Romeo and juliet remake??!
Question: okay what the **** happened when they made the leo dicapprio version? were they on CRACK?!?! that movie sucked ***. tell me what you thought. and please don't say you only liked it because leo was in it. so degrading. thanks
Answers: okay what the **** happened when they made the leo dicapprio version? were they on CRACK?!?! that movie sucked ***. tell me what you thought. and please don't say you only liked it because leo was in it. so degrading. thanks
I love the classic one. I used to watch it as a child with my mother. It's very very true to Shakespeare version & wonderfully acted. The innocence of Romeo & Juliet is captured beautifully.
I watched the contemporary one & I have to say it was visually stunning at times but really really dark in a sense. I didn't really feel much of the struggle of Romeo & Juliet because I was so into the set & costuming & there was always so much happening in the background. It wasn't my favorite take on Shakespeare what-so-ever. I first watched it as a young teenager who (Sorry but I have to admit) liked Leo, but this is by far not one of his best work. He has become a much better actor since then. I would recommend it to people just to watch it because even though it might not be their cup of tea... it's a great way to see Shakespeare's work viewed from another perpective.
i didnt really like it either.
we had to watch it in grade 9 english... pretty bad. but we also watched the older version.
If you want to see Romeo and Juliet on film, watch the 1968 version. Olivia Hussey is gorgeous, John McEnery is a great Mercutio and the Nino Rota music is magnificent. You can even see young Michael York, who plays a brilliant Tybalt.
This version had me alternating between boredom and anger. I found it pompous and cartoonish. The overall impression was of a sophomore's first attempt at film. Call me old fashioned, but if a director interprets one of the finest theatrical works in the English language, it seems to me that he needs to do a better job than this.
Harold Perrineau did a decent job at Mercutio in the context of a film that just doesn't get it done. Too bad that some pretty good acting talent was wasted on this weak project. Rate this a 1.
I didn't see it. I usually don't watch remakes because they usually screw it up. Of coarse there is the occassional remake being as good as or better than the original but evidently not in this case:)