I know a lot of the time he is feigning madness but I think he did go a bit mad for real. His entire life is pretty much collapsing around him, and he breaks down. Faking the madness sort of covers up the real trauma he's going through. I don't know if that was really obvious to everyone else, but yeah...
Why are the top comments about the disorder of the scenes, when this is such a beautiful piece of acting? Soak it in, guys! Don't think about the bad, nothing's perfect. Focus on the bounty and richness of good that's here! The marvellous, glorious writing and the tremendous acting! There's not much not to like :) and if you do need something in order, well, maybe try another version? Though missing out on DT acting this would sort of suck :D
the Kenneth Branaugh version is the version you want to watch if you are trying to follow along in your book. some of the scenes in this movie are out of order
All this soliloquy is asking is if it's better to die and escape the "heartache and thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to" (pain and suffering and heartache of life) or to live through it all. The "to die, to sleep no more, and by a sleep to say we end the..." means something along the lines of "but what is death but a sleep, when we sleep no more, and because of this deathly slumber we escape the heartache and pains that come with life, and this is truly desired". I
The semicolon is extremely important here. So, dying is a kind of sleep ad nothing more. It is a kind of sleep that will end the heart-ache and a thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir to.
When he says "To die, to sleep, no more..." what does he mean? Does he mean dying would put an end to sleep, or does he mean that dying would be sleep, and that there would be "no more", like, there would be nothing left? Thanks SO much... :)
....wow. This is amazing... the way he's begging with Ophelia, it's like playing mad has bled through into his real intentions, like he just can't bear the stress, and he's asking her to never have children so those kids will be spared what he's going through. Sorry if that's obvious to everyone else, I'm just thinkin' out loud :)
@kinglorimer It depends on the source material... the First Folio is very different from any of the Quartos, and all of them inform the actor in a differient way.
This is definitely a great version from what I've seen, but the rearanging of the scenes is jarring to me. It seems wierd for hamlet to run out yelling "get the to a nunnery" and then come back in the room.
I'm really fond of David's acting for the to be or not to be soliloquy. It feels really organic, like we're hearing Hamlet's thoughts, but only bits and pieces of them. His total dismissal of Polonius made me laugh, too. Ophelia was odd. She's a good actress, but she swings too quickly between moods, I think. I'm not sure. The only thing I really dislike is the director's choice to break the fourth wall, especially with Polonius. It just really doesn't make any sense to me.
@RavensSong99 Yeah...Have you ever noticed how many evil angels there are in Dr Who? I mean, the ones fom Blink/Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, and the hosts fom Voyage of the Damned...
@slightlyinsaneFTW Yes, I just got to watching Voyage of the Damned and was rather werided out by the Hosts. Not only is there that connection, but did you know that Chris, David AND the guy who played the Master have all played Hamlet? Weird or what?
@slightlyinsaneFTW Now all I need is to find an Evil Angel reference in Shakespeare and I will feel like Sherlock Holmes. (...Just remembered that Moffat writes for Sherlock. My goodness)
@RavensSong99 :D IKR! It was weird for me too. I just checked my Youtube messages after watching Sherlock, and there was a reply about Sherlock on a vid that had absolutely nothing to do with Sherlock...
and to say that Tennant does such an amazing job with this, the emotions are breathtaking. I'm disappointed with Ophelia so far, she is my second favorite character in the play usually. So far, Polonius is taking that award in this version. LOL Polonius.
This one, and the sullied flesh soliloquies are my absolute favorite in the play. Because I know how Hamlet feels. That is why I love the play. I have bee n suffering from mental illness, all my life. When you are 10 years old and in the fifth grade and you realize you want to kill youlrself for NO APPARENT REASON (besides the fact that your brain is just fucked up) you understand. I'm now 20, and even with handfuls of medication and therapy, I still think like this sometimes.
Tennant dominates this performance in a fashion outside of just having the best part - the only time Stewart flexes is as the dead King, but Tennant cooks the whole way through. I've seen a lot of Hamlet, but he is just....stunning.
Erm... is it just my book is wrong, or is this in fact from Act 3, Scene 1...? I am trying to study the play and I'm getting quite jumbled trying to follow this with my text.
@BrendanStoodley It depends what version you are reading. I believe this is the Folio version, not the first Quatro version - there are differences between them, sections of dialogue cut. I have the RSC's complete Shakespeare works, so mine is correct with this. Hope your studying went well :)
@BrendanStoodley yeah i was thinking that. I guess they changed it around because it was a stage performance and the actual thing would be years long. haha
@BrendanStoodley I'm not sure, but I think they may be using the First Quarto Hamlet. Though the scenes are in a different order the plot does seem more logical that way.
