Hamlet - Act V Scene II - Kenneth Branagh 

These lines, and this performance, came to my mind when my son passed away, and were of some comfort. Thank you, Mr. Branagh.

I just realized that Kenneth Branagh also played professor Lockhart in HP and the chamber of secrets... O.o he's such a talented actor! And the reason I fell in love with Hamlet!

Ten months ago when my wife and I were sick with Covid, she kept quoting from this scene.

Branagh is the best Shakespeare actor and director. with him the material never feels stilted or theatrical. it always feels real. what a gift.

I love this film! A Masterpiece! Kenneth Branagh is sublime and his Hamlet is a triumph!

Horatio is my favorite character in all of Hamlet.

thou wouldst not think how ill all's here about my heart

great movie and l never seen it before

compare this to Olivier's film rendering - Kenneth B is on a whole other level - a performance that would make the angels weep

The Whispering Hamlet

Fooding of Sagittarius are polluted, such thing will give a great pleasure for time being but ... education is big policy specially which for mutually angles and devil's if the Chief does not take initiative to meet similar chief in another providence.

Why do they change the setting for so many Shakespeare plays? There are almost NO plays done in their Globe Theatre setting. I guess there are very few people that would watch them otherwise.

Another of Hamlets mistakes. Horatio makes the right call

Shakespeare was never good at silence. Chekhov on the other hand . . .

this scene is too often misunderstood or even ignored by representations of this work, when it contains the same main central messages as the most famous of Hamlet's soliloquies (act 3 scene 1) "we defy augury" the Lord works through all of us................."if it be now, 'tis not to come"..."thus, conscience doth make cowards of us all" put your faith in Christ.....

Possibly the most beautiful moment in film history, the acting, the edit, and the poetry all form a perfectly tragic moment, blending hope and despair together in a way that's unique not only throughout film, but throughout all English works I've seen or read.

It's easy to dismiss something when you can't understand it, hence folks calling shakespeare boring and all. I just can't think of any play that is as brilliant as Hamlet.

profound in its beauty, and relentless sadness. he mastered this!

It is a masterpiece done by a master of his craft. thus, it is natural to cry.

this scene made my cry while i was watching this in my british lit. class... it was so embarrassing to see my professor laugh at me... anyway beautiful scene done perfectly by Kenneth!

The readiness is all .... let be

These words are as undeniably true as they are beautiful. When I die , I want these words to mark my resting place.

masterful performance..thank you

wow magnificent interpretation!!

true in a very odd, sentimental sort of way... the beauty in watching Hamlet accept death/his fate... goddammit i love shakespeare!

Any lit professor worth their salt cries at this point as well. How could you not?

wonderful actor

My favorite Hamlet

I think if we all human beings accept our death like hamlet did it, in any way of our death even knowing or not the reason. The world will be other. My favorite quote. Hello from Mexico, Alex.

Si mon heure est venue, elle n’est pas à venir ; Si elle n’est pas à venir, elle est venue Si mon heure n’est pas venue, elle viendra plus tard, inévitable. Le tout est d’être prêt.....

Kenneth Branagh did a good fucking job

@Slypaperclips One of the first things I was taught at school was that English Lit includes Oscar Wilde and Seamus Heaney (Irish), Conrad who was Polish-English, Dylan Thomas (Welsh), Margaret Atwood who is Canadian and Iain M Banks (Scottish). You're welcome for the gold star (I have a sense of humour), but I've already got a BA and an MA and I'm currently finishing my PhD. ;)

@SpiderXxPirate Youve got a fair point man! But i would never see him as sensitive or compassionate or bent on revenge?!? Hes a contemplative character. Hes not so much obsessed with revenge as he is with the IDEA of revenge....know what i mean?

yeah havin a quiz on this 2mrrw!!!! whoa hamlet!!

my thoughts too!

Bravo

I too remember crying whilst watching this scene...I was around 9 at the time :P I'm 15 now haha.

@NapoleonCalland good point. Gold star to you :D

@crysiseternity yeah kenneth branagh's version is set in victorian times in denmark

Is the correct reading of the line "since no man HAS aught of what he leaves," as written above, or "since no man KNOWS aught of what he leaves'" as spoken by Branagh (and other actors)? The difference is very significant. The line is garbled in the original existing Shakespeare sources (Bad Quarto, Good Quarto, First Folio) and makes the meaning of the line considerably open to wide interpretations. Exactly what did Shakespeare mean?

It's not embarrassing at all. I cried too if it's any consolance to you.

@Slypaperclips It's called English Lit because it's written in English...

too low,but this is so sad!!!! gruesome

Best movie ever made. Sir Francis Bacon would be more than proud.

@juhee589 we call it English Lit, because the Welsh and Scottish weren't up to much in the 17th century.

Why Would your Prof laugh at you! Just means the words are so powerful that they move our emotions

then you must be family then!

@crysiseternity set sometime after the renaissance, perhaps the 1700s or 1800s.

@crysiseternity It isn't set in modern times. This is an excellent film version nonetheless.

@Slypaperclips I would suggest that if you actually read my comment it was obvious that I realised you were making a joke. Either that or you were being patronising, given that gold stars (for anyone else reading this comment who doesn't know) are usually awarded to children under 10. My PhD is in History and the point (which you obviously missed) is that if you're going to patronise people (or just be rude) you might as well look at their CV before you pat them on the head and offer a biscuit.

@SpiderXxPirate I would recommend Literature in whatever language. :) ps. Any other Canadian authors you'd like to recommend? (I'm not being "funny", I'm eager to learn). pps That includes Canuk authors.

@NapoleonCalland I would suggest that if you actually had a sense of humour you would realise that I was joking...I've studied Salinger, Fitzgerald, Burnes, Conrad and Wilde in the last two years. So you're doing a PHD in English Lit...am I supposed to be impressed? Get over yourself.

Hamlet is played brilliantly by Brannagh, but he failed to portray the true Hamlet. Hamlet is an evil, selfish prik who is responsible for wiping out an entire family! Im studying it for my leaving Cert and ive come to that conclusion.