My personal favorite portrayal of Hamelt's charecter is Mel Gibson's version. He showed Hamelet's sarcasm and bitterness towards his mother and uncle very well and very vivid. I enjoyed the modern version of Hamlet's story as well. Though the language is still the same the enviornment is more relatable to, by my generation. I enjoyed it better for that reason. I'm sure many people do not enjoy it for the same reason. The lighting is dark and morbid in Mel Gibson's version unlike in the 1800s version where it is dark yet fast paced and scary. The fog in that scene plays a big effect as well. All three scenes are intense but in different ways. The flasbacks are used to describe the feelings of the characters at the time these scenes took place.
I think if I directed the scene myself I'd go for more of an enviornment such as in the 1800s version. The fast paced flashbacks put a whole new form of intensness into the viewers mind and leave the viewer with almost an out of breath feeling. However I would not have him aproach his father so abruptly. It would be alot more intense if Hamlet had creeped up to his father's ghost and started talking to him with the look of fear in his eyes. Then as their coversation goes on it would get more and more fast paced. This in my idea is the most intense delivery of emotion to the audience and is the most relatable.
