Hamlet is the first of Shakespeare's four tragedies, and it is also a famous Shakespeare play that has been put on the screen the most times. It contains the elements that a good play should have, including: a well-structured plot, intricate characters, metaphors about the meaning of life, and enough sex (including incest) and violence. The film version of The Prince's Revenge directed by Lawrence Oliver successfully integrated all the elements.

Lawrence Oliver made, directed and acted in this play. As an actor, he became the soul of the whole play in the role of Danish Prince Hamlet. As a director, he is even more impressive. The whole film has black-and-white layers and flexible camera scheduling, which completely presents the interior of Elsinore Castle and sees the whole world through Hamlet's eyes.

The narration of Hamlet and his lover Ophelia shows the subtle and distinct psychological changes of the two characters, and brings the audience close to the innermost thoughts of the characters.

Although Shakespeare's works are still meaningful after thousands of years, most directors will adjust the content of the script in order to make it suitable for the film media. In this Revenge of the Prince, Oliver deleted the play of Hamlet's good friends Rosen Krez and Gaden Stern (they were ordered by the king and queen in the play to find out the reason why Hamlet was depressed), which had a little influence on the play. Another thing worth mentioning is that Lawrence Oliver has reduced a lot of redundant words and adhered to the principle of "speaking expensively and concisely", a famous saying in Shakespeare's plays.

Many actors have tried to put Hamlet on the stage or the big screen (such as Kenneth Blana and mel gibson), but no one can match Lawrence Oliver's achievements. After half a century, he is still the king of Hamlet!

Part II: Henry V (1989)

Henry V, which was shot by Laurence Oliver in 1944, describes the pain and trial of King Henry V of England, and has always been a representative film work of the play. Until 1989, Kenneth Blana put Henry V on the big screen again, with violent battle scenes and heartbreaking love stories.

This film describes that in 1415, after being humiliated by the French king, King Henry V of England decided to lead the attack on France, but he had to face not only depressed morale but also his own inner doubts along the way. The war scenes in the film strengthen its bloodiness and cruelty in slow motion. It is difficult for viewers to tell whether it is British or French (although the French army looks much better). The soldiers of the two sides chop, assassinate and trample on each other. When the war is over, you will feel that the victory of the British army has nothing to do with the strategic organization of the army, but it is like a miracle under God's blessing.

The real climax of the film is not in the war scene, but in the peace agreement between the two sides. Henry V, played by Kenneth Blana, has to propose to Catherine (Emma Thompson), the daughter of the French king. When he and his war bride are in the same room, the love and resentment between them are intertwined, which is the climax of the play.

Henry V, played by Kenneth Blana, combines the temperament of a leader with moral conscience. He is forced to weigh his desire for power and the importance of everyone's life. In the end, he seems to have combined the skills of Kennedy, General Barton and sean connery and devoted himself to the battle against the French army.

In the film, before the war, Henry V gave a moving speech to all the soldiers, even without the surging symphony accompaniment, it was equally impressive. Note: kristen bell (American Psychosis), who was unknown, pure and lovely, also played a soldier in the film.

Part III: West Side Story (1961)

Among all the works adapted from Shakespeare, the musical West Side Story can be said to span three fields: first, Romeo and Juliet was rewritten into a modern version of West Side Story, which was put on the stage and then made into a movie. At any level, this film is a very successful masterpiece.

Leonardo Bernstein's music is catchy, beautiful and easy to remember; Jerome Rubins' choreography makes people want to move; There is also a screenwriter Ernest Lyman who adapted Arthur Laurent's book, and his skill is unparalleled.

without sacrificing the original spirit, this drama shifts the whole story to new york City. The conflict between the local youth gangs and Puerto Rican immigrants has caused the opposition between the Jet Gang and shark tale, and also foreshadowed the encounter between the hero and heroine Maria and Tony.

