i be never in the past interested in this play although love shakespeare and have see most of his play now and enthusiastically study some at school . something about this story and all the fuss about it seem to put me off . i never bother to try to see hamlet until fairly recently decide i should at least try to watch it and i borrow the olivier version from the library . well and i struggle with it . olivier seem far too old and not only in his look but in his acting of the part . the play have be enormously cut to fit a more conventional movie length and i think must have miss out too much a i find it difficult to concentrate on it and soon become bored and annoy by it . i still think olivier henry v be the best version i have see of that rouse play tho admit i haven not rewatched the beeb version yet and can not recall how it be when first show . i heard of the branagh full length version of hamlet . although i enjoy his much ado and i think the beeb version be far good and i wasn not entirely impress by his henry v. but i be off branagh a bit after see his disappointing effort at a musical of love labour lose which be a play i like and be so well make by the beeb . finally acquire the complete beeb shakespeare on dvd recently and i soon rewatched one of my most favourite shakespeare play and richard ii and and be simply enthral by jacobi in the part so be immediately persuade to watch his hamlet next . what a revelation this play now be for me . yes and it be splendid and but i feel it need an actor you can emphathise with to play hamlet and this for me be jacobi . amaze . intrigue to note that although he be old than i understand the character hamlet be and it doesn not show whilst in olivier it do . now i note he also in the branagh version and have much to do with training branagh and so i shall have to watch that to see what jocobi do with claudius . i be interested to discover jacobi have train branagh a yes and you can certainly see the influence . and now i be go to watch it all over again .