Amie
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Post by Amie on Apr 3, 2006 19:56:43 GMT -5
Hamlet Body Count
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter
Rated PG
Genre: Drama
1990
Total Movie Body Count: 9 Total Hamlet/Gibson Body Count: 3
Movie Breakdown:
Hamlet's father: 1 Polonius by Hamlet, sword: 1 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern by execution: 2 Ophelia by suicide: 1 Gertrude by poison: 1 Laertes by Hamlet, poisoned sword: 1 Claudius by Hamlet, sword and poison: 1 Hamlet by poisoned sword: 1
Hamlet/Gibson Breakdown:
Polonius by Hamlet, sword: 1 Laertes by Hamlet, poisoned sword: 1 Claudius by Hamlet, sword and poison: 1
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Post by JenGe on Apr 3, 2006 22:58:05 GMT -5
I absolutely love this flick!!! Thanks for doing it Amie!!
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Post by Amie on Apr 3, 2006 23:19:36 GMT -5
My pleasure!! ;D If you haven't already noticed, I'm a big MG fan (have been since high school), so I thought I would build up his bc stats. And, believe it or not, I had a crush on Hamlet (the fictional character) too in my senior year (even wrote my AP essay on it!)... so this movie is just... well, er... Ok, I won't embarrass anyone by swooning here. ;D
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Post by JenGe on Apr 4, 2006 0:10:24 GMT -5
A lot of people don't enjoy Mel's Hamlet but I just love his delve into insanity. It's like Riggs playing Hamlet. ;D
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Post by Amie on Apr 4, 2006 0:57:14 GMT -5
LOL @ Riggs playing Hamlet! ;D That's funny because in imdb it says that Zeffirelli wanted MG to play Hamlet after watching his suicidal scene with Murtaugh in LW! They even showed a clip of it in the special features. ;D I will defend this version of Hamlet (OK, I'm biased towards MG, but I was also a Hamlet fan and read the play many times). The more I thought about it, the more it makes sense that Hamlet was not some languid pansy that most stage actors want to portray him as. He was a man of action, a Prince of Denmark no less, probably trained in the warrior arts. I mean, even Shakespeare penned the sword match at the end, where the king and others laid wagers on the outcome! His indecision to take action to avenge his father's murder is everyone's indecision. It wasn't just being wishy-washy. And what people called weak excuses that he gave for not taking action were actually very good reasons, once the historical background about the setting is known. OK, Hamlet rant over.
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Post by JenGe on Jun 11, 2006 16:53:13 GMT -5
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