@BrendanStoodley theeen i would suggest u buy either the dvd which by the way is really good and right or just buy the one with the twat mel gibson the twat
this is actually act 3 scene 1 of the original hamlet, im trying to read the book while listening to the movie and it's very difficult when the movie is out of order.
@bjcrew24 To be fair, I think this order makes a bit more sense. While you could argue that by making Hamlet's encounter with Ophelia later in the play build up suspense, I think that it's an odd contrast between the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2 and the whole thing about the Players. Quite frankly, I think having Hamlet meet the Players and then that scene transitioning into The Mouse Trap was a good idea.
@synicalrules : The muscle shirt, while funny, is an important choice the director makes.
Hamlet wears the shirt partially to show his "antic disposition" (his insanity), but the shirt also reveals his underlying muscle structure. The shirt, then, is outwardly a sign of his feigned madness, but often times in the play, the scenes where we learn the most about Hamlet as a character are when he's pretending to be insane.
Love the entertainment, but I loathe this version...
Its sad to see so many people actually think this is even close to the original, though I'll admit that the interpretation the director takes with this version is a possible interpretation with the original...but still...too lacking overall I think...
Oh. Wow. God I LOVE David! He is SO amazing. It's really the first time I've heard Shakespeare and been able to truly understand it. It seems like he was BORN to say those lines. That's the FIRST time I've ever been floored by a performance of Shakespeare. And Ophelia ain't bad. She's pretty wonderful.
Just watched the whole play on DVD. In the first few scenes, I hardly recognize David Tennant. But the more that Hamlet descends into madness, the more he becomes like Doctor Who!
I think this adaptation is magnificent. David Tennant's talent for madness and anger is breath taking some times. He gets sucked into the character so well.
The security cameras are a good addition to the story. They piece together so many things from the play.
Wow. I've seen this scene between Hamlet and Ophelia many times, but this is the first time I've heard the nunnery line spoken (the first time) as though he's trying to protect her. Until he figures out he's being watched... And with all that intensity from Hamlet, that's the best Ophelia can do? Where's Kate Winslet...? I'd love to see her Ophelia with Hamlet in this scene!
Okay, next to David Tennant, whoever is playing Ophelia looks like a cardboard cut out. I don't like her acting style. But I just love the way that David Tennant gets into his characters. He is brilliant.
David's arms keep shoving Ophelia away-Does not want! Does not get the random hand gestures to the sky though Ophelia...David, my favorite timelordy-Hamlet. Ophelia, not the best. Kate does so much better....
@wrath606 He's doing that cuz he's pretending to be mad and telling her she is a whore basically- and he knows her father is watching, so he's testing her to see if she will betray him. x
@pensivebosom The original is just too long three and a half to four hours, depending on the production... most people cut it down to fit it inside maybe two... Mal Gibson version chops the hell out of it... In a really really annoying way
Wow. Tennant performs this soliloguy so well! Brilliant writer (Shakespeare) combined with a brilliant actor (David Tennant). I love how he doesn't make it all dramatic, and obvious that it's the most famous soliloguy from Hamlet, but makes it like he's really pondering. Brilliant. Really brilliant acting.
There's so much emotion in this scene. David Tennant is an inspiration to me. I can't count how many times I've seen this now, and still I feel it tweak something in my heart. Every time.
The soliloquy was...amazing. David Tennant did a brilliant job reflecting the emotions in his voice and face. It was perfect. Well done, truly. Bravo, David.
Oh god, the way he packs so much emotion into both of these scenes...First, "to be or not to be", in which he hardly moves but keeps you captivated just from the expression in his eyes. And then the "get thee to a nunnery" bit....When he screams "IT HATH MADE ME MAD!" I choke up, no matter how many times I see it.
@mrsdannyjones1000 You don't have to be good as he is, thats nearly impossible. Hamlet has been performed hundreds of thousands of times, and each Hamlet plays him differently. Be *your* interpretation of the character, not someone else's, not even the incredible David Tennant's version. The wonderful thing about Shakespeare is that there really is no limit to what can be done. His words are so honest.
