The essay I preferred to read for this secondary essay question is titled Hamlet by James Berardinelli. I preferred this one since this is the movie production I watched of Hamlet I felt this would help me determine if it was an excellent example of a movie review. The thought of having to read a review on Franco Zeffirelli version containing Mel Gibson repulsed me. I for some reason cannot stand Mel Gibson as an actor, I am guessing it is all those Lethal Weapon movies that I was forced to watch with my older siblings in the 80’s into the 90’s.
Some interesting facts that James Berardinelli has provided the audience of the essay with contains the actor and producers fascination with the play Hamlet I was not aware of this information. It is impressive that at the young age of eleven that he had dreams of producing an “un-bridged” version. Since I have a child around this age (he attends the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts) I am shocked. My son has never been interested in this, last semester he attended a digital media class where they examined the possibilities of producing such plays. But once again no interest!
Another thing that I learned from the essay was that the “dress and setting” came from the nineteenth century. I did not even consider that it was not …show more content…
I consider it the best one out of the ones offered. I really like all the key details he provided the audience with. I felt he went above and beyond with all the extra information regarding Branagh’s directing past including the movies Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing. It was also fascinating to learn that it was filmed in 70 mm. he provided an immense amount of detail to make the audience want to see the movie. My friends would not be interested in seeing Shakespearian movies but with all the positive details and listing it in his eyes as one of the best movies in 1996 they actually might consider
Some interesting facts that James Berardinelli has provided the audience of the essay with contains the actor and producers fascination with the play Hamlet I was not aware of this information. It is impressive that at the young age of eleven that he had dreams of producing an “un-bridged” version. Since I have a child around this age (he attends the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts) I am shocked. My son has never been interested in this, last semester he attended a digital media class where they examined the possibilities of producing such plays. But once again no interest!
Another thing that I learned from the essay was that the “dress and setting” came from the nineteenth century. I did not even consider that it was not …show more content…
I consider it the best one out of the ones offered. I really like all the key details he provided the audience with. I felt he went above and beyond with all the extra information regarding Branagh’s directing past including the movies Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing. It was also fascinating to learn that it was filmed in 70 mm. he provided an immense amount of detail to make the audience want to see the movie. My friends would not be interested in seeing Shakespearian movies but with all the positive details and listing it in his eyes as one of the best movies in 1996 they actually might consider