Natalie Wood plays the lovely Maria in the film, while Richard Bemmer plays her lover Tony. Although his performance in the film sometimes seems a little excessive, his collocation with the heroine is appropriate. The scene in which the two duets on the fire escape outside Maria's bedroom captures all the essence of Romeo and Juliet's appeal on the balcony in Shakespeare's original works with a classic song. Rita Moreno plays Anita, Maria's good friend, with the temperament of modern Jennifer Lopez in the film.

In this modern version of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet (that is, Maria in the film) was pardoned by the author, but the ending was as tragic as the original. Although the Spanish accent of Natalie Wood, the heroine, sometimes sounds funny, who cares about so many wonderful dance scenes?

Part IV: Romeo and Juliet (1968)

After The Taming of the Shrew, director Franco Zeffirelli once again let the actors drive the whole movie, but this time it was not a heavyweight star. The most unlucky couple in Shakespeare's works were interpreted by two new young actors: 17

The sincere feelings injected by these two little stars in their lines and their immature tone are ringing with each other. When they are happy, they look so happy. When they are about to break up, they seem to be torn by sadness.

In order to balance the passionate love affair between the two young children in the film, director Franco Zefirelli arranged for Pat Heywood to play Juliet's nanny, and Milo Osia played the priest. They acted as a bridge between the two, but in the end they also led to their tragic death.

The reason why this film is outstanding is that besides the plot of the characters, it is also meticulous and exquisite in small details. When the feud between the two families started a duel, it changed from rough sword-wielding to real and deadly fighting. There is also the gorgeous ball that the young couple met for the first time, which also showed the rich colors and luxurious momentum of the Italian countryside.

Part V: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is Shakespeare's most imaginative comedy, which inspired many wonderful films in later generations. For example, A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring michelle pfeiffer in 1999, assembled a fascinating cast and was dreamlike.

However, in 1986, A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by British theater master Peter Hall, was far more successful than the 1999 version. The spirit of freedom in the 196s met with Shakespeare's most whimsical works, which sparked a classic.

The cass of this film is also the reason why it is classic. Every actor is a heavyweight in hit the floor in British theater, including ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Diana Riggs, Helen Milan, david warner and Ian Holm.

When A Midsummer Night's Dream was released, it caused quite a stir due to the avant-garde photography and bold costume design of director Peter Hall. All the fairies in the film wore nothing but a layer of green paint, while the queen Titania played by Judi Dench wore leaves to cover the important parts. This kind of dress may make Poison Ivy uma thurman in Batman jealous.

Apart from costume design and camera operation, the really outstanding part of this film lies in the first-class acting skills of the actors, who talk about Shakespeare's humorous lines in an elegant and calm manner. Ian Holm plays the sly elf Parker, flying briskly in the Woods, performing the errand that the fairy king told him to do; Diana Riggs also put aside her cold image in the TV series The Avengers, and performed the insecure and extremely neurotic Helena, which made Krista flockhart (Ellie McBeal), who performed the same role in the new version in 1999, look a little, um ... poor!

Part VI: Throne of Blood (1957)

Akira Kurosawa, a great Japanese director, moved Macbeth, a famous Shakespeare play, to feudal Japan. With superb artistic techniques, Akira Kurosawa combined Japanese functional drama with fantasy film techniques to create a fable story with bright and dark contrast, rich organizational structure and violent and just confrontation.

Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's plays, played by Japanese actress Isuzu Yamada, is a heartless and ambitious woman. This kind of woman is definitely not something you dare to marry and sleep with at home. She used her golden tongue to emphasize that "a man without ambition is not a man", and encouraged her husband to commit the crime of killing Jun under the combination of hard and soft.

In this play, Macbeth is incarnated as a Japanese general Takeshi, played by the late famous Japanese actor toshiro mifune. He struggled with the pain of murder and deception, and with the haunting music and the scene of bloody slaughter, he created a great tragedy in which desire, sin, conscience, doubt and other human beings fought each other.