@theaterchick Ha thanks for the advice but I did it last year ;) Got an A* and I personally thank David Tennant's amazing acting skills :D I didn't copy him at all, he more inspired me to take it my own way and do it well :)
This is a very well done scene, and, as expected, an amazingly written one as well. All hail Shakespeare, even if he stole plays, you can't steal writing like that. It's just fantastically done
Love, love, love this scene. Almost as good as witnessing it live. They did such a wonderful job transferring the play into film form, reminds me so much of when I saw it in August 2008.
I didn't notice before, I guess because I don't know the other parts as well, but they cut a few lines from this speech. Did they do that throughout the rest of the play as well?
The most entrancing performance of that famous speech. In the DVD extra documentary, Patrick Stewart called it "dazzlingly right". How correct he is... simply amazing.
You never know the meaning of 'geeking out' until one of-no THE sexiest man on the planet recites your favorite monologue written by your favorite playwright. I just fangasmed hard.
i love how no one's commenting on the beauty of Shakespeare's words being performed by such a phenomenal actor... we're all too engrossed in David's gorgeous hypno-eyes lol!
My baby cousin morris looks JUST like David. He has the brown hair, brown eyes, everything, I was thinking of buying him a sonic screwdriver to get past the baby locks. And as for the beauty, I know, it's just not possible. *stares at David. 0_0
@armadafanforever there is somone on the youtube called littleradge (Liam Dryden) that looks realy like David Tennant probably looked at his age (19 I think) and when he did a video (not real!) about David stalking him now *that* was weird and he is a whovian whichc also a resemblance *and* scottish maybe the universe is trying to make perfectness all over again *returns staring O_O*
@armadafanforever yeah you are probably right the poor universe tries to fight an impossible fight it is a perfectism of once in a lifetime.
I mean like once you get to know DT you just have to fall in love with him for being hot and adorkable and did I mentioned his BIG BROWN EYES *returns staring*
and i like David's shirt! :D
lifeinskinnyjeans 6 days ago in playlist David Tennant's Hamlet
Who would bear the whips and scorns of time? Well, David would. i mean, he is a Time Lord, after all.
lifeinskinnyjeans 6 days ago in playlist David Tennant's Hamlet
David Tennant is beautiful even when depressed/insane!
mrmistoffelees69 1 week ago
I thought to be or not to be was act 3 ... I AM soooo confused
KoreanKracka 2 weeks ago
:( lines are skipped
KoreanKracka 2 weeks ago
I know a lot of the time he is feigning madness but I think he did go a bit mad for real. His entire life is pretty much collapsing around him, and he breaks down. Faking the madness sort of covers up the real trauma he's going through. I don't know if that was really obvious to everyone else, but yeah...
MinyTheWild 2 weeks ago
I respect this version and love David's take but I got to go back to Kenneth.
thickbro522 3 weeks ago
Hearing David Tennant say "To be, or not to be" is just thrilling. Made my insides turn to mush.
AsMadAsAHatter92 4 weeks ago
Why are the top comments about the disorder of the scenes, when this is such a beautiful piece of acting? Soak it in, guys! Don't think about the bad, nothing's perfect. Focus on the bounty and richness of good that's here! The marvellous, glorious writing and the tremendous acting! There's not much not to like :) and if you do need something in order, well, maybe try another version? Though missing out on DT acting this would sort of suck :D
PhoenixWormwood137 1 month ago 2
the Kenneth Branaugh version is the version you want to watch if you are trying to follow along in your book. some of the scenes in this movie are out of order
kimmorin141 1 month ago
@PhoenixWormwood137
All this soliloquy is asking is if it's better to die and escape the "heartache and thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to" (pain and suffering and heartache of life) or to live through it all. The "to die, to sleep no more, and by a sleep to say we end the..." means something along the lines of "but what is death but a sleep, when we sleep no more, and because of this deathly slumber we escape the heartache and pains that come with life, and this is truly desired". I
lordivamp 1 month ago
The doctor and Picard. Epic
trekker123eski 2 months ago
Those framed mirrors are a lame excuse for a double mirror, so obvious.
hadassah179 2 months ago
Wow. She is a terrible Ophelia. Hey actions aren't fluid in the least.
CarmensFace 2 months ago in playlist Hamlet
@CarmensFace After seeing her cry, I half take that back.
CarmensFace 2 months ago in playlist Hamlet
WTF, writers/editors? Cutting out a paragraph from the original monologue? Let David have a go at the proper thing, already!
talonsandwings17 2 months ago
@talonsandwings17 If I ever see a totally unabridged Hamlet production I'll let you know, lol.
lucyliesinashes 2 months ago in playlist david tennant hamlet
@PhoenixWormwood137 It's: To die: to sleep; No More;
The semicolon is extremely important here. So, dying is a kind of sleep ad nothing more. It is a kind of sleep that will end the heart-ache and a thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir to.
deacon123blues 2 months ago
@deacon123blues Ohhhhh! Right! I get it now... thanks :D
PhoenixWormwood137 2 months ago
Can anyone help me with this?
