Hamlet 2

by DeAnn Welker August 25, 2008 3:57 PM
Hamlet 2

You might wonder what a movie called Hamlet 2 could possibly be about. After all, I don't think Shakespeare wrote a sequel to the play, in which virtually every major character ended up dead. Or did he? (For the record: He did not.) So, it must be something else. Horrendously, the movie's tagline appears to be, "One high school drama teacher is about to make a big number 2." Which at least explains this is not about any sort of actual sequel to Hamlet. But it also makes me wish that Shakespeare were not in the public domain, so that people couldn't use his plays at any disturbing whim. Because that tagline? Ew. The movie is so offensive, apparently, that there is a restricted trailer requiring age verification. If the age verification won't work for you (it didn't for me), you can see the red-band trailer elsewhere, if you're so inclined. It's really not worth it unless you have a thing for herpes jokes, teachers accidentally hitting students in the head with a garbage can and teachers being roofied.

Anyway, said teacher is putting on a play: Hamlet 2. Thankfully, Catherine Keener is there to ask the question I had: "Doesn't everyone die at the end of the first one?" But then the movie sort of shifts and becomes about censorship and freedom of speech, when people are trying to get the play shut down. And I can't tell if that makes it worth watching, or if it's just a ploy to get those of us who would never be interested to watch an offensive movie. I'm going with ploy and steering clear of this one. [Editor's note: The opinions set forth by Ms. Welker are not necessarily shared by all members of the TWOP Staff, i.e. this movie looks effing rad and I'm totally gonna go see it! -- Lauren]

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