NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Brennan Camacho
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Janis
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
minesapint-91611
Loved it. Kept the traditional with the modern and gave Shakespeare a new lease of life
ldellevigne
Seriously this adaptation is garbage from 1996, should be placed in a time capsule, and that time capsule needs to be destroyed.Once in a while you see a film from the 80s or 90s and you say "huh. that really didn't hold up very well."Well this one makes all of those look like MASTERPIECES.Utterly laughable, certainly not timeless, worthy only as an example of the most atrocious acting by big names you'll find from the 1990s.Just ignore the Shakespeare reference - Baz sure as hell did.
leethomas-11621
This and the '68 adaptation are so different they don't really compete with each other. Luhrmann is a genius. This version still stands as completely contemporary. The director makes the two kids wholly believable and alive. I liked the change he made to the death scene ending. DiCaprio stands out as ever. (viewed 4/17)
Eric Stevenson
This was actually a pretty early attempt to modernize the classic "Romeo And Juliet" story by placing it in modern times. I admit that some of the movie does come off as being off key. It's kind of weird to see a version of RAJ that begins with gunfire and explosions, but don't worry. The film gets much better later. Anyway, it's really fascinating to see how 90s this movie is. I mean, it pretty much envisions everything that made the 90s what it was and seeing as how it's an update of a classic story, that makes sense. For the most part, it's certainly good.The original dialogue is kept, but there is one big change near the end. Juliet actually briefly awakes and witnesses Romeo die. It's not that important, but it's still interesting to see something different with such a popular story. We're even told that the families have a rivalry that's implied to go back to the times of when the original story takes place. It even begins by showing us what happens at the very end. Seeing as how everyone knows how it ends, it's a very clever way of setting it up and it makes for a good movie. ***
