"될되거나하지 않는 것은 그것이 문제 로다" Translation: "to be or not to be THAT is the question"

 The setting for each play is different. In Olivier's Hamlet, Hamlet was giving his speech on a rock in the middle of nowhere. In Zeffirelli's Hamlet, Hamlet gave his speech in the catacombs. In Branaugh's Hamlet, Hamlet was looking at a mirror and looking at himself. In  Almereyda's Hamlet, Hamlet was at blockbuster. For most of the versions it gives a mysterious, lonely feeling and for the modern veresion it just felt like blah. The setting could have been better. I didn't pay much attention to it like I did for the others. Each director was trying to show something different. Some focused on Hamet's head whle others jus focused on the speech and the meaning of the speech. In some versions there was some music. It gave an intense feeling. The lighting in most scenes were dark. In Zeffirelli's Hamlet, when Mel Gibson  walked into the light at one point it went perfectly with what he was saying at that moment. I didn't really like it when they used a dagger as a prop. I felt the prop didn't really help out.

The Ghost Scene

   In Branagh's version the actors were really dramatic, in Zeffirelli's version the actors weren't as dramatic as Branagh's version, and in Almereyda's version the actors were good, but Old Hamlet kept touching Hamlet and I felt that was way different from the other 2 versions. The music in all 3 movies was pretty good. All 3 versions had very dramatic music. The lighting in Branagh's and Zeffirelli's version was dark. It gave a mysterious feel to the scene. In Almereyda's version, I felt that there was way too much lighting. I mean they were at a hotel and it's supposed to be modern, but they could have at least dimmed the lights in the room.
   There were some special effects in Branagh's version. Some examples are the fog and how the ghost of Old Hamlet disappeared. The other 2 versions didn't really have any special effects. When Branagh used flashbacks it helped create visual to the death scene. The choices were pretty good and overall the movie came out nice.