So this week in Class, we watched and read "Hamlet" by Billy Shakespeare. I had heard the basic story behind Hamlet but actually seeing it for myself was something entirely different. Mel Gibson does crazy good, which ironically, he is kind of crazy now, but I digress. I think the madness of Hamlet is real, between grief and anger, his mind is lost. I almost find the movie to be scary. It has a myserious, thriller feel to it. I found myself asking, "What is this mad man going to do next?!" My heart goes out to Ophelia, who is lost between duty to her family and love for this lunatic, and the movie left off today where Ophelia is losing her mind. With all the madness going on in Denmark, you think that Hamlet could count on his mother and friends, but to be honest they're pretty crazy too (with the exception of Horatio).
Hamlet's mother is WEIRD. I don't know what Danish customs were back then, but there is way too much mother-son bonding going on. I feel like you can see the sexual chemistry radiating off them. Also, unless Gertrude was like ten when Hamlet was born, she seems very young to be his mother. From what I understand Glenn Close and Mel Gibson are very close in age. Awkard casting unless they meant to do it intentionally.
I can feel the tension building in the plot, and I can't wait for next Monday when they all kill eachother! (Or so I am told happens)
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