Funny how, pray tell? Funny like a jester? He cometh hither to amuse thee? He maketh thee merry? What, pray tell, dost thou mean funny? How is he funny?
All props to Mel, this is a delightful take on the scene. Usually it's done quiet and sad and introspective, but Gibson's choice of subdued child like glee is startling in how well it works.
It doesn't work at all. The dialogue is somber and his delivery is completely unfit. Definitely one of those "If it ain't broke, dont fix it" situations.
Gibson seems on edge in real life. Smoking, chewing gum. Always unsettled. He's carrying some Hamlet-like anxiety around too. So he is excellent and born for this part
Mel becomes the moment and the character. Not many actors actually transcend who they are personally -but even in this short scene I felt in that moment witnessing hamlet speaking to the memory of his friend.
Look at the flashes of emotion playing in this scene. first curiosity, then horror, then fond memory, then sadness, and then nothing. Not the biggest fan of Gibson, especially now, but I have to say, this is a remarkable interpretation of this scene.
Mel, while suffering from clear alcoholism, told us before almost anyone that there is a cabal of child molesters running Hollywood. And he was right all along. Same with Corey Haim and Feldman. People disregarded them because of their drug problems.
This is my favorite film of Hamlet. If you read the play, this film shows exactly how you imagined in your mind. There are many people that don't like Mel Gibson playing Hamlet. I don't understand why, because he is brilliant in this film. He instills so perfectly the feelings of Prince Hamlet! It's a very difficult character to perform, but when you watch the film, you can feel every word, every sorrow, like if you were in his shoes. Also, Helena Bonham Carter's performance is awesome. And many performances of the rest of actors. Great film!
I remember when this movie was announced. People scoffed at Mel playing Hamlet, just as they did at Cher in her first acting job. They saw him as Mad Max, an action star, not a serious actor of any depth. He proved them wrong.
@@slavenkat2927 Thanks for the advice, but I don't understand... Hamlet is my favourite play. I've read so many times! I understand quite well what Shakespeare wanted to teach to the people of his time. Obviously, I'm not a master of Shakespeare's plays knowledge, but I think I understand the play quite well. Thanks again. Regards!
The two best renditions of this scene I've seen are this one and David Tennant's portrayal. There are a lot of actors who are good Hamlets, but they read through this scene like they didn't know Yorick, or like Horatio isn't there.
Yes. There is a real intimacy that needs to come out. I heard it once said that Yorick may have actually raised Hamlet while his warlike father was off at the campaigns. Yorick was clearly a father figure, entertaining the young Hamlet.
Mel Gibson comes from New York. New York is a very Jewish state. Horiatio IS actually there, BUT for the fact that it was repeatedly attempted to erase him from his mind- he is doing his best to interpret Horatio through Yorick. Although it is ALMOST completely impossible!
In my opinion, Gibson performs Hamlet better than any yet. Most of the others seem to be conjuring up the lines and merely repeating them. Gibson becomes Hamlet here.
In terms of the movie versions I have never seen. But in the theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch takes the cake. He becomes Hamlet like I've ever seen any other in the role.
I think the best one was Kenneth Branagh’s... here Gibson looks puzzled and yet quite amused, while Branagh’s expresses all of his concern for the ultimate fate of every human being, and looks sorry when he understands that a man he would love so is now no more than a skull to hold. Both are great performances anyways.
@@blueyyy5961 cumberbatch? While hamlet wasn’t a brut of a man he was manly. Cumberbatch is beta no matter how hard he tries to act differently. Giant infinite hell no for me
A very important scene: It's the last time we see Hamlet before the transformation is complete. The discovery of dead Ophelia being placed in unhallowed ground finishes what (presumably) began onboard the ship, when the pirates attacked. It's not merely comic relief for the audience, it puts Hamlet off so he overreacts to Laertes outward shows of grief.
