Hamlet Reimagined in a Modern War

The setting of a fictional modern war can conform to many of the plot points in Hamlet. The state of war provides the tension that they are receiving from Norway, and the hierarchy in Hamlet can easily be replicated in a military rank style. I envision Claudius as a general in the Denmark Military. He killed another General, Hamlet's father, in order to replace him and marry his wife. Although the country he serves is behind him, his nephew knows...

Who Said it Better? That is The Question...

"To be, or not to be" performed by Ethan Hawke (2000) "To be, or not to be" performed by Sir Laurence Olivier (1948) Although these clips say the exact same words, they are very different. Because this soliloquy is so famous around the world, each actor tries to put their own spin on it to captivate the viewer. I picked these two movies because I wanted to observe the change in the way that the actors played the parts over time. The biggest and most obvious difference between these movies is the time, from 1948 to 2000. In the modernized...