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    First Poster for ‘Hamlet’ – Starring Riz Ahmed – A modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s story.


    First Poster for ‘Hamlet’ – Starring Riz Ahmed – A modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s story.

    by BunyipPouch

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    2. Three_Froggy_Problem on

      I’ll reserve judgment on the film itself (and I like Riz Ahmed), but what are people’s takes on these modern reimaginings of Shakespeare plays? I’ve always preferred adaptations that stick to the original settings; the period costuming and set design is half the fun for me.

    6. Kangarou on

      First Hamnet, then Scarlet, now this? I’m starting to think this “Hamlet” was a pretty popular story.

    15. krectus on

      Dang, movie is out in less than a month and already been to a ton of festivals and they just now got around to making a 1st poster for it.

    16. RememberThinkDream on

      Instead of doing a “modern retelling”, which basically translates to “We’re going to butcher it because we’re not creative enough to come up with our own original ideas”.

      They should try to be actually creative and create a story nobody has heard before.

      I do like remixes, but these remixes are such low effort and lack imagination.

    17. Historical_Fan_8799 on

      Was this movie in storage since 2014? cause wtf is that dated ass poster??

    19. butternutflies on

      Let’s be real. When you decide to put those stars on your poster, that means your movie isn’t all that good

    26. guilhermefdias on

      Difficult not to like Riz Ahmed after Sound of Metal.

      But the dude deserves to be on more things.

    27. waitinthefog on

      I don’t want to be a hater but Is there not fatigue from the Shakespeare remake/reimagining over saturation. Most of them don’t make a profit.

    28. Dtyhb-6996 on

      Nobody has adapted Shakespeare better than Vishal Bharadwaj, he takes the core of the story, to a transcendent level…..

    30. asshat123 on

      I’m gonna be honest, I read “modern reimagining” and roll my eyes. I know it can be done well, that’s probably an overreaction, but it starts to feel like blatant pandering pretty quickly.

      “It’s a modern reimagining of Frankenstein where the monster is a social media app instead of a guy. That’s the kind of sick shit you like, right young people?”

    33. GenericMacAndCheese on

      Reminds me of that Onion headline “Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended”

    34. catharsisdusk on

      EVERY TIME I see a new Ahmed movie, all I can think to myself is, “It’s the Guy from Four Lions!! Good for him!” But I’ve never actually watched any of his other movies. But I still support his career, in spirit.

    36. Locke_John on

      There’s already a modern day one with Ethan Hawke, so even the supposed new concept isn’t new.

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