (the Duke of Marlborough makes a cameo appearance as one of Fortinbras' Generals)with lavish costumes. The production is superb, with a stellar cast. What more can you ask of an evening's entertainment? Within those four hours you get a scary ghost story, and a tale of: Ambition, Love, Friendship, Loyalty, Deceit, Treachery, Betrayal, Murder, Filial Piety, and Revenge. The impact of the play and it's pacing are well worth the four hours it takes to view it. This is the complete play, assembled from the Second Quarto and the Folio. Shakespeare's greatest tragedy and arguably the finest of his plays, is usually produced in a redacted version. An uncut production of Hamlet, Shakespeare's greatest !

Kenneth branagh version of hamlet full movie free