When he says "To die, to sleep, no more..." what does he mean? Does he mean dying would put an end to sleep, or does he mean that dying would be sleep, and that there would be "no more", like, there would be nothing left? Thanks SO much... :)
PhoenixWormwood137 2 months ago
....wow. This is amazing... the way he's begging with Ophelia, it's like playing mad has bled through into his real intentions, like he just can't bear the stress, and he's asking her to never have children so those kids will be spared what he's going through. Sorry if that's obvious to everyone else, I'm just thinkin' out loud :)
PhoenixWormwood137 2 months ago
Where did he get that shirt? lol
Sterling3dg 2 months ago in playlist Hamlet
He doesnt say the whole thing? I have extra lines in the one im learning for A-level Drama!
kinglorimer 3 months ago
@kinglorimer It depends on the source material... the First Folio is very different from any of the Quartos, and all of them inform the actor in a differient way.
CornishGal2013 3 months ago
everything is beautiful oh my gosh
GluedWallflower 3 months ago
"for who would bear the whips and scorns of time?" lol the Doctor thats who!
DayByRandomDay 3 months ago 4
3:12 that shirt is FTW!!!
KEVINBUSCUS 3 months ago
The bit about TIME got me......
EdHardy2552 4 months ago
This scene is PERFECT. I LOVE David as Hamlet, wow.
The shirt tho lol.
SuperAwesomeTaylor 4 months ago 10
This is definitely a great version from what I've seen, but the rearanging of the scenes is jarring to me. It seems wierd for hamlet to run out yelling "get the to a nunnery" and then come back in the room.
tristanchord85 4 months ago
Holy hell, what was the costume director thinking? A muscle shirt? Really?
I'll be honest, though, the scene's great.
SwizztheWolf5 4 months ago
for some reason she reminds a lot of Keira Knightly.
starzgoblu 5 months ago
Beautiful version of the Hamlet/ Ophelia scene.
TheSuperchick2008 5 months ago in playlist More videos from JohnCartney
For some reason, I really love this part.
And 8:26 : lol, I actually read like that sometimes. But legged.
Daphnegirl93 5 months ago
If we ever do Hamlet in school I have a feeling I'm going to know this soliloque off by heart...
slightlyinsaneFTW 5 months ago
I'm really fond of David's acting for the to be or not to be soliloquy. It feels really organic, like we're hearing Hamlet's thoughts, but only bits and pieces of them. His total dismissal of Polonius made me laugh, too. Ophelia was odd. She's a good actress, but she swings too quickly between moods, I think. I'm not sure. The only thing I really dislike is the director's choice to break the fourth wall, especially with Polonius. It just really doesn't make any sense to me.
ChimeraChick 6 months ago 4
Anyone notice how David DOESN'T BLINK. EVER.
slightlyinsaneFTW 6 months ago 6
@slightlyinsaneFTW He has learned better.
AnaisForTheWin 6 months ago in playlist Hamlet ~ Royal Shakespeare Company
@AnaisForTheWin :D
slightlyinsaneFTW 6 months ago
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@slightlyinsaneFTW Could it be because of angels?
marain21 5 months ago
@slightlyinsaneFTW He can't. The angels. They're everywhere.
RavensSong99 4 months ago
@RavensSong99 Yeah...Have you ever noticed how many evil angels there are in Dr Who? I mean, the ones fom Blink/Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, and the hosts fom Voyage of the Damned...
slightlyinsaneFTW 4 months ago
@slightlyinsaneFTW Yes, I just got to watching Voyage of the Damned and was rather werided out by the Hosts. Not only is there that connection, but did you know that Chris, David AND the guy who played the Master have all played Hamlet? Weird or what?
RavensSong99 4 months ago
@RavensSong99 Yeah, I did know. And it is kinda weird...
(And his name's John Simm)
slightlyinsaneFTW 4 months ago
@slightlyinsaneFTW Now all I need is to find an Evil Angel reference in Shakespeare and I will feel like Sherlock Holmes. (...Just remembered that Moffat writes for Sherlock. My goodness)
RavensSong99 4 months ago
@RavensSong99 I was just watching Sherlock like 2 seconds ago...
slightlyinsaneFTW 4 months ago
@slightlyinsaneFTW .... wow.
