First Hamlet film post:

Wow,  there is a huge difference between reading Hamlet aloud in class and watching it on a screen!  Now, I can see how directors envision the individual scenes looking, what emotions they want the actors to show, and how they want the audience to perceive the characters.  What I found most interesting, was how the Ethan Hawke and David Tennant films were modern.  Hawke's setting was in a city and involved computers, while in Tennant's film, we saw his monologue through a security camera.  I think that if the modernization of Hamlet will attract a younger audience, then by all means directors should so so.