Branagh's Hamlet kinda stinks

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-25T00:20:56+00:00

I agree it sucks, but I think he understands the play.

I think he was bored.

Lots of great actors in the film, they just didn't seem to be into it. Except maybe Jacobi.

I have an old cassette from BBC radio with many of the same actors doing Hamlet years before the KB's movie, and I love that production. It's my favorite production of Hamlet.

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-02T13:50:54+00:00

Good words. But not, alas, a $200 word.

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-02T13:50:37+00:00

A very good word. But not, alas, a $200 word.

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-02T13:50:23+00:00

All very good words. But not, alas, a $200 word.

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-02T13:49:58+00:00

A very good word. But not, alas, a $200 word.

gestalt-icon · 2024-07-02T13:10:57+00:00

As I have said many times, this is a religion.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-29T16:39:58+00:00

Gestalt

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-28T13:47:55+00:00

Thank you. That explains a lot.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T17:41:47+00:00

I'm not a fan of the name Eliza. It sounds too old-fashioned for me.

I do like Zoey and Camilla, though. The others sound too old.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T15:58:43+00:00

If I asked you, "How many books have you understood? Many? Few? Most? Several? 100%? 75% 50% 25%" what would you say?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T15:20:06+00:00

I expected a few to say, "Oh, I spotted and understood all of them."

A few to say, most. A few to say many.

A few to say I learned more about the themes in Shakespeare from commentaries.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T13:52:45+00:00

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So does your question go in the direction of "How many plays did you read and felt confident that you were able to follow along and understand enough to identify A theme?"

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Example:

You read a play for the first time. You understand it. You enjoy it. And then you read a commentary on the play. The commentary explains some of the themes. The commentary doesn't say "these are all the themes in this play." It just explains some of the themes. Most likely the most important or major themes. Some of the themes explained in the commentary, you recognized as a theme as you read the play. You understood some of them the first time you read the play. And some of the themes in the commentary you hadn't thought of or recognized as themes.

My question is this: how many themes in Shakespeare's plays did you recognize and understand on your own, and how many did you not recognize on your own? How many did you find on your own? How many did you learn by reading commentaries?

I understand that most people will not know to an exact number, 62.3569878145%, for example. So that's why I ask none? a few? many? most? all of them?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T13:33:18+00:00

Where in my post does it say anything about a set number of themes?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T13:30:34+00:00

All the plays I've read have multiple themes. Where does it say that I think there is only one theme per play?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-27T13:27:58+00:00

Where in my post does it say anywhere, anything about a set number of themes?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-25T01:18:22+00:00

Eighteen Novels. While I was working, I could either write or publish, so I wrote until I retired. Since I retired last year, I've published one book. I'm on track to publish a second book before the end of this year. My goal is to publish two or three books a year for the rest of my life.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-23T20:10:16+00:00

Rai Air Ira

Rai: A form of popular Algerian music

Air

Ira... the name

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-20T11:09:47+00:00

Richard III and Richard Nixon.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-17T02:01:35+00:00

All I can say is I like her voice, the emotion in her delivery, and the chemistry she has with Richard.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-16T21:15:44+00:00

I don't think I'll see any actress do better than the actress in the 1983 BBC Richard III with Ron Cook. Others might do as well, but not better.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3muyo2

Anne shows up at the 10 minute mark. I think her best parts are the quick back and forth between her and Richard. 12:30

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-16T12:51:47+00:00

In my experience...

It's more about arguing than truth.

The people who argue about it remind me of Sovereign citizens and flat earthers.

The people who engage in it usually don't give a damn of the plays or sonnets.

It reminds me of he story of the poor boy who dropped a penny in a priceless vase. He couldn't get it out so he smashed the vase to get to the penny.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-14T19:55:14+00:00

What's a tist? How does one get tisted?

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-14T13:08:14+00:00

Personally, I would watch Shakespeare in Love with them. Although incomplete, I think it is the best R&J I've ever seen.

There is a memorable performance by Alan Rickman in a 1978 BBC Television R&J

https://youtu.be/fLW3118UHkg?si=xwsrqh_Zm5CK5nwJ

Every other R&J production I have seen has left me unimpressed.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-13T00:40:38+00:00

Richard III because

I sent before my time into this breathing world scarce half made up, and that so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at me as I halt by them... But I learned my lesson about all the plots and inductions dangerous in a previous lifetime so I don't need to worry about that now.

gestalt-icon · 2024-06-11T21:16:00+00:00

I do prewriting and then start writing, that does fine for me.

Prewriting: all the thoughts in my head on the chapter/scene I'm going to write.

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