Romeo And Juliet DVD

Advantages: Truly original, Claire Danes and very cool.
Disadvantages: Leonardo DiCaprio

...I originally saw this film at the cinema a few years ago and was gobsmacked by its brilliance. Having finally got round to seeing it again a few years later on DVD I was pleased to find that it really is a good as I remember. I do not feel that I really need to explain the plot, after all this story has been done a million times before. What is special about this version is the shear originality. At times you feel that some scenes might go too far and just become silly but the director does a superb job at knowing when to stop. I am not a Leonardo DiCaprio fan but I seem to like most films that he stars in. By far the better star of this film is the underused (in other movies) Claire Danes. She simply shines and is worth watching the film for alone. There is also an excellent supporting performance by Pete Postlethwaite. This DVD... Read review

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Advantages: They didn't change the original language
Disadvantages: Complicated to keep up with

...Romeo and Julliette is a classic. There are so many programmes based on the ideas portrayed in this film. The idea of people being so in love but still not being able to be with their lover. This film is extremely upsetting and will probably make you feel very melocolic for hours, but it is worth it as it is excellent. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the characters beautifully and the story has been converted into a modern day scenario, which definitely helps the story become clearer. Instead of words, for example, they use guns, although they do not alter Shakespear's language. There are slight adjustments but that is only to be expected.... Read review

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Advantages: The whole film is sooo cool.
Disadvantages: none!!

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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: UM....
Disadvantages: YOU HAVE TO LSITEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE BASIC ROMEO AND JULIET STORY

...Romeo Montague (Leonardo DiCaprio), is staring at a fish tank, he glances through the tank to see Juliet Capulet (Claire Danes), their eyes meet and they instantly fall for each other. It’s a modern day Romeo and Juliet where they have kept Shakespeare’s language of love, in some cases it’s a little difficult to follow. Through the whole movie, feuding families, the Capulet’s and the Montagues are attacking each other and have formed a modern day type of a gang armed with guns. For both families, there is no way that the two lovebirds are allowed to see each other because of the animosity between the two families. So, they marry in secret and of course.. are found out. It ends with the traditional story line of Romeo dying accompanied by Juliet’s tears of sadness and shoots herself.... Read review

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Advantages: Leonardo di Caprio
Disadvantages:

...Romeo and Juliet is the tale of two "Star-crossed lovers". The story is about two families who hate eachother - the Montagues and the Capulets. Howver, the Montagues only son (Romeo) and the Capulets only daughter (Juliet) meet at a party and fall in love. They decide to get married in secret and continue their romance in secret. However, Juliets parents, who are unaware of her marriage, want her to marry another man. Juliet, in desperation, goes to the priest and asks him if he knows how she can prevent the other marriage. Meanwhile, Romeo shoots dead a man wh has killed his best friend and is bannished from verona beach, where the story is set. The priest tells juliet to drink a potion to make everyone think she is dead. He promises to tell romeo about this so he can come and meet her when she will wake up in 24 hours time. However... Read review

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