If I haven't seen Hamlet 1, will I enjoy this?
Hamlet 1 is so old (like 1996) but this looks good, and I wanna see it but don't wanna watch the first one. Will I still like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59h95SIRd0M
Aside from a few references to the original (and there aren't that many) this movie is very funny on its own. I mean, you might appreciate the humor a little more if you've seen the original, but it's by no means a neccessity. Honestly this is the best job Ive seen a sequel do of standing apart from its predecessor.
"Shh! I'm like this close to getting the high score on Donkey Kong."
Good, thanks so much. Can't wait to see it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59h95SIRd0M
Is this thread meant seriously? This is a comedy, obviously it's not *actually* a sequel to "Hamlet". That's kind of the point.
Obviously none of the numerous movie versions of the worlds most famous stage play, "Hamlet", is relevant in this context. The joke is in making a "sequel" at all to a piece like that, it's supposed to be absurd in itself trying to make a follow-up to Shakespeare's classic play.
A bit like writing a novel and calling it "The Bible, part II".
I don't mean to offend, but honestly, if that premise isn't clear from the title, I'm not so sure you're going to find the movie very funny.
there is a sequel to the bible. it's called the new testament.
shareI would definitely recommend watching Hamlet 1 first. I think you need it to understand the characters and their motivations properly.
Although I agree that it is funny on it's own. Probably not as funny as the original, but still amusing.
What?!
What in the name of *beep* are you talking about, Mouldyman? "Hamlet", the stage play, isn't meant to be funny, it's a tragedy!
And which "Hamlet '1' " are you talking about?
A movie based on the play? Which one? There have been hundreds of movies in cinema and TV called "Hamlet", based on the famous play. Yes, there have been some attempts at making comical versions of it through the ages, but none of them have anything to do with this particular movie.
The characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" have nothing to do with the characters in this comedy, did you even watch it? This one is about a teacher, and the whole basis for the comedy here lies in the absurdity of the fact that he actually decides to write a "sequel" to the worlds most famous classical play, "Hamlet".
How can anyone *not* get this?
Please type "Hamlet" into the search engine here on IMDb and see how many movies there are. Or check this, if you by some miracle never learned about Shakespeare in school:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
(...but mark my words, some other moron will come along soon and ask if there's gonna be a "Hamlet III" next year...)
...unless you already knew that and you're simply being sarcastic to the OP...?
I wouldn't risk it here though, there are far too many critics of this movie whose knowledge of literary history seem to start at "Harry Potter". (Watch while someone attacks me for "hating" Harry Potter).
how could you hate harry potter?!?!?!? let the flames of thread war take you! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
How can you have a sequel to a play where the vast majority of major characters die at the end of the play?
Thus, the humour in the title.
LOL -- yeah, that's another good point if the rest wasn't enough.
I'm sure there are other people on this board who are merely being sarcastic about the topic, but the problem is, I'm getting paranoid and disillusioned by reading all of it. I honestly thought that "Hamlet" was the one play *everyone* in the civilized world knew about, and it's just depressing to see they don't. *sigh*
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Honestly, I think the accumulated deaths (including that of Hamlet) are the only point to the joke of the '2.' I don't think it's that inherently absurd for someone to attempt to rewrite Shakespeare's classic work...Tom Stoppard did a brilliant job with Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead. And while sequels would be challenging for his tragedies, most of his comedies could have had sequels and several of his historical plays actually did (with one franchise even having a comedic spin-off).
shareI believe you just got trolled
shareYeah, I thought one of the funniest things in the film is when Steve Coogan actually refers to Hamlet as Hamlet 1. Saying the problem that he has with Hamlet 1 is everyone dies. It is so absurd and I love it.
shareHamlet 1 was much better. I only laughed like 4 times while watching this one.
shareAgreed, Hamlet 1 was much funnier. It's nice to see they brough some of the characters back, but they seemed less life-like in the sequel.
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