The First Ghost Scene

   In Zeffirelli's version, there is less dramatic music and the tone is a lot darker. I like Gibson as Hamlet as opposed to Branagh, just because I think Hamlet's personality is a little more likeable,understandable, and humorous. I think the actor that plays old Hamlet has a very different emotion compared to Branagh's version. In Branagh's version, old Hamlet is very angry. In Zeffirelli's,old Hamlet is more sad and heartbroken.

   I really like the flashbacks in Branagh's version. Zeffirelli's version is super colorful while Branagh's version is more dark and gloomy. The lighting, costumes, and music have a lot to do with that.Overall, I love the modern setting of Almeryda's version. I love Ethan Hawke as Hamlet because he looks a lot younger than the other two, and I envisioned Hamlet looking more like him than the other two. Although I love Almereyda's version because it is a lot easier to relate it to the current time, I feel like it is a lot less eventful.
     Old Hamlet seems to have similar emotion to the one in Zeffirelli's version.
If I was to interpret this scene through film, I'd make it very dark and creepy. It's a ghost scene, it's meant to be scary. I would have Old Hamlet displaying emotions like Branagh's version and I would show Hamlet as being very angry and frustrated with the world and his life. I would put it in a modern setting like Almereyda's version, but I would make it suspenseful with flashbacks like from Branagh's version.