Translation from Animaniacs: 0:43 = Whoa. Check out Skullhead. 0:47 = He was funny. 1:01 = He gave me piggyback rides. 1:06 = I’m going to blow chunks. 1:16 = We kissed a lot... NOT! 1:23 = How come you’re not funny now? 1:38 = No one’s laughing now, and, by the way, your lower jaw is missing. 1:47 = Follow that woman and tell her no matter how much makeup she wears, she’s still gonna croak and end up looking just like you. And see if she laughs.
I love Gibson's Hamlet. The man is two thirds crazy, of course he'd make an excellent Hamlet. I say this knowing that if he heard it he would just smile, nod and say, "You're right and I f ing nailed it!"
What is it with all early 90's films having this simular look. I mean Dances With Wolves, the 3 Musketiers and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and this film. Just something about early 90's Cinematography.
William Shakespeare also wrote _The Taming of The Shrew_ as adapted and modernized as _10 Things I Hate About You_ in 1999; I love that movie! Julia Stiles and Larisa Oleynik both stun me.
This really helped me out. I have to memorize this scene for an act in my class for TOMORROW! And I didn't know what the emotions were or ANYTHING! :D THANK YOU
Even if he was Laurence Olivier born anew, critics would still find it discrediting to their own names to praise an 80s action movie star playing Hamlet. It is a very solid performance.
The malevolence that rises againrt Hamlet in the aftermath of his father's death lead me to believe that Yorick is in fact the gravedigger himself. The irony that the jester of the unjustly murdered King eventually and literally buries them all notwithstanding.
That's a pretty interesting theory! He is a particularly funny and beloved character, and his wit is layered enough that this could have been a quiet intention of Shakespeare.
Mel was mad Max. Mel was crazy in the lethal weapon movies that I have never seen. Mel played a crazy guy his whole life. Hamlet is nuts. Perfect role for Mel.
I recall how people laughed when they heard Mel G was going to star in a film version of a Shakespearean play. He’d done so many action and comedies. Then Hamlet came out. What a touchée!
Hamlet doesn’t work on the big screen. This performance is not the usual Hamlet and that’s why it works. The whole movie is very compact and kind of fast paced, for Shakespeare though, and Gibson’s Hamlet fits just well. If you go too big like Brannagh, you miss and if you go too small, you miss too. In my humble opinion, this is the best cinematic Hamlet.
Kenneth Branagh has a flashback scene playing over this speech which shows Yorick and young Hamlet.. personally i find the living Yorick in that scene much creepier than the skull though, so it kind of ruins the mood for me lol
Yeah I saw it here on UA-cam. We need more creative people like him in the world. Maybe I'll be like him because I'm entering the film and television business.
Mel plays this scene completely opposite of how I would think. But it seems to work pretty well. You would think this would be a more dark scene but he plays it with more wonder
Aww 😢Bendito his jester friend Yorick, how he put young Hamlet on his back and play horsey with him, Hamlet remembering his friend while looking at his skull. Why must our love ones whether family & friends that we truly wish they were still with us must passed on in life? Some of Life’s Rules Suck❤😵☹️
@@stevematson4808 theres a very small mastoid process (the little bit that comes down in the back, behind where the jaw would be), and there is almost no ridge/furrow where the brow would be. obviously, you can't tell for sure, but these are all damn good indicators of it being a woman's skull
>infinite jest Oh, hello title of one of the finest works of postmodern literature in American history. I didn't realize I would see you here. RIP DFW.
Me: *sees this* ALSO me: Alas, poor Roarick! We know it; a monster of infinite breath, of most excellent Monstromancy; it hath borne a gleaming eye on its body a thousand times; and now, how adored in our imagination it is! Our spirits rise at it. Here hang those magical trinkets that cast spells we know not how oft. How be its vibes now? Its rambles? Its skull? The flashes of its Elements, that were wont to set the Sanctum on a roar? To sing or not to sing? No question - Sing!
TRANSLATOR "Alas poor Yorik." *Translation* "It really suck that your dead now dude." "A fellow of infinite jest and most excellent fancy!" *Translation* "The man was freaking riot!" "He hath bore me on his back a thousand time." *Translation* "He gave me lots of piggy back rides." "My gorge rises at it." *Translation* "I feel like puking." "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft." *Translation* "We made out occasionally; but I'm not sure how many times exactly." "Where be you gibes now; your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?" *Translation* "Why aren't you so funny anymore like the good old days?"
