The Ghost Scene

         After analyzing the 3 ghost scenes, I concluded that it would be simpler to speak of their contrastive aspects rather than their similarities. Since they tend to portray the same scene differently with the tendency to attract different audiences.
         I'll start off briefly with their similarities. Aside from all 3 scenes taking place around nighttime, all 3 actors (Gibson, Branagh and Hawke) who played Hamlet tended to have a "shocked" face whilst looking at the ghost. I believe this is used to display their level of emotion. To visually explain it, I have captured their close-up shots and placed them on a single image:

         Now as for differences, they were easier to identify. First, the settings were very different (knowing that they take place in different "time periods"); Zeffirelli's version was the oldest among the others. Taking place in a castle, it makes it the most accurate in terms of setting, since the play states that it takes place in the royal castle of Denmark. Meanwhile, Branagh's is a forest and Almeryeda's....an apartment in New York. Definitely renaissance fans would appreciate Zeffirelli's work, with all the castles and medieval items. Fans of visually enticing movies would like Branaghs work, since it did have explosions, smoke, and other effects to make the scene more thrilling. And those who can relate to more modern-type culture would like Almeryeda's version, since it had a current/similar lifestyle (New York, apartment...lights) to today's life.

         The list could go on for pages, but I will end it at one final comparison: the emotions of the characters of both Hamlet(s) and the Ghost(s). What I believe to be the most thrilling ghost would be in Branagh's version. The way he (the ghost) sounds managed to capture a sense of rage on his pursuit of true revenge. Hawke's ghost was angry too, but he did not act it out well enough. It sounded like he doesn't want Claudius to die, rather just financially struggle for the rest of his life-type of revenge. Now, Gibson's ghost seemed to be grieving/in sorrow for what had happened, changing the mood from revengeful to sympathy. I believe the types of emotions flip-flop for the Hamlet(s). Gibson's Hamlet seemed very angry for what had happened, and THAT'S where you get the sense of revenge and rage. Both Branagh and Hawke show sorrow at the end, sort of "killing" the hype for Claudius' death, and this is why I believe Zefferlli's version is best for accurately describing the events and making the story better in terms of anticipation.

If I were to interpret the scene myself, I would take the best elements of all three movies: The visual elements from Branagh's film, the modernistic elements from Almeryeda's film, and the post-speech-buildup-rage portion from Zeffirelli's version.