I find it interesting that there are so many ways that you can interpret Hamlet, or any play for that matter. Not only are these two renditions of the same play but they are also different parts of said play. The way that Hamlet is played I will leave mostly to the interpretations of the actors (in which case I preferred Tenant). And the styles! Oh the styles!
On one had Tenant approaches the play in a more cinematic view providing the audience with more angles and the imposition of "security cameras" which at this point we can conclude that is a big brother-ish approach to the situation. That Hamlet is being watched, who is at the other end we don't know yet. I found that this rendition also has scattered hints of points that are o be made. For example, the shirt that has a muscular body printed on it, I think, is to show that the strong, courageous image that Hamlet has with his people is merely an image, not what he actually is. Also, the fact that when he rips out the security cam he states that he is now alone; however, when is actually questioning himself he talks directly to the viewer, to the camera suggesting that we are, at that point in time, Hamlet.
On the other hand, Branagh maintained the scene in one level, whatever change in the movement in the camera was very slight. In this rendition, Hamlet was set in a hall of mirrors, whew people could look at themselves (in the non-literal sense). This was suggested to the viewer when hamlet was referring to himself he looked in the mirror.
I guess that Branagh's Mirror is Tenant's camera. In which case just further establishes my point that at that point in time we are Hamlet. That is what Shakespeare intended, or so I think based on these interpretations, sympathy for this character.
On one had Tenant approaches the play in a more cinematic view providing the audience with more angles and the imposition of "security cameras" which at this point we can conclude that is a big brother-ish approach to the situation. That Hamlet is being watched, who is at the other end we don't know yet. I found that this rendition also has scattered hints of points that are o be made. For example, the shirt that has a muscular body printed on it, I think, is to show that the strong, courageous image that Hamlet has with his people is merely an image, not what he actually is. Also, the fact that when he rips out the security cam he states that he is now alone; however, when is actually questioning himself he talks directly to the viewer, to the camera suggesting that we are, at that point in time, Hamlet.
On the other hand, Branagh maintained the scene in one level, whatever change in the movement in the camera was very slight. In this rendition, Hamlet was set in a hall of mirrors, whew people could look at themselves (in the non-literal sense). This was suggested to the viewer when hamlet was referring to himself he looked in the mirror.
I guess that Branagh's Mirror is Tenant's camera. In which case just further establishes my point that at that point in time we are Hamlet. That is what Shakespeare intended, or so I think based on these interpretations, sympathy for this character.
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