God damn it, I've noticed a continuity error. Horatio is leaning on his sword with his right hand in one shot, then picks it up from his left side in the next.
I'm a little late to the Hamlet party but I'm here cause Black Thought interpreted & spun this scene in a freestyle. "I've had visions of Nat Turner holding his masters head like Yorick and Horatio in Hamlet" I nuts flip especially if you know of Nat Turner's slave rebellion. That's just powerful imagery. But that is my convoluted reason for commenting.
Mel Gibson was rather good in his portrayal of Hamlet, but it doesn’t compare to Kenneth Branagh’s portrayal, six years later in 1996. In my opinion that’s the best film adaptation of Hamlet, Branagh directed and starred in it.
Alas, poor Yorick. He was a funny guy.
Yea
Funny how, pray tell? Funny like a jester? He cometh hither to amuse thee? He maketh thee merry? What, pray tell, dost thou mean funny? How is he funny?
@@ryand.5857 laughing from thy gourge.
@@ryand.5857Hey, why don't you goeth and know thyself, Thomas.
Now he just smells funny
All props to Mel, this is a delightful take on the scene. Usually it's done quiet and sad and introspective, but Gibson's choice of subdued child like glee is startling in how well it works.
It doesn't work at all.
The dialogue is somber and his delivery is completely unfit.
Definitely one of those "If it ain't broke, dont fix it" situations.
As loathsome as we know Mel Gibson can be, this is not a bad version. Give credit where it's due.
Gibson seems on edge in real life. Smoking, chewing gum. Always unsettled. He's carrying some Hamlet-like anxiety around too. So he is excellent and born for this part
Mel becomes the moment and the character. Not many actors actually transcend who they are personally -but even in this short scene I felt in that moment witnessing hamlet speaking to the memory of his friend.
Look at the flashes of emotion playing in this scene. first curiosity, then horror, then fond memory, then sadness, and then nothing. Not the biggest fan of Gibson, especially now, but I have to say, this is a remarkable interpretation of this scene.
Mel is based and red pilled
he was surPRISingly good in that role. prolly the best he's done
@@lasttemplar3836 :Mel is genious!
Mel, while suffering from clear alcoholism, told us before almost anyone that there is a cabal of child molesters running Hollywood. And he was right all along. Same with Corey Haim and Feldman. People disregarded them because of their drug problems.
This is my favorite film of Hamlet. If you read the play, this film shows exactly how you imagined in your mind. There are many people that don't like Mel Gibson playing Hamlet. I don't understand why, because he is brilliant in this film. He instills so perfectly the feelings of Prince Hamlet! It's a very difficult character to perform, but when you watch the film, you can feel every word, every sorrow, like if you were in his shoes. Also, Helena Bonham Carter's performance is awesome. And many performances of the rest of actors. Great film!
I remember when this movie was announced. People scoffed at Mel playing Hamlet, just as they did at Cher in her first acting job. They saw him as Mad Max, an action star, not a serious actor of any depth. He proved them wrong.
@@2degucitas Thanks!
@@evasanchezsaez8685 My being an ancient being comes in handy for trivia sometimes!
You should read "Philosophy in Hamlet" to understand Shakespeare's Hamlet.
@@slavenkat2927 Thanks for the advice, but I don't understand...
Hamlet is my favourite play. I've read so many times!
I understand quite well what Shakespeare wanted to teach to the people of his time.
Obviously, I'm not a master of Shakespeare's plays knowledge, but I think I understand the play quite well.
Thanks again.
Regards!
I like the way he puts the skull on the ground like that.
Ikr? More natural than just holding it while monologuing!
The two best renditions of this scene I've seen are this one and David Tennant's portrayal. There are a lot of actors who are good Hamlets, but they read through this scene like they didn't know Yorick, or like Horatio isn't there.
