Comparison of Hamlet (Mel Gibson) to Hamlet 2000 (Ethan H.)

Let us start off with the main character. Mel Gibson vs. Ethen Hawke. Of the two, I personally preferred Mel’s performance. He gave the appearance that Hamlet was a young man (despite the age of the actor) who had no real problems in life until Claudius made everything go awry. Gibson said every phrase with suiting emphasis and expression, making his feelings believable. Ethen, on the other hand, I thought to be very disappointing. His acting was at best weak in my opinion. He always had the same stupid look on his face, like he hit his head a little too hard falling out of a tree as a child. As if that was not enough, there was no weight to what he said, it was all said too lightly and

Hamlet and Ophelia, how did they feel about each other? There are many different views on how they were intended to interact with each other originally, so of course the ways these two totally different movies portray must differ as well. The first displayed them as a more olden day couple that loved each other, but had no evidence of any ‘hanky panky’ going on. The second movie, on the other hand, lead us to believe that there could have been. I was lead to believe this by the many scenes where Hamlet (Ethen) and Ophelia were making out and were both quite physical. “Get thee to a nunnery” differed in both. In the original play, Hamlet says this to Ophelia in private, and in almost demeaning manner (nunnery at the time was not only an actually nunnery with nuns, but also a whore house) whereas Gibson says this to her while the performers of the mouse trap in front of everybody in a loving legitimate way. Ethen said it in a 3rd, and less effective way, he said it in anger over the answering machine. I see nothing wrong with these different portrayals, that is other than the answering machine. A recording, no matter how it is used, can never really have the same impact as a person saying it. You cannot see their facial expressions or body language, and that ruins it. All in all, Hamlet did love Ophelia in not o

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