RavensSong99 4 months ago
@RavensSong99 :D IKR! It was weird for me too. I just checked my Youtube messages after watching Sherlock, and there was a reply about Sherlock on a vid that had absolutely nothing to do with Sherlock...
slightlyinsaneFTW 4 months ago
YELLING SCENE!! He is great at those. I like the costumes. The security camera is great, too. They put it in there well.
NewspaperCat 7 months ago 4
I like how the views get less and less as you go through all the scenes, but here it jumps back up to 57,000.
NewspaperCat 7 months ago
@NewspaperCat which means the views have gone up by 2000 in a month
slightlyinsaneFTW 5 months ago
Love Polonius' little monologue at the end.
VamLoveAndKisses 7 months ago
sorry david, i just can't take you seriously in that shirt. . .
BriarNeverSay 8 months ago 6
- his eyes look black... with madness... :)
loving this version so far
hpswtrke42 8 months ago
- his eyes look black... with madness... :)
hpswtrke42 8 months ago
7:37 SHADES OF THE DOCTOR
freakypom 9 months ago
I humbly thank you. Well,well,well. that always makes me laugh for some reason. maybe I should stop smoking
MeesterCrumpet 9 months ago
mm!
MeesterCrumpet 9 months ago
i need that shirt
kurei2001 10 months ago
You tell her, Hamlet.
Opheliaac 10 months ago
weeeelll okay Ophelia may be getting better.
Clawsthatcatch 10 months ago
and to say that Tennant does such an amazing job with this, the emotions are breathtaking. I'm disappointed with Ophelia so far, she is my second favorite character in the play usually. So far, Polonius is taking that award in this version. LOL Polonius.
Clawsthatcatch 10 months ago
This one, and the sullied flesh soliloquies are my absolute favorite in the play. Because I know how Hamlet feels. That is why I love the play. I have bee n suffering from mental illness, all my life. When you are 10 years old and in the fifth grade and you realize you want to kill youlrself for NO APPARENT REASON (besides the fact that your brain is just fucked up) you understand. I'm now 20, and even with handfuls of medication and therapy, I still think like this sometimes.
Clawsthatcatch 10 months ago
Tennant dominates this performance in a fashion outside of just having the best part - the only time Stewart flexes is as the dead King, but Tennant cooks the whole way through. I've seen a lot of Hamlet, but he is just....stunning.
hanksingle 10 months ago
I'm surprised they cut so much from this speech.
Sensali 10 months ago
one of his weaker scenes imo... tennant cant do tragic as well. :(
numbers3934 10 months ago
Fishmonger = Pimp
Oh Billy Shakes
12timesadayman 11 months ago
Erm... is it just my book is wrong, or is this in fact from Act 3, Scene 1...? I am trying to study the play and I'm getting quite jumbled trying to follow this with my text.
BrendanStoodley 11 months ago 23
@BrendanStoodley They changed the order of some of the scenes for this version.
JohnCartney 11 months ago 10
@BrendanStoodley It depends what version you are reading. I believe this is the Folio version, not the first Quatro version - there are differences between them, sections of dialogue cut. I have the RSC's complete Shakespeare works, so mine is correct with this. Hope your studying went well :)
Beccarothwell 9 months ago
@BrendanStoodley yeah i was thinking that. I guess they changed it around because it was a stage performance and the actual thing would be years long. haha
MrArturoui 8 months ago
@BrendanStoodley I'm not sure, but I think they may be using the First Quarto Hamlet. Though the scenes are in a different order the plot does seem more logical that way.
LongLiveHumour 4 months ago
@BrendanStoodley theeen i would suggest u buy either the dvd which by the way is really good and right or just buy the one with the twat mel gibson the twat
whooky117 3 months ago
he's beautiful in every way...
reciting is gorgeous, amazing, so powerful...
PavanaBird 11 months ago
beautiful. there re no words...
12793lexilou 11 months ago
makes me think hes gone mad when hes talking like that, dressed like some school boy
ghozt419 11 months ago
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this sucks so bad... david tennant should stick to what hes good at.... nothing
BertiBee 1 year ago
this is actually act 3 scene 1 of the original hamlet, im trying to read the book while listening to the movie and it's very difficult when the movie is out of order.
bjcrew24 1 year ago 21
@bjcrew24 To be fair, I think this order makes a bit more sense. While you could argue that by making Hamlet's encounter with Ophelia later in the play build up suspense, I think that it's an odd contrast between the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2 and the whole thing about the Players. Quite frankly, I think having Hamlet meet the Players and then that scene transitioning into The Mouse Trap was a good idea.
foodmaniac311093 4 months ago in playlist Hamlet ~ Royal Shakespeare Company
@bjcrew24 Try the Kenneth Branaugh version.
tinyartist18 2 months ago
we watched this in ap english
princessyrandom1214 1 year ago
@synicalrules : The muscle shirt, while funny, is an important choice the director makes.