Yes. There is a real intimacy that needs to come out. I heard it once said that Yorick may have actually raised Hamlet while his warlike father was off at the campaigns. Yorick was clearly a father figure, entertaining the young Hamlet.
Mel Gibson comes from New York. New York is a very Jewish state. Horiatio IS actually there, BUT for the fact that it was repeatedly attempted to erase him from his mind- he is doing his best to interpret Horatio through Yorick. Although it is ALMOST completely impossible!
@@nannyof2023 What does Judaism have to do with anything here
Anyone notice that Horatio is played by Stannis Baratheon from Game of Thrones?
Otherwise known as The Mannis.
In my opinion, Gibson performs Hamlet better than any yet. Most of the others seem to be conjuring up the lines and merely repeating them. Gibson becomes Hamlet here.
Indeed..in real life he might be considered a Hamlet-like journey-man
In terms of the movie versions I have never seen. But in the theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch takes the cake. He becomes Hamlet like I've ever seen any other in the role.
I think the best one was Kenneth Branagh’s... here Gibson looks puzzled and yet quite amused, while Branagh’s expresses all of his concern for the ultimate fate of every human being, and looks sorry when he understands that a man he would love so is now no more than a skull to hold.
Both are great performances anyways.
blueyyy Cucumberbitch is great, but have you seen Andrew Scott’s performance?
@@blueyyy5961 cumberbatch? While hamlet wasn’t a brut of a man he was manly. Cumberbatch is beta no matter how hard he tries to act differently. Giant infinite hell no for me
Gush, I watched so many of his films but I didn't now Mel Gibson played Hamlet until now. And man, what a great performance here !
Best Hamlet. Mel knew how to act the words!
A very important scene: It's the last time we see Hamlet before the transformation is complete. The discovery of dead Ophelia being placed in unhallowed ground finishes what (presumably) began onboard the ship, when the pirates attacked. It's not merely comic relief for the audience, it puts Hamlet off so he overreacts to Laertes outward shows of grief.
mel gibson is so damn good.
Zeffirelli convinced Gibson to be a great actor
يا هلا يا أبو علي. شلونك؟
Translation from Animaniacs:
0:43 = Whoa. Check out Skullhead.
0:47 = He was funny.
1:01 = He gave me piggyback rides.
1:06 = I’m going to blow chunks.
1:16 = We kissed a lot... NOT!
1:23 = How come you’re not funny now?
1:38 = No one’s laughing now, and, by the way, your lower jaw is missing.
1:47 = Follow that woman and tell her no matter how much makeup she wears, she’s still gonna croak and end up looking just like you. And see if she laughs.
I think Mel Gibson carries this scene better than any actor I have ever seen. Really an awesome interpretation.
He does indeed. Olivier was too busy trying to be Shakespearean when he played it far too grimly.
Alas, poor yorick i knew him..... IN AMERICA!
Ryan Klaassen I was literally going to make that comment
I did not expect YGOTaS to appear here.
I love Gibson's Hamlet. The man is two thirds crazy, of course he'd make an excellent Hamlet. I say this knowing that if he heard it he would just smile, nod and say, "You're right and I f ing nailed it!"
Jekyll and Hyde or perhaps some version of the Joker would be fun too
What is it with all early 90's films having this simular look. I mean Dances With Wolves, the 3 Musketiers and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and this film. Just something about early 90's Cinematography.
William Shakespeare also wrote _The Taming of The Shrew_ as adapted and modernized as _10 Things I Hate About You_ in 1999; I love that movie! Julia Stiles and Larisa Oleynik both stun me.
This really helped me out. I have to memorize this scene for an act in my class for TOMORROW! And I didn't know what the emotions were or ANYTHING! :D THANK YOU
How was it-
@@sirtchamp8033 lol
Yeah... Mel gets too much shtick for this part. He gave an excellent performance.
Even if he was Laurence Olivier born anew, critics would still find it discrediting to their own names to praise an 80s action movie star playing Hamlet. It is a very solid performance.
In my humble opinion, brilliant.
