HAMLET!

Out of the first act with Kenneth Branagh the emotions i recieved from him were that of first depression, to a sad resignation followed quickly by anger mixed with disgust. i admit to being bias and like his performance but i wont say that it was my favorite.

Kevin Kline i felt had no emotion. im my opinion it was monotonous. to be frank i didn't feel much for his perfomance. it seemed too rehearsed for my liking.

With the 3rd act performed by Nicol Williamson i got the feeling of grief. he seemed to really be feeling sorrowful and did a good job at conveying so. his eyes, their direct gaze as a deer caught in a headlight simply awaiting his fatal destination, i thought it was great. Also the lazy manner in which he carried himself across the stage as though he had no strength, brilliant, but not my favorite.

Mel Gibson appeared to me to be heartbroken. He sounded pained and the way he looked down onto his mother from the window, like a child who's favorite toy was taken away. It was good.

Irronically enough, my favorite was the one i didnt not understand much of. The fifth act by Fujiwara Tatsuya was to me the best. Yes the cage was very much cliche, but he gave me everything. One moment he was angry, then frustrated back to angry, the depressed and painly sorrowed. I think Hamlet must have been feeling every emotion known to man when he was going reciting these words and to me Fujiwara expressed them all perfectly, if a bit exaggerated at times, but still great!