SQUUEEEEEE!!!

[timepiececlock]

Watched Acts 4 & 5 of Hamlet over late morning & lunch.

I love this movie.

This will be on my list as soon as the DVD is released.



I loved the scene over Ophelia's grave. I love the pretty eyes of the guy who plays Fortinbras whose name I can never remember. I loved the acting of the man who played Laertes. I loved Robin Williams as the smarmy & overexcited courtier. I loved this whole thing. What a pretty film.

Also, I really like this play. So, so much better than King Lear.


Also, a quix. Gacked from...er.... someone.


Lucius Malfoy


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Comments

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

It's all about Macbeth, people.

[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

There is a an argument for Macbeth, but I'm sticking with Hamlet. Can we all agree on Othello not being very good though?

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

Eh, although it would never be my first choice, I like Othello. Highly dislike Romeo and Juliet, though - it belongs to the "all the problems would be taken care of if all the characters weren't idiots" school of drama. Drives me crazy.

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[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

Romeo and Juliet? I hate the w\y the best character dies in act 3..nd your right. The chracters are idiots!

Othello always seemed like a really bad episode of a soap opera for me.

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

Mercutio all the way, baby!

And yeah, Othello kind of is like a bad soap opera, but it's a fun bad soap opera. I like Iago's mind games.

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[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

Ah but Iago is sort of my problem with it. Hes just EVIL with no real motivation (I find it diffcult to buy that he does all that out of Jealously. Unless he was Gore Vidal but I digress). He seems to be a villian just for the sheer hell of it!

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

I remember when I studied Othello in class, there was a lot of dithering over Iago's "motivation" - I agree with you that it's pretty thin, but again, I think that's half the fun. Unrepentant evil just for the sake of evil? In a fictional world, that can be a real kick. Which is probably part of the reason I tend to enjoy Angelus more than Angel...

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[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

I tend to enjoy Angelus more than Angel...

Nothing to do with the infamous leather pants?

Well, what can I say, I guess I hold Shakespeare to a higher standard than I hold Mutant Enemy (No offense guys..).

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with the infamous leather pants?

LOL. Not really, actually. There must be something wrong with me.

I guess I hold Shakespeare to a higher standard than I hold Mutant Enemy (No offense guys..).

Yes, but ME gets far more of my ire...

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[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

Well thats fair enough!