Hamlet wears the shirt partially to show his "antic disposition" (his insanity), but the shirt also reveals his underlying muscle structure. The shirt, then, is outwardly a sign of his feigned madness, but often times in the play, the scenes where we learn the most about Hamlet as a character are when he's pretending to be insane.
OFC498 1 year ago 2
Poor Ophelia
westindixie 1 year ago 3
Love the entertainment, but I loathe this version...
Its sad to see so many people actually think this is even close to the original, though I'll admit that the interpretation the director takes with this version is a possible interpretation with the original...but still...too lacking overall I think...
kelric6 1 year ago
@kelric6 very true.
morrisoniice 1 year ago
Oh. Wow. God I LOVE David! He is SO amazing. It's really the first time I've heard Shakespeare and been able to truly understand it. It seems like he was BORN to say those lines. That's the FIRST time I've ever been floored by a performance of Shakespeare. And Ophelia ain't bad. She's pretty wonderful.
SheenaBrnai 1 year ago 2
Oh, Polonius :)
AwkwardCheesecake 1 year ago 4
I love the first scene, with Hamlet's soliloqouy! This is the first time I have watched any Shakespeare, and I'm adoring it!
Oh, and David's shirt
BADGWOLF 1 year ago 6
Just watched the whole play on DVD. In the first few scenes, I hardly recognize David Tennant. But the more that Hamlet descends into madness, the more he becomes like Doctor Who!
MsCrowGoddess 1 year ago 4
I think this adaptation is magnificent. David Tennant's talent for madness and anger is breath taking some times. He gets sucked into the character so well.
The security cameras are a good addition to the story. They piece together so many things from the play.
sorasgirl22 1 year ago 4
Wow. I've seen this scene between Hamlet and Ophelia many times, but this is the first time I've heard the nunnery line spoken (the first time) as though he's trying to protect her. Until he figures out he's being watched... And with all that intensity from Hamlet, that's the best Ophelia can do? Where's Kate Winslet...? I'd love to see her Ophelia with Hamlet in this scene!
maryliz98 1 year ago 4
I love the actor who plays Ophelia. She's brilliant. Also love when her face is reflected in the floor. That's beautiful.
annwnevelyn 1 year ago 4
This is one of my favorit scenes, because It invols some of the funnest acting from Hamlet and David Tennant, lol
EthalaRide 1 year ago 3
Brilliantly done: get thee too a nunnery is not a kiss off it is the phrase of a desperate man who is trying to help someone he loves.
lebarosky 1 year ago 2
I love his t-shirt.
DT is just too adorable.
SilentEcho2 1 year ago 5
Waaait a second, this soliloquy doesn't come until Act Three Scene One in the scripted edition :/
CrystallyMe 1 year ago
@CrystallyMe but they cut the play down to be able to show it all on film
tarzan585 1 year ago
Wow Helen Bonham Carter did a WAY better job of Ophelia than that woman x
LadeyYuna 1 year ago
4 people were crying really hard and the tears in their eyes blurred their vision.
Ms2BeOrNotToB 1 year ago
Okay, next to David Tennant, whoever is playing Ophelia looks like a cardboard cut out. I don't like her acting style. But I just love the way that David Tennant gets into his characters. He is brilliant.
paigematthews06 1 year ago
David's arms keep shoving Ophelia away-Does not want! Does not get the random hand gestures to the sky though Ophelia...David, my favorite timelordy-Hamlet. Ophelia, not the best. Kate does so much better....
wrath606 1 year ago
@wrath606 who's Kate?
