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Summary: Leonardo SUCKS!
Review: the whole film is absolutely ruined by the actors who can't act at all. It's a nice try of Luhrmann to combine the postmodern scenario with the Elizabethan language, and uses the images to replace the poetic sense, but the actors, almost none of them trained for a Shakespearean text, ruin the whole feeling of poetry within a world of violence thing. Esp Leonardo Dicaprio--he's like THE worst actor I have ever seen. I thought he looked stupid enough in Titanic,but his acting skill is just beyond imagination...
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Summary: Greatest Love Story Of All Time!!
Review: This brillant and contemporary retelling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive "Romeo and Juliet" unforgettable. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan orgins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. This movie is great and it overall a really good buy for anyone!!
***Check it out!***
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Summary: Romeo Romeo.....
Review: Well, despite some bad reviews you've probably read before my review, and will read after, I think this movie is wonderful. I like it because The language is traditional Elizabethan: Totally Shakespearean, and because the setting is modern, it gives such a huge contrast. It's also thought provoking; imagine if we lived in a world like their's! The city looks nothing like a city I have ever seen, and that medieval atmosphere gives it a fresh take on modern society. The combination of all the odd elements really makes this movie work. The actors were amazing....Shakespearean acting is not something to be taken lightly, many people often train specifically to take on the roles Shakespeare created. However, I have a 'thing' for tales such as this one, I read the original play in one day. Shakespeare isn't for everybody, and if you're not willing to become involved in this movie, then don't even bother with it, because I doubt you'll appreciate its quality.
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Summary: half and half
Review: Overall, I'd have to say the direction was extremely innovative.I loved the unique focus on water (they see each other for the first time through a fishtank,make out in a pool...etc).The music chosen for this movie fits every scene perfectly, and helps set the tone. I'm on the "Baz Luhrmann is brillant" side. The acting irked me in some areas. Leonardo Dicaprio made for a good Romeo, but I can't tell if it's because his acting was superb or because the camera angles really brought out how attractive he is. Either way, I have no complaints.
Claire Danes.Er. There are some scenes I don't think anyone could have done better than her, and then there are some that are just cringe worthy. Her death scene was horrible.Horrible.I don't like the facial expressions,I don't like the way she delivers her final lines. It was almost a major buzz kill, but other elements of the scene saved it. If you're one of those people who notices every little detail in a movie, buy the DVD.You'll have plenty to look at. Otherwise, wait until it's in the sale bin at your local video store and then buy it.
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Summary: forgive us will
Review: I can't give much of a review for this movie. I stopped paying attention after the first five minutes and turned it off after 20 min. It was chaotic and trying to hard to be hip and up to date. I can appreciate chaotic movies, Nowhere was one of my personal favs. but when applied to something with a solid storyline, it just makes the story tertiary to what is going on visually. admittedly I had a bias to begin with, not necessarily with leo, but with the story, romeo and juliet was never my fav shakesperean story. but I think it could have been so much better. That and drop the LA gangbanger thing, that was just too MTV.
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Summary: Bring it into your classroom!
Review: My seventh graders are reading Romeo and Juliet, and another teacher suggested I use this video to help reinforce the text. I absolutely fell in love with the movie when I first got it. Though it uses Shakespeare's language, which is challenging for my ESL students, the modern dress and situations help them relate to the text. The movie begins with the punk-like Montague boys encountering the Capulets in a gas station. A gun fight and explosion result. My students loved the action! The movie is similar enough to movies they have seen for entertainment, that it really draws them in. The directorial choices Luhrmann made help keep the kids interested. Mercutio - a big black man in drag at the the Capulet masquerade - awes them. I recommend this movie to teachers of literature and to people who love an attractive movie with an awesome soundtrack.
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Summary: Unbelievably HORRENDOUS
Review: This movie doesn't make sense- the setting is in more modern form, but the language stayed the same as in old english. It was using machine guns in attempts of suicide and murder instead of daggers. I hated his movie. It was terrible. The only good thing I have to say about it was that claire Danes and Leonardo Dicaprio were good together in this movie.
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Summary: Appalling
Review: William Shakespere will be rolling in his grave over this travesty. Why did they take a wonderful story and "gangsterise" it? As far as I can tell, the only purpose of this film was for Leonardo Di Caprio to prance around the screen for his teeny bopper fans and pretend that he can act. A total waste of time.
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Summary: electrfying and nicely done
Review: a good version of the classic tradegy of Shakespeares work. Leo and Claire are cool as the two love birds who fall in love for one another. John Leguizamo snaps and sparks as Tybalt and Harold Perrineau Jr is simply wonderful as Mercutio, but did he have to do drag. some down falls along the way but it picks up with its grand acting. others will note that Jamie Kennedy, Paul Rudd, Diane Venora, Paul sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Dash Mihok, Christian Pickles and Miriam Margoyles also star as well. directed by Baz Luhrman(Moulin Rouge and Strictly Ballroom)
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Summary: A Modern Call To Bring This Generation Back
Review: Baz Luhrmann took a step out to try and create this movie. Mixing the features of a Shakespearian classic in the setting of a modern day world was a huge leap from anything that had ever been done before. It calls to the audience with the violence and sex that Shakespeare needed to include to capture the audience in his time, and what remains to capture audiences today. What's most amazing is Baz Luhrmann's twist to not only apply today's world view of Shakespeare, but also to captures it with the original context and language of Shakespeare, and this is what makes this movie truly amazing. Audiences that have never read Shakespeare and don't understand the language of that day can still love and understand the movie, can still understand what's going on. This movie has a chilling score on top of that. Every scene fully captures the beauty because of a score that brings out the emotion. The cinematography was exciting and vibrant. The crew worked hard to bring Shakespeare to resurrect Shakespeare to the modern world in set as well as in script. Details were added to the movie that most won't catch until they watch the special features of this DVD. Which brings me to the special features. You simply cannot do without these features. Hours of additional footage that will show you the depth and the work that it took to create this movie, you will find a new fascination that will never leave you once you have watched it. Commentaries, galleries, interviews, music videos, it will keep you entertained and enlightened for hours. The movie is astounding. My original distrust in a movie that had Leonardo de Caprio faded away within the first couple minutes of watching it. Claire Danes is an astounding, talented, and committed actress that also made this movie what it was. Enjoy it with a Shakespearian influence that makes this movie one that has set a precedent over all other representations of various other Shakespearian movies...
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