Act 3 Scene 1

In act three scene one of Hamlet by Shakespeare; it concluded the prince Hamlet’s soliloquy. When the King and the Queen found Hamlet crazy after King Hamlet’s dead, they wanted to find out the reason of Hamlet’s crazy. They asked Hamlet’s friends, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz to talk with Hamlet. They thought that Hamlet would said something depth in his heart. But Hamlet knew all things, he didn’t say more things. So the King wanted to hide when Hamlet came, and then he can see what Hamlet do and hear what Hamlet say. From this soliloquy, we can found out Hamlet wanted kill himself. But he had many reason to not to do it, so he was very contradiction in that time.

There are three different films about Hamlet. I think Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet was better than the other two. These three films shoot in different years, so the scenery was very different. From these scenes, the first one was more beautiful than the other two, and then the first and second one was color and the third was black and white. So when the people see these three films, most of people think the first one is best of these three films.

The lines in the films were almost as the same as the book of Hamlet. But in Alexander Fodor a Hamlet, there were almost lines of lines missing. (Page 127, #74-79) I think these lines were very important to us know more about Hamlet’s heart. The missing lines were the reason to Hamlet not to kill him. He wanted to died, but he worried about what would happen after he died. He worried people’s words after he died. He didn’t want others to talk about him.

In these three films, only the in the Laurence Olivier as Hamlet had incidental music. The incidental music had a good effect to explained Hamlet’s emotion in that time. From incidental music, we can know about the gut how to happen. The incidental music followed the actors’ words and action, it made the spectators would feel the gut more true. There was a feeling to us, it maybe happened in your own.

I don’t think the first film was the best just for its color. The most important is the actor. Kenneth Branagh used a nice way to explained Hamlet’s mood at that time. The speed of these three films was different. I think the second was liked reading a book. I can’t see what happen to him. Alexander Fodor didn’t explain more emotion about Hamlet in the film. And the third one was better than the second one. Maybe the third one had incidental music, so I think it was better to explain Hamlet’s feeling at this time. In the film, Laurence Olivier had some actions. I think it is good for explained his feeling. In the first and third one, the actors took out a small sword. It was a good action to explain Hamlet wanted to kill himself at that time. In the first film, Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet, we just from the mirror to see what emotion in he face. In this film, one action caught my eyes. He put the small sword on the head. From this action, I found that Hamlet was very want to kill him in that time. But he had many reason not to do that. In these three films, the actors’ expression was different form each other. I think the first one was better than other two. The second one didn’t have any expression on his face. Maybe the method to shoot is just focus on his eyes. The third one was better than the second one. We can found some feeling that he had no choice. In the first one, we can found angry, sad and had no choice’s expression. He angry about that he can’t do anything for his father’s revenge. He angry about that he afraid to died when he can’t revenge. He sad by his cowardice. Kenneth Branagh explained Hamlet’s feeling very well in the film. I can feel very depth in the film.

The first film was the best not only the reason above, it had other reason to make us feel this one was the best. When Hamlet took out the small sword, it had a frame to the King. So it showed us that the King heard all words which Hamlet said. It was very good to link the gut after the King heard that. A good play must have good connection in the film, so the third one didn’t do very well in this place. And the second has a frame about Alexander Fodor kissed by someone as his father King Hamlet kissed by others. It was clearly to show us that Hamlet wanted died.

Generally, the first one was better than the other two, but in some place, the other two was better than the first one. For example, the incidental music in the third film. So it was good to explained Hamlet’s mood at that time. When a person said something by himself, others would feel unnatural. Because others would think that he just makes a show and earns other’s sympathy. Otherwise, Hamlet was written between 1599and 1601, so the third was made the spectators feel the play more true. In the second film, Hamlet had a recorder. Recorder was invented in 1877, so the year was not match. As same as the first one, in that film the King hided in the mono-directional mirror. It is sure that in 1600s, it didn’t have this mirror. A play is to make the spectators feel that is true in the world. In this place, the third is the best. Because its year of shoot was closer the time Shakespeare wrote. In the world, it doesn’t have anything is perfect. Only one thing is better than another. If the first film can do some place as the same as the other two, that would be better.