Ken Branagh's Hamlet Depiction

In class we watched three short depictions of Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet. The three directors were Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Branagh, and Mike Almereyda. I believe Ken Branagh's movie was the best idea of what Hamlet would have looked like. His version was a 19th century storyline but the music, background, acting skills, and the ghost truly show how the play should be depicted. The movie started with bell tolls and cries far in the distance. This automatically creates suspense and fear. Alongside with that the background is dreary, cold, and depressing. The actors truly looked scared when not knowing who was approaching. They shivered and displayed the bitter cold and made me picture that I was freezing along with them. When the ghost came, it invoked true fear into the hearts of the characters. The actors clearly portrayed the fear that the characters would have felt. People may argue that the actors seemed older than we would imagine but we work with what we got, and in this case a masterpiece was created. This is why Ken Branagh's movie depiction was the most accurate.