Comments on: Hamlet (1996) http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1600 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 19:59:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: VT http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1600&cpage=1#comment-13995 VT Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1600#comment-13995 About halfway through ( the parent's dilemma: Watch the movie in one sitting and be bleary-eyed the next day, or break it up in bits and live another day.) The good: The dialogue, some of the video, Sam Shepard and, yes, Kyle MacLaughlin. The bad: The "To be or not to be" speech comes as he browses videos at Blockbuster. About halfway through ( the parent’s dilemma: Watch the movie in one sitting and be bleary-eyed the next day, or break it up in bits and live another day.)

The good: The dialogue, some of the video, Sam Shepard and, yes, Kyle MacLaughlin.

The bad: The “To be or not to be” speech comes as he browses videos at Blockbuster.

]]> By: VT http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1600&cpage=1#comment-13974 VT Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:21:51 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1600#comment-13974 Thanks for the hat tip. I've got the four hour on videotape at home somewhere. I just never got around to it. But your Hamlet writing got me to fire up the DVR for the 2000 Ethan Hawke version of Hamlet as corporate takeover. (Here's hoping it's better than his "Great Expectations," or at least no more significant scenes in flip-flops!) Thanks for the hat tip. I’ve got the four hour on videotape at home somewhere. I just never got around to it.

But your Hamlet writing got me to fire up the DVR for the 2000 Ethan Hawke version of Hamlet as corporate takeover. (Here’s hoping it’s better than his “Great Expectations,” or at least no more significant scenes in flip-flops!)

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