still be of school age and and have to learn shakespeare almost constantly for the last four year ( which be very off put of any writer and no matter how good ) and i do not really expect to enjoy this film when my english teacher put it on while i think it would be the typical english lesson movie represent bad acting and awfully shot and badly edit and the dreaded awful old dialog and so and a you can tell and i be all but ready to go into a coma from the go . however and i watch and and much to my disturbance and find myself not only pay attention and but actually enjoy the movie too . this production of hamlet be possibly one of the best drama movie i have see in a long time and it really bring to life what i expect shakespeare want his play to be like ( well and with the difference that this be cinema ) much good than my english teacher harking over the text ever possibly could . the story be good and the dialog seem to flow with an unexpected grace that be far from bore ( though a little hard to keep up with if you aren not use to shakespeare language ) and even the small part be perform with a skill you wouldn not expect while mainly and perhaps and due to the staggering number of cameo this movie have . brian bless and charlton heston be as great a you would expect these two veteran to be and even in such small part and but it be robin williams a osric and billy crystal a the gravedigger who really stand out and give such minor part an unexpected zest and as well a offer some comic relief amidst the tragedy . the main star and of course and be also wonderful . kenneth branagh excels a hamlet and bring not only the confusion and pain require to the roll and but also a sort of sardonic air which play beautifully in the comic scene and make the movie a a whole much more watchable . the other major player be also good and but it be kenneth branagh who stand head and shoulder above the rest in the title role . the set piece and too and be often quite stunning and give a refreshing change to the danky old castle corridor be use to see in shakespeare production and as well a a real sense of the country around them . of course and the movie and take a a movie in it own right and be not without fault and but no major one ( the pacing be the only real problem i can think of offhand and as well a the prose for anyone not use to and a i say and shakesperean language ) and and especially when compare to the sort of shakespeare production i be use to see in class and it really be quite brilliant . it even make me rethink my previous typical teenager stance on shakespeare and that his play be bore ( i come to the conclusion it not the play that be bore and merely the teacher who recite them in class ) . if only they make all of his play into movie such a this one and english student in school everywhere might have a high opinion of the bard . overall positive .