Couldn't stand Branagh. I've always thought he was a third-rate actor. He was at his best in Harry Potter, playing himse

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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:08 PM)

I was being a bit hyperbolic. But if you look closely at his Hamlet or his Henry V, he is desperately competing with Olivier, and losing badly. He's an earnest, hardworking actor.

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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:12 PM)

I don't really see what you're seeing.
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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 03:15 PM)

Hahaha! He even has the same haircut Olivier had in Henry V.

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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:25 PM)

The acting styles are completely different. Olivier performs Henry V like a living Jesus speaking to his disciples.
Branaugh performs Henry V like, a human being giving an inspirational speech to his fellow soliders.
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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:50 PM)

Good points, actually.

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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 04:54 PM)

Here's another. To Be Or Not To Be. If anything is similar is that both actors are Brits.
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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 06:34 PM)

I didn't say he was imitating Olivier, I said he was competing with him. Henry V and Hamlet were among Olivier's most famus accomplishments (he was knighted largely for this kinfd of acting). I think Branagh aspires to a similar position in the British acting establishment (and has probably achieved it).

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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 07:55 PM)

Proof?
Mel Gibson played Hamlet also.
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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:04 PM)

Mel Gibson's Hamlet may be the worst ever made (only Ethan Hawke can compete). I have about ten versions of Hamlet, and Gibson's is almost unwatchable.

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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 11:45 PM)

Okay let's just stop the bullshit now.
I'm only here this much because I wanna be near you.
I couldn't care less about Shakespeare plays.
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Donna2.0 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:15 PM)

Holy cow, that clip of branaugh has a young Christian Bale in it.
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Robgoblin — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 06:46 PM)

Have you read the books? Mankell is a pretty good writer.
However his books on Africa, namely Mozambique, are really good. Comedia Infantil ( its Chronicler of the winds in English ) is very good. Very far from Wallander tho…
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dbentley666 — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:03 PM)

No, I haven't even heard of him. Only Swede I've read recently is Sven Lindqvist.

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Hepocles — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 09:06 PM)

Yeah Branagh was good in his small Dunkirk role but he has never impressed me in anything else.
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