I was pleasantly horrified by just how good Mel Gibson is in that movie. I still shudder when I think of how I’ve had to reevaluate my loathing of him.
Quite a humourous blog. Aside from the Lethal Weapon stint, I enjoy Mel Gibson. *shrug*
I KNOW! I think his soliliquey was better than Jacoby’s! I nearly wet myself.
I think Gibson plays the insanity very well in his version, all that wide-eyed head bobbing he does.
I can’t even remember the Brannagh version, actually, except that the “update” to such a sparkling 19th Century setting bored me.
The recent Ethan Hawke version, with Tom Sheppard is pretty good.
The best I’ve ever seen, though, is a BBC production with Kevin Kline and Patrick Stewart. Hard to find, but soooooo good. Done as a stage play for the screen on a very minimalist set suggested mainly by drapery. Cool overhead shots, too.
Oh, and who could forget the Tim Roth & Gary Oldman version of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead???
Did you recognize Patrick Stewart as Sejanus in I Claudius?
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I was pleasantly horrified by just how good Mel Gibson is in that movie. I still shudder when I think of how I’ve had to reevaluate my loathing of him.
Quite a humourous blog. Aside from the Lethal Weapon stint, I enjoy Mel Gibson. *shrug*
I KNOW! I think his soliliquey was better than Jacoby’s! I nearly wet myself.
I think Gibson plays the insanity very well in his version, all that wide-eyed head bobbing he does.
I can’t even remember the Brannagh version, actually, except that the “update” to such a sparkling 19th Century setting bored me.
The recent Ethan Hawke version, with Tom Sheppard is pretty good.
The best I’ve ever seen, though, is a BBC production with Kevin Kline and Patrick Stewart. Hard to find, but soooooo good. Done as a stage play for the screen on a very minimalist set suggested mainly by drapery. Cool overhead shots, too.
Oh, and who could forget the Tim Roth & Gary Oldman version of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead???
Did you recognize Patrick Stewart as Sejanus in I Claudius?
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