Romeo Juliet

Good movie , altar scene was so moving🤧

vampy, comedic, SHAKESPEARE !! great way with a young Leo ( and other upcoming actors of the time that have all made names for themselves since 1996, including some background characters with few lines ) .. GREAT MUSIC that I wish I could obtain a soundtrack !! A Shakespeare play set not in Verona, but in Venice Beach USA in a modern world .. For some, it might be "news" that Romeo & Juliet was written by Shakespeare hundreds of years after the saga unfolded -- similar issues exist to this very day .. and kids today are still exposed in school today about Shakespeare .. this is a great version on film to connect what generally confounds young students ( as they question why they have to even know about this play or any of his plays / sonnets ) everyone I've shared this film with ( from highly educated down to young children ) have all enjoyed this little bit of history in a fun way

Dat ik tranen voel heb ik soms, maar dat ze mogen lopen bijna nooit. Bij deze film wel. Volgens mij gebruikt deze film gewoon het originele script en klopt wat je in de boeken ziet niet...

I needed a dvd of this movie to show after we (my class) read Billy Shakes’s tragedy: Romeo and Juliet. I like this version because it is slightly modernized so the students can understand what is happening but it is in Shakespeare’s language from the play, and it does a good job of staying with the plot, although there are a few changes and not all are great. It gets the job done. Students love that we get to watch a movie.

I suspect Shakespeare would be pleased with Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of his work. The 1968 version of Romeo & Juliet was-- like this-- quite different from that which proceeded it. (Before Franco Zeffirelli's film, Romeo and Juliet were always played by adults.) I am mildly embarassed to confess that when I saw Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in the theaters, I was profoundly confused. Aside from reading the Cliff Notes about the play and watching the Zeffirelli film (of course, with the brief nudity redacted)in high school too-many years prior, I honestly did not know the tale. Having matured intellectually and in the comfort of my home, I gave the DVD a try-- since Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Roughe both pleased me, I assumed I just missed something. And I was right. This is extremely loyal to the feel, the fun, the drama, and the tension of Shakespeare. Since I am making my true confessions, here is another: I watched it again... with subtitles. I missed a lot because of the clever manner in which the dialouge is arranged, which, naturally, is foriegn to my ear. There are only two criticisms I have. Even though this film has a largely camp feel, Leonardo DiCaprio somehow manages to overract many of his lines. Indeed, there are two points at which I cringe as Leonardo annuciates exactly the incorrect words; yet reveals an I-am-so-smart gleem in his eye. The second is merely of the DVD. It teases you with "Special Features," only to discover that the only feature is the trailer. This is disappointing. Features, being plural, certainly made me expect something more. Probably more relevant was my recent purchase of the Moulin Rouge DVD, which was so jam-packed with extras that I have spent hours wading through them and am not finished. Something more here would have been nice.

I personally don’t really care since I just wanted the movie and apparently this version is better quality anyway, but if you are specifically looking for the special edition rather than the music version, watch out.