Giuliette Degli Spiriti (aka Juliet Of The Spirits)

Advantages: a much more modern version
Disadvantages: the language can be difficult to grasp

...The famous Shakespearean love story of Romeo & Juliet has been taken from the Elizabethian age & placed into modern day America, set in Verona Beach. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes, this unusual movie brings Shakespear's greatest love story to life. Romeo's family is constantly fighting with Juliet's family. When Romeo & Juliet meet at a party (arranged for Juliet to meet her future husband,) they can't help but fall in love with each other. With the disagreements between the two families, the love affair is destined to be doomed. Behind their families backs, Romeo & Juliet secretly meet & marry. Things take a turn for the worse when Romeo's friend is killed by Juliet's cousin & Romeo takes revenge. The law is out for Romeo & Juliet is forced to marry the man whom her father chooses. I won't tell you the ending as you... Read review

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Advantages: intellectual development
Disadvantages: if you aren't Abel to see the metaphors it's a bit of a loss in viewing pleasure

...Spirited Away (AKA. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi?, lit. AKA Sen and Chihiro's spiriting away). is a film made by the Studio Ghibli. The director is Hayao Miyazaki. when i watched it as a child i didn't fully understand the metaphoric sucnificents of this animated movie, how ever when i watch my sisters copy i find that it is an metaphoric heavy animation which can be enjoyed by children (due to the easy to understand story line) and the underlying metaphors make it enjoyable by adults as well, This is one of the animated films that come out of companies that only make 1 film a year which shows how much care and effort they put in to try to get there viewers to have maximum viewing pleasure out of there films, ALL of the films made by this director i have loved watching It is best to watch it at least twice once in English & once... Read review

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Advantages: Hilarious and Creative
Disadvantages: You won't be able to watch any other version of Romeo & Juliet without yawning ever again.

...It's a drama and a comedy at the same time. Can you imagine laughing all through Romeo and Juliet? Well, when I watched Tromeo & Juliet, that's exactly what happened. And I was not alone. The whole movie theater had a blast. What West Side Story did in a serious and political way, Tromeo and Juliet runs it through the fun mill and comes up with a new ending and new, shocking details. Tromeo loves his computer (seemingly because he's a normal, healthy teenager who likes to look at lightly dressed girls), Juliet has a horrible time in her dysfunctional family. If you thought you'd seen all the possible adaptations of Shakey's play, think again. This one comes with kinky sex, dismemberment, blood and gore (I was told that that is a Troma specialty). I have to say that when I watched this film, I became aware just how violent the original... Read review

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