kenneth branagh's Hamlet based on shakespear's 'Hamlet'

'HAMLET'  MOVIE by Kenneth Branagh is based on original play 'HAMLET' by William Shakespeare .

• How faithful is the movie to the original play? after watching the movie, have your perception about play, characters or situations changed?  

Yes , the movie is as faithful as the original  play, because the play starts with the statue of “King Hamlet”- the father of Hamlet and end with the fall of the statue of King Hamlet. In the play, the statue shows us the “Rising and Falling action” of the Throne.

Yes , after watching the movie my perception about the character of “Ophelia”. In the movie, the director doesn’t give more important the character of Ophelia, but whatever I watched about the character of Ophelia, it was very effective and tragic way throughout the movie.

• Do you feel aesthetic delight while watching the movie?

I feel aesthetic delight while watching the movie when Ophelia was gone mad not for her father’s death but for the love of Hamlet, and therefore in that scene I can see the “Tragic Beauty” of the Ophelia which feel me aesthetic delight’

• Do you feel catharsis while or after watching the film?

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Yes, I feel catharsis while watching the movie when Hamlet’s fable minded behavior with Ophelia very badly for asking her father . And the another catharsis that I felt was that when Ophelia was gone mad and sing a mad song with full of tragic emotions.

• Does screening of the movie helped you in better understanding?

Yes, the screening of movie help me in better understanding of the play, like it help me to remember the important scenes – ghost scene, and also remember me some minor characters like Rosencrantze and Guildenstern . But somewhere I can’t get the important dialogs from the movie.

• Was there any particular scene that you will cherish lifetime

Yes, I cherish the particular scene or moment in the play.
1) Ghost scene- by technically it was very effective , eye-catchy  and feels me somewhere horrible.
2) When Hamlet acted as he was mad, that scene spread little humour in the movie.
3) And the another one is Ophelia’s character give me a long lasting effect through the whole movie that I never forgot.

• If you are a director what changes would you like to make?

If I am director of this movie, I would like to make ghost scene more horrible and another one is that I would like to change the character of Ophelia and Hamlet’s age because Ophelia was very younger than the Hamlet.

• What does the fallen statue signifies?

As my understanding , I find the symbolism in the play is “Revenge”. Because revenge itself is not a good idea and revenge never end, never sleep. And therefore Hamlet is responsible for himself to take revenge.

• While studying the play through movie, which approach do you find  more applicable?

While studying the play though the movie I would find Two approaches in the play:
1) Seeing and Knowing Approach: When Ophelia see that Hamlet as a full of mad, but reality is that she knew that he acts as he mad.
2)Feminist Approach: This approach is applicable for the character of Ophelia and the mother of Hamlet.