The Ghost scene

      After viewing three different versions of the ghost scene in Act 1, each version had its own rendition and portrayal of the infamous scene. Each director of the three movies all use the base dialogue composed by Shakespeare.The directors Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda all basically use the dialogue, although it was slightly different in all except Branagh's version who followed it right out of the book. Creativity is a plus but sticking to the script is also good. Branagh's version is not the worst thing I have ever watched although it was pretty bad. The acting was awful, the special effects were the only plus. I hated how they talked and whatever that sound was. I could barley hear anything they said over the terrible music in the background. It was like a bad 80's movie. I thought aliens were about to come down from their mother ship. Hamlet played by Branagh himself seemed so afraid and I just disliked how he portrayed it. The flashbacks were a good idea until they had a second one, never have more than one flashback in a scene or it gets stupid, just stay in the flashback. It was awful after seeing six minutes of that movie I did not want to see anymore,
      The better of the three was Zeffirelli's, his rendition was not great but more understandable and clear. Gibson who played Hamlet did a better job. The eerie music in the background like Branagh's was a good touch it gave a little sense that Hamlet was afraid of what was to happen. Zeffirelli's was simple which was good because you cannot over do it adding all these sounds and trying to make it futuristic like Branagh was doing I presume. It was clear, i could easily hear what the actors were saying and feel as though this could have been broadcast-ed as a play in Shakespearean time.  Although the ghost was not great, they could have done something to make it look more like a ghost rather than a guy sitting down, it was the only minus of this version. Otherwise it was exceptional to my standards.
      Last but not least Almeredya's, it was to portray a more current version which was honestly enjoyable. Seeing it in modern time gave me more of an idea of how it could be played out in current times. Although it was not great , I liked it, it was simple and i felt more of a connection towards Hamlet and his father in this one. Hamlet seemed closer to his dad and showed that Hamlet would have grievance towards his uncle for doing it. It did not stick completely to the script but that made it better being portrayed in modern times. Hawke who played Hamlet did a decent job acting as if he was surprised by the appearance,but his face seemed frozen with that look throughout the scene. The best was by Gibson who switched emotions and showed so many different emotions about seeing his dad again and how his uncle betrayed him. Overall Gibson and Zeffirelli had the best take on the ghost scene and is actually enjoyable to watch.
       If I were the director I would use Zeffirelli's idea,Branagh's special effects and make up department for the ghost and the Almeredya's filming aspect and long pauses to make it more dramatic along with the slow paced of the actors. Setting is important but at the same time Almeredya made a decent modern day version which was better than Branagh's version who had a better more realistic setting. Branagh's was just bad acting, and the sound effects and music was just awful, they destroyed the ghost using a voice alternator or whatever that was. Zeffirelli would be something more ideally that I would try to match if I were to create my own version.