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deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2004 8:52:38 pm PDT #3365 of 10002

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Branagh or Olivier?

Oh, definitely Branagh's, for me. Olivier's was a very specific timepiece, done for a very specific purpose: chivvy up the Brits to deal with the Nazis. There's no subtlety in it anywhere that I can remember, as well done as it was.

Branagh's melted me. It just fucking killed me. I went back and saw it four times in the first two weeks it was out; the music alone would have made me fall in love, but the long tracking shot after Agincourt, the purity of the St. Crispin's speech, a little touch of Harry in the night...

Damn. On any given day, ask me to name my top five movies ever, and that one comes up in the top three.

Katie M - Jun 16, 2004 8:53:48 pm PDT #3366 of 10002

I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Strawberry gets picked up on the way. (I was re-reading it... this winter? Didn't finish it. Maybe I'll take it with me on the cruise.)

Katie M - Jun 16, 2004 8:54:24 pm PDT #3367 of 10002

I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Is Hazel the big fighter? The one who, even though he's battered all to hell and gone, gets up and says, "My Head Rabbit told me to hold this position," and freaks out the enemy rabbits, who can't conceive of a rabbit tough enough to give this one orders?

Bigwig. Hazel's the Head Rabbit in question. That's a great scene, too.

Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:55:01 pm PDT #3368 of 10002

brillig

Plus Olivier left out the betrayal by those three Englishmen before the invasion. That was blatant.

And the shifting from theater to theatrical set to "real world" was interesting, but jarring.

Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:55:56 pm PDT #3369 of 10002

brillig

Fiver's the visionary, right.

P.M. Marc - Jun 16, 2004 8:56:03 pm PDT #3370 of 10002

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Unfortunately, Deb, Connie was asking about Hamlet. *g*

Though I agree with you that his Henry was the BEST. By Hamlet, he'd gone firmly into his "StediCam + Kenneth = Tru Luv 4 EVAH!!!1!" stage of things.

I don't think there's been a proper film version of Hamlet yet, sadly.

Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:57:38 pm PDT #3371 of 10002

brillig

I initially meant Henry V but mistyped that as Hamlet. I fgured Deb was just being psychic.

Like Branagh's Hamlet. Gorgeous sets, the text finally made sense to me with all the political subplots--I love it.

deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2004 8:59:21 pm PDT #3372 of 10002

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Double post. Weirdness...

deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2004 8:59:35 pm PDT #3373 of 10002

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

(blink)

Hamlet?

suhNERK.

Sorry. Olivier, for that one, I suppose; but honestly, neither film really killed me the way Henry V did. I might have liked Branagh's better if I hadn't felt like, well, exactly what my adored Plei said, about the Steadicam, and the no really proper version on film yet.

P.M. Marc - Jun 16, 2004 9:00:11 pm PDT #3374 of 10002

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I can't see an Hamlet without thinking Stoppard, and the film version of R&G is so much better than any film version of Hamlet I've seen, it makes me sad.

Plus, pointless use of the SC = five MILLION points from Gryffandor.

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