Icefire3700 1 year ago
@wrath606 He's doing that cuz he's pretending to be mad and telling her she is a whore basically- and he knows her father is watching, so he's testing her to see if she will betray him. x
LadeyYuna 1 year ago 4
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TheHalfofHannah 1 year ago
meanwhile on gallifrey...
wavedave45 1 year ago 6
@wavedave45 Sorry I just had to reply because that comment made me laugh! ^^
LadeyYuna 1 year ago
that has got to be the squarest jaw I've ever seen on a woman.
alshazara2 1 year ago
@pensivebosom The original is just too long three and a half to four hours, depending on the production... most people cut it down to fit it inside maybe two... Mal Gibson version chops the hell out of it... In a really really annoying way
emmahouli 1 year ago
has this scene be cut a bit. i remember it being longer
emmahouli 1 year ago
Wow. Tennant performs this soliloguy so well! Brilliant writer (Shakespeare) combined with a brilliant actor (David Tennant). I love how he doesn't make it all dramatic, and obvious that it's the most famous soliloguy from Hamlet, but makes it like he's really pondering. Brilliant. Really brilliant acting.
MrsDalek 1 year ago 4
you gotta love his shirt :P I know i do
kataraXoXo 1 year ago 3
There's so much emotion in this scene. David Tennant is an inspiration to me. I can't count how many times I've seen this now, and still I feel it tweak something in my heart. Every time.
GirlVash 1 year ago 3
Yet he knew me not at first, he said I was a fishmonger...
Hahahahaha!
catstaffo 1 year ago
props to tha dOcToR!!!
enderepsilon 1 year ago
Polonius should not enjoy hiding behind arrases nearly as much as he does :P
wood026 1 year ago
It hath made me mad!!!! ROFL....I crack up every time I hear that!!!!
livelongnprosper92 1 year ago
this is act 3
kensee78 1 year ago
I have been looking everywhere for that damn shirt ever since I have seen him wear it in this movie. WHERE CAN I FIND IT???
Chynaash 1 year ago
Beautiful recreation, and brilliant cast
TamaraLee13 1 year ago
>_< i love David Tennant
TamaraLee13 1 year ago
OMG if i ever see anyone wearing that shirt i will hug them!
smilies4life 1 year ago
The muscle shirt cracks me up..
synicalrules 1 year ago 69
@synicalrules Its extremely amusing.
AnaisForTheWin 6 months ago in playlist Hamlet ~ Royal Shakespeare Company
David Tennant is simply brilliant. You can't even describe this performance with any other word.
And his muscle shirt makes me smile. =3
alyssamae4 1 year ago 4
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oh shut the fuck up ophelia
conformityisstupid 1 year ago
Blown away.
MardiGras135 1 year ago
The soliloquy was...amazing. David Tennant did a brilliant job reflecting the emotions in his voice and face. It was perfect. Well done, truly. Bravo, David.
flameandshadow 1 year ago 5
Kate Winslet is the best Ophelia ever!
Shewib 1 year ago
"Excellent well - you're a fishmonger." I love the way he says it so casually, as he's walking away.
Weird that they have Polonius looking directly into the camera...
coramunroe 1 year ago 5
@coramunroe That's called an "aside"
GirlVash 1 year ago
Uh... Wow.........................
KardKaper 1 year ago
who rewrites shakespeare?
SaintofSound 1 year ago
Why'd they switch scenes?
QueenAlyss 1 year ago
"Who would bare the whips and scorns of time?" A timelord perhaps? :P
Love Hamlet, love David Tennant. Amazing production.. gotta get this on dvd!!
ashee9247 1 year ago 76
Oh god, the way he packs so much emotion into both of these scenes...First, "to be or not to be", in which he hardly moves but keeps you captivated just from the expression in his eyes. And then the "get thee to a nunnery" bit....When he screams "IT HATH MADE ME MAD!" I choke up, no matter how many times I see it.
whichonespink357 1 year ago
"And thus, the native hue of RESOL-YOU-TION"
LOL, I love how he says that...
AV3NG3R00 1 year ago
I'm acting this scene out for my english course work and i'm Hamlet, David Tennant is such an amazing actor i dunno how i'm gunna do it haha
mrsdannyjones1000 1 year ago
@mrsdannyjones1000 You don't have to be good as he is, thats nearly impossible. Hamlet has been performed hundreds of thousands of times, and each Hamlet plays him differently. Be *your* interpretation of the character, not someone else's, not even the incredible David Tennant's version. The wonderful thing about Shakespeare is that there really is no limit to what can be done. His words are so honest.
theaterchick 11 months ago
@theaterchick Ha thanks for the advice but I did it last year ;) Got an A* and I personally thank David Tennant's amazing acting skills :D I didn't copy him at all, he more inspired me to take it my own way and do it well :)
mrsdannyjones1000 11 months ago
"to sleep, and perchance to dream"
This is a very well done scene, and, as expected, an amazingly written one as well. All hail Shakespeare, even if he stole plays, you can't steal writing like that. It's just fantastically done
kryshen2 1 year ago
Fantastic!!!!!. Going to have to get this on DVD.
andysim212 1 year ago 2
i quite prefer this production over the all the play i have see before and the book its self
alexilot 1 year ago
ugh just noticed that was a Bible...
numutabin 1 year ago
they really skipped alot to this point!
did i miss something?
woodgt 1 year ago
Shakespeare is best read in its original Klingon! :D
trollheimer 1 year ago 4
Not the best Ophelia. Very good, and I couldn't do better. But not the best.