The malevolence that rises againrt Hamlet in the aftermath of his father's death lead me to believe that Yorick is in fact the gravedigger himself. The irony that the jester of the unjustly murdered King eventually and literally buries them all notwithstanding.
That's a pretty interesting theory! He is a particularly funny and beloved character, and his wit is layered enough that this could have been a quiet intention of Shakespeare.
@@johnhein2539 great thinking. yet another thought to content with. It's why the Bard just refuses to fade into history
Mel Gibson makes a great Hamlet because he's genuinely fucking nuts.
Mel was mad Max. Mel was crazy in the lethal weapon movies that I have never seen. Mel played a crazy guy his whole life. Hamlet is nuts. Perfect role for Mel.
You may be on to something here.
Anybody here from LA.Noire when Cole said Alas Poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio
Is it real?
Well, a head I found without a body piqued my interest. See what you think.
@@captaingeengeen7260 I think it's supposed to be some kind of replica of an Indian shrunken head.
I recall how people laughed when they heard Mel G was going to star in a film version of a Shakespearean play. He’d done so many action and comedies.
Then Hamlet came out. What a touchée!
Hamlet doesn’t work on the big screen. This performance is not the usual Hamlet and that’s why it works. The whole movie is very compact and kind of fast paced, for Shakespeare though, and Gibson’s Hamlet fits just well. If you go too big like Brannagh, you miss and if you go too small, you miss too. In my humble opinion, this is the best cinematic Hamlet.
I always wondered what Yorick looked like as a human. I'm surprised I couldn't find anyone else with this curiosity.
Kenneth Branagh has a flashback scene playing over this speech which shows Yorick and young Hamlet..
personally i find the living Yorick in that scene much creepier than the skull though, so it kind of ruins the mood for me lol
0:43 L.A. Noire Moment
Yeah I saw it here on UA-cam. We need more creative people like him in the world. Maybe I'll be like him because I'm entering the film and television business.
dayum this comment is 10 YEARS old. How you doing
MEL GIBSON IS THE BEST HAMLET ❤️
I’m no Mel Gibson fan, but Damn he was awesome in this scene.
Have a nice day
Wow, I really like the way Gibson plays this scene
I prefer this version because of Ophelia, I loved Helena ' version and I couldn't stand Kate's. Mel was very good as Hamlet also.
I agree. Helena captured the agony most beautifully.
Mel plays this scene completely opposite of how I would think. But it seems to work pretty well. You would think this would be a more dark scene but he plays it with more wonder
Mel Gibson used to do Shakespear! Wow, that's new...
Aww 😢Bendito his jester friend Yorick, how he put young Hamlet on his back and play horsey with him, Hamlet remembering his friend while looking at his skull. Why must our love ones whether family & friends that we truly wish they were still with us must passed on in life? Some of Life’s Rules Suck❤😵☹️
Any other Vicar of Dibley fans waiting for the gravedigger to say, “No, no, no, no....yes!” 🙂
alas,poor papyrus!
good one
Holy flying fucks! That's the same actor as Stannis Baratheon from GoT!
My two favorite movie Hamlets were both by Mels, Mel Gibson and Mel Brooks.
Next time someone tells you Mel Gibson isn't a great actor, show them this clip and then kick them in the balls.
Good actor, bad person.
Never knew Mel Gibson played Hamlet.
I wish I could take back my ignorance of that fact
Alas poor Yorick, this is a woman's skull
How can you tell?
@@stevematson4808 theres a very small mastoid process (the little bit that comes down in the back, behind where the jaw would be), and there is almost no ridge/furrow where the brow would be. obviously, you can't tell for sure, but these are all damn good indicators of it being a woman's skull
@@generalgrievous6833 if that was a womans skull mell would have been interrupted.
One of the best !!!
brilliant and correct interpretation of the scene. Will would have been proud to see this performance.
The greatest cinematographical represenation of this scene possoble.
Hamlet: "Alas! Pork Yorick, I knew his smell."
Can't believe he got so upset about Yorick he went on to free Scotland, and later one became a cop in post apocalyptic Australia.
This scene is better than Branagh's
Why do all the russian people of the internet find the phrase so humerous?