However, the good wine still sinks at the bottom of the urn, and the last prolonged and painful death scene is the most classic part of this drama. The tyrant Zhuqu died in the sword of his soldiers and became an out-and-out "porcupine"!

Part VII: Richard III (1995)

The story of Richard III took place in the 193s, when the world was divided by war and human beings were in passion and pain. Director Richard Lancry skillfully combines the cunning, conspiracy and cruelty in the story with contemporary fascist symbolism. (There is a scene in which the crowd booed, the passionate crowd and the flag of Richard III fluttered, creating a creepy atmosphere. )

Ian Mackland plays Richard III. He wants to seize his brother's throne, and he does everything he can to murder, cheat marriage and annihilate his relatives. Such a strong desire drives him to destroy people around him endlessly. In addition to Ian Mackland's shocking performance, other actors were impeccable, including chris Scott Thomas, Annett Benin and Robert Downey Jr..

Transplanting Shakespeare's plays to other eras is something that filmmakers often do, but they don't always do well. What is commendable is that Richard III not only adapted the play with the wisdom of Rui Zhe, but also injected modern vitality into the play without destroying Shakespeare's beautiful words.

Part VIII: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

This film is written by the director Franco Zefirelli. Who is the most suitable to perform Shakespeare's rude couple? The craziest couple in Hollywood, of course: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

When The Taming of the Shrew was filmed, it was the third year of the first marriage between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Their strange and capricious relationship just ignited the atmosphere of the whole movie, and their violent and rude quarrel on the screen may make many people sigh.

The film describes the shrew Kate (Elizabeth Taylor), who can't find any man who dares to marry her because of her bad temper and stubbornness. Unwilling to do so, she marries Pituqiu (Richard Burton), a tall and strong bearded man. Pituqiu was bent on training the shrew Kate into a obedient and good wife, so he took the way of fighting violence with violence and finally tamed Kate's pride.

In the play, the two men are fighting each other. When the groom Pituqiu deliberately dragged the bride Kate through the muddy and bumpy road to his dark and chaotic home on a stormy night, the opposition between them reached the highest point. How romantic that sounds! Although this version of The Taming of the Shrew is a bit of a farce, the real flirting between the hero and heroine makes everything worthwhile.

In the last scene of the film, Kate eloquently expressed her feelings at her sister's wedding: obedience and dedication are the only rules of a happy family. Seeing this scene, it's hard for us not to laugh, because this sentence is particularly meaningful from the mouth of the jade woman Elizabeth ... Who knows the true meaning of marriage better than she who has been married for eight times?

Part IX: It's all men's fault (Much Ado About Nothing, 1993)

Kenneth Blana is the best interpreter of Shakespeare's plays in the film world today, and he tries his best to turn Shakespeare's beautiful but difficult sentences into lines that are as light and easy to understand as butterflies and bees. I don't know why, once Shakespeare's vivid comedies are put on the big screen, they usually tend to be too mediocre, but Kenneth Blana skillfully reorganized the structure of the play and injected vivid vitality into it.

This romantic comedy, which takes place in the fields and countryside, is spectacular and gorgeous. The film is full of ingenious scams and beautiful love stories. It describes that Shiloh (played by kate beckinsale) and Claudio (played by Robert Sean Leonardo) are lovers who are about to enter the auditorium. During the preparation for the wedding, they have nothing to do, so they plan to fix the marriage between their good friends Benedict and Beatrice (by Kenneth Blana and emma thompson, who were then couples).

Benedict is a bold and witty young aristocrat, conceited and determined to be single, while Beatrice is a lively and glib girl. When two quick-talking people meet, they will have a sarcastic and sarcastic debate. However, under the well-intentioned deception of friends around, behind the angry words of the two, love seedlings slowly grew, and finally they changed from enemies to husband and wife, bringing a happy and warm ending to the whole film.

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. plays Pedro, the diligent and charming prince of Aragon with aristocratic melancholy temperament, while keanu reeves plays John, the evil brother who makes trouble (he has no ups and downs in voice and expression, and he is in