Hamlets to be and not to be speech is one of the most known of Shakespeare's work. There are so many different takes on this speech. Oliver's take on the speech was set with Hamlet near the ocean and looking over the ledge. The only sound being the waves crashing and his voice. There was no music. He also does pull out a knife but doesn't use it and at the end throws it over the ledge into the ocean and walks away into the fog.
Branagh's take was taken inside a corridor of the castle. Where hamlet points a knife towards a mirror and gets angrier throughout his speech. There is music in this version and it was very dramatic. It kept going up as he kept getting closer and closer to the mirror.
Zeffirelli's version was set in the tomb where is father and many more are buried. He prays and slowly walks all the way around the tomb talking about death while death is surrounding him. Hamlet was emotional and laid on his father's tomb. Once he was done he left the tomb.
The last version is more modern. It is set in a blockbuster and has action in each isle as he walks by. This symbolizes that he talks but doesn't take action. He also shows a movie in the background where someone dies. The hamlet also switches from thought to actually talking also.
The one that did it best in my opinion is the more modern version. It had more clues and helped me understand the speech.
