This adaptation of a Shakespear story seemed pretty authentic to me although I haven't read the story since high school, and I am not a film critic. I thought it was a weird choice to use Mel Gibson as Hamlet, as he seems like a generic version of what the tortured soul should be. But what I liked about this film is how the set felt exactly like what I could picture that time and place to be like. The castle is dark and damp, and you can almost feel the coolness of it, especially with the ambiance the storyline portrays. But I felt like with how the story was written, it was played out in an emotionally shallow way in this film. By the end I was thinking to myself that I should be more invested in the characters, and be feeling what they were. Each shot seemed pretty quick to me even if the scene itself was dragged out. To me, Mel's performance was not very convincing, and it seemed like he was only cast because he was such a big actor during this time. My favorite part was the landscapes that this film took place, Wide open green fields, and an immensely big castle, men on horseback riding through the hills, made it exciting and added to the plot.
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