He is wonderful and can do no wrong :P
Fairy206 1 year ago
Love, love, love this scene. Almost as good as witnessing it live. They did such a wonderful job transferring the play into film form, reminds me so much of when I saw it in August 2008.
ifibreak 1 year ago 2
@ifibreak You lucky.
GirlVash 1 year ago
I didn't notice before, I guess because I don't know the other parts as well, but they cut a few lines from this speech. Did they do that throughout the rest of the play as well?
nevermind572 1 year ago
i thought the "to be or not to be" soliloquy was in scene 1 act III
bmx391xmb 1 year ago
The most entrancing performance of that famous speech. In the DVD extra documentary, Patrick Stewart called it "dazzlingly right". How correct he is... simply amazing.
dbvixxen 1 year ago
He was born to play Hamlet. He just embodies those words and brings them to life. :)
redefyGravity 1 year ago
@gegamelroks I know what you mean. o.o My God, I just favorited it so I can watch it again later. ^.^ *nosebleed*
MegztheTackleQueen 1 year ago
You never know the meaning of 'geeking out' until one of-no THE sexiest man on the planet recites your favorite monologue written by your favorite playwright. I just fangasmed hard.
gegamelroks 1 year ago 6
i love how no one's commenting on the beauty of Shakespeare's words being performed by such a phenomenal actor... we're all too engrossed in David's gorgeous hypno-eyes lol!
i must admit, they are lovely to look at..
*drool*
argetlamgirl711 1 year ago 7
@argetlamgirl711 lol; hypno-eyes. Aint' that the truth.
But yeah I agree, it's an amazing combination.
GirlVash 1 year ago
To be or not to be... That is the question.
Metroid02099 1 year ago
Ha - I love his shirt :D
ilvdoggez 2 years ago 4
gimme a moment - the dialogue with Ophelia wasn't in act 3?? they're missing something...
ditta1988 2 years ago
his eyes at the first 3 minunts are just wow!
they are even more beautiful then regular so big and dark and beautiful *pauses vid and stares*
toontoosh 2 years ago 25
*stares too. You could just become mesmerized by the beauty of them. *keeps staring
armadafanforever 1 year ago 3
I know! so deep and big and brown *looses control on fingers while starinnggggggggggggggggg*******
toontoosh 1 year ago 2
*eyes get wider. sssooooooo... DDEEEEEEEEEEEP! *eyes keep getting wider
armadafanforever 1 year ago 5
just BIG AND BROWN AND MEMERISING *eyes start tearing because I forgot to blink* (hey! staring at DT is a good way to deal with a weeping angel!)
toontoosh 1 year ago 4
Oh, to true. *looks back at David, oh, you , beauty. (totally stolen from the doctor XD)
armadafanforever 1 year ago 4
today, I saw a baby, and he had big brown eyes so I thought of David *returns to staring* arrg! how can there be so beauty in one man
toontoosh 1 year ago
My baby cousin morris looks JUST like David. He has the brown hair, brown eyes, everything, I was thinking of buying him a sonic screwdriver to get past the baby locks. And as for the beauty, I know, it's just not possible. *stares at David. 0_0
armadafanforever 1 year ago
@armadafanforever there is somone on the youtube called littleradge (Liam Dryden) that looks realy like David Tennant probably looked at his age (19 I think) and when he did a video (not real!) about David stalking him now *that* was weird and he is a whovian whichc also a resemblance *and* scottish maybe the universe is trying to make perfectness all over again *returns staring O_O*
toontoosh 1 year ago
@toontoosh Wow, maybe your right, but I think a perfect face and body like that only comes once a lifetime. *returns staring to
armadafanforever 1 year ago
@armadafanforever yeah you are probably right the poor universe tries to fight an impossible fight it is a perfectism of once in a lifetime.
I mean like once you get to know DT you just have to fall in love with him for being hot and adorkable and did I mentioned his BIG BROWN EYES *returns staring*
toontoosh 1 year ago