Romeo & Juliet - The Music Edition
by Baz Luhrmann
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Actor: Claire Danes, Harold Perrineau, John Leguizamo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pete PostlethwaiteDirector: Baz Luhrmann
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Romeo & Juliet - The Music Edition
Movie Review: Made me give Shakespeare a Second Chance!
Summary: 5 Stars
When you are growing up, all you hear about is Romeo and Juliet. You've watched spoofs in your favorite cartoons, heard people quote it,and you get a picture of this epic romance that sweeps you off your feet. When you get to read it in high school, "Man, now I get to see what all the hype is about." Then you open the book and you see these lines:
"Gregory, on my word we'll not carry coals."
"No for then we should be Colliers."
And if you were like me you said "What the hell are they talking about? This isn't as good as all the hype it gets!" But when you watch this movie it turns that story into the epic romance that everyone says it is, and probably what you thought it was before you read it. That, and the new setting and actors takes some of the cheesiness away from those cliched lines. Let's face it, " ... and Juliet is the sun." has way more impact when Leo DiCaprio says it, than when you read it. Also the lines are the same, but easier to interpret when in a modern setting.
I'm not saying that the Zeffirelli version is bad or anything, but it can get slow at some points, and because of the medieval setting it doesn't make the lines much easier. That, and an interesting costume design for the guys in that movie seems to involve cups that they wear on the outside of their pants. It makes it kinda hard to take seriously. But it is still a great movie! Don't get me wrong!
That and It has a stuck-in-your-head soundtrack that adds a whole new level to the movie. It also has a cool, artsy vibe to it that can seem overdone to some, or original to others. I didn't even like this story for a while, but now I want to read Romeo and Juliet again, with a better understanding of the lines.
I just wanted to mention some of my favorite moments and ones to look out for. The actor who plays Mercutio (even in all his ridiculous cross-dressing scenes) still gives me chills during his eerie Queen Mab where he almost seems psychotic, but it captures your attention. Another moment is when Romeo confronts Tybalt after he kills Mercutio. "Either you, or I, or both of us!" is repeated, and shows this great moment of acting where he changes from distraught to furious. The last is the flashback scene when the commit suicide. In a moment that I usually don't find touching, the flashback to the moment they met, and another couple of cute scenes. It was really cute and sad.
Kay Bye.
Summary of Romeo & Juliet - The Music Edition
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespear's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from it's Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach.Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) takes a shot at reinventing Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers as a visual pastiche inspired by MTV imagery, Hong Kong action-picture clich?s, and Luhrmann's own taste for deliberate, gaudy excess. The result is explosive chaos, both in terms of bullets and visual sensibility, which some may find impossible to stick with for more than a few minutes. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the leads, though not with much distinction, while Pete Postlethwaite makes a huge impression as this movie's version of Friar Laurence. The film is successful in spots, but overall its fever-dream game plan is difficult to ride out. --Tom Keogh
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