Gibson does well here.
>infinite jest
Oh, hello title of one of the finest works of postmodern literature in American history. I didn't realize I would see you here. RIP DFW.
I wish somebody would put this whole movie on here.
Alas, poor warlock
*Draw 3 cards intensifies*
My Name is Yorick and I am a german Stand Up Comedian and also this feels weird
this scene makes me laugh for some reason
Zeffirelli convinced Gibson to be a Great actor ...
No one is like Kenneth Branagh
Vlogging behaviour was born in this scene. Except nowadays instead of a skull, we hold and talk to a G7X.
Eh, it's good, but I like Kenneth Branagh's version better.
I was disappointed in Branagh's Hamlet. He worked so.hard to make a completist version, and in IMHO, I just dragged.
Alas! Poor papyrus!
Me: *sees this*
ALSO me: Alas, poor Roarick! We know it; a monster of infinite breath, of most excellent Monstromancy; it hath borne a gleaming eye on its body a thousand times; and now, how adored in our imagination it is! Our spirits rise at it. Here hang those magical trinkets that cast spells we know not how oft. How be its vibes now? Its rambles? Its skull? The flashes of its Elements, that were wont to set the Sanctum on a roar? To sing or not to sing? No question - Sing!
Holy crap, horatio is Stannis Baratheon!
How long would it take you to put paint on all the walls of a room an inch thick it would take forever
I have to say, Mel might be the best Hamlet I've seen. On film at least.
This reminds me of Tony stark and his helmet in the Avengers 4 trailer
You gotta Beyond the Trailer😭😭😭
What more are freinds, than to toss each other's skulls around after digging them up'ed out of the grave.
TRANSLATOR
"Alas poor Yorik."
*Translation* "It really suck that your dead now dude."
"A fellow of infinite jest and most excellent fancy!"
*Translation* "The man was freaking riot!"
"He hath bore me on his back a thousand time."
*Translation* "He gave me lots of piggy back rides."
"My gorge rises at it."
*Translation* "I feel like puking."
"Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft."
*Translation* "We made out occasionally; but I'm not sure how many times exactly."
"Where be you gibes now; your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?"
*Translation* "Why aren't you so funny anymore like the good old days?"
Shakespeare is eternal.
God damn it, I've noticed a continuity error. Horatio is leaning on his sword with his right hand in one shot, then picks it up from his left side in the next.
boohoo, shut up nerd
Yikes, poor Yorick.
How did Yorick die
Not explained
I never saw this before. Gibson is pretty good
No fucking way. It's Stannis Baratheon.
Where be your jibes now?
alas, poor mel
Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him…IN AMERICA.
i thought like this before i read hamlet
Initially, the idea of Gibson playing Hamlet struck me as a bit of a stretch, but he actually did a pretty decent job.
Mel Gibson was an amazing Hamlet!
that 'alas, poor yorick' line....mel gibson is jesus
Animaniacs brought me here.😋
L.A Noire brought me here
dis iz my fave part of da movee :)
You will remember Yorick Mori...
I'm a little late to the Hamlet party but I'm here cause Black Thought interpreted & spun this scene in a freestyle. "I've had visions of Nat Turner holding his masters head like Yorick and Horatio in Hamlet" I nuts flip especially if you know of Nat Turner's slave rebellion. That's just powerful imagery. But that is my convoluted reason for commenting.
Well, I do *now*.
Yo Rick !
We should all respect mel gibson,but do yourself a favor and check out kenneth branagh version
Mel Gibson was rather good in his portrayal of Hamlet, but it doesn’t compare to Kenneth Branagh’s portrayal, six years later in 1996. In my opinion that’s the best film adaptation of Hamlet, Branagh directed and starred in it.
...death is only the beginning...
Poor Yorick Entertainment
wolfenstein brought me here. Strange
we are always stay up
No...N-no, no, no, n-no...yes.
Stannis !
LA Noire brought me
I'll stick to Ozymandias, thanks.
OMG, alas, poor yorick is a archivement of wolfquest!! And is a wolf skull! ,😂😂😂