Romeo And Juliet (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Greatest Love story on DVD
Disadvantages: Hard to understand

...familiar with the tale of Romeo and Juliet, for those of you haven't it is a play created by William Shakespeare. Franco Zeffirelli an Italian film director made this play in to a movie in 1968. Cast / Characters Robert Stephens (Prince Escalus): This is the Prince of Verona John McEnery (Mercutio): Mercutio is Romeo's close friend & a relative of the Prince Paul Hardwick (Lord Capulet): Lord Capulet is Juliet's loving father. Natasha ... Read review

Advantages: Breathtakingly beautiful
Disadvantages: None

...Leonard Whiting, just 17, as Romeo and Olivia Hussey, a mere14 as Juliet. This makes them more or less the actual ages of Shakespeare's characters. I thought that both Whiting and Hussey were superb actors (even at their young ages) and they play well off each other. These roles were debut ones for both young actors. Having two young, attractive actors playing the lead parts did attract a lot of younger audiences. I was a teenager at this time ... Read review

Advantages: Romantic story, good acting, good costumes & set
Disadvantages: Bit violent, no special effects

...have been countless productions of Romeo and Juliet, both on screen and stage in various guises. Most recently, Baz Luhrman offered his version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. But I think this version of the classic love story is the best. STORYLINE In Verona, Italy, there are two warring families – the Capulets and Montagues. The film opens with the two houses having a spat which is stopped by the ruler of the town Prince Escalus. ... Read review

Advantages: Enjoyable, The actors did such a brilliant job that you could watch it over and over.
Disadvantages: The camera Techniques are quite old and the special effects are just ok.

I first watched the 1996 Romeo and Juliet Before this and thought the 1996 one was quite good but I got curious after reading many reviews on the Old Romeo and Juliet and decided I wanted to watch it, so i bought it and watched it and for the first time I realised how the 1996 Romeo and Juliet wasnt as good as i thought it was, as the old one had so much more emotion in and It was so much easier to understand and all the actors and actress did a brilliant ... Read review