HAMLET by Mel Gibson is the best one I have watched in all my life (I am 73), better that all others incluiding Sir Laurence Olivier. Mel is simply a WONDERFUL ACTOR. Greetings from the Old and Dear Spain.
Why Zeffirelli was great? Because he feel underminds; he said about Mel: I choose him because every time when you see him you feel danger. Not from him but just feeling of danger, frustration... It is so true and this exactly is a Hamlet's credo...
John Carter Tibbetts (born Paola, Kansas, October 6, 1946, and grew up in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American film critic, historian, author, painter, and pianist. He is currently a film professor at the University of Kansas.
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (Peekskill, 3 de enero de 1956), conocido como Mel Gibson, es un actor, director y productor de cine estadounidense nacionalizado australiano e irlandés.
Mel says, "I like flying off the handle" like Hamlet - and he proved it in later years. He does a fine job in the movie, one of the best versions especially for neophytes. Connoisseurs will want eventually to see, or hear, the play with the complete text.
