Hamlet
...im be killed there. Ophelia, Hamlet’s girlfriend, goes crazy after Hamlet, unbeknownst to her that it was he, kills her father, Polonius. Hamlet is sent to England but escapes his captors. He returns to Denmark to find that Ophelia has died. Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, goes in cahoots with Claudius. He asks to duel with Hamlet. Hamlet then accepts. The duel at the end gets exciting. They duel, but the poisoned drink that Claudius expected Hamlet to drink is drunk instead by Gertrude. She dies. Laertes dies. Hamlet kills Claudius (finally!). Hamlet dies from the wound Laertes inflicted upon him. End of film. That’s a pretty brief description believe or not for a Hamlet review. I believe this genre of film falls into drama. With all of the killings, plots, bad people like the king, and overall sad quality, this is definitely a dramatic film to see. The central idea of this film, I think, was revenge. A long, drawn out revenge. The whole time you never knew just when Hamlet was going to kill the king. And you never knew who Hamlet was going to take his anger out on next. The central conflict of the film consisted of Hamlet and his uncle Claudius. Claudius killed Hamlet’s father to obtain the throne and married Hamlet’s mother. That would be enough to get me plotting revenge quick. This conflicts dramatic climax came at the end with Hamlet dueling Laertes. You never knew if Hamlet was going to stop fighting Laertes and run over to kill Claudius or what. Finally, after Claudius accidentally killed Gertrude and Laertes dying, Hamlet killed Claudius. The director, Franco Zeffirelli, did a wonderful job directing this version of Hamlet. It came across very real. The actors, also, gave it that real quality. Mel Gibson was very believable as Hamlet. He made you feel for him which is exactly what actors are supposed to do. He was such an inter...