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| *Kathleen* |
 May 19 2004, 05:19 PM
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So I just saw the 1996 version of this, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I loved it.
 I want to find my Romeo...*Sigh* Anywho, back on track: who liked the movie better than the actual play? Vice-versa? I think they did a good job on this movie. They only left a few parts out of it; the major one being the death of Paris. Nonetheless, I loved it. The actors are ones that you can easily recognize. There is so much symbolism in that movie it makes me sick. Also, it was directed by the same guy that directed Moulin Rouge so yeah...it has to be good, no? 
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May 19 2004, 05:53 PM
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 technicolor girl  Group: Member Posts: 1,075 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,104 |
omg this is one of my favorite movies! i was at my cousins house last thanksgiving and i watched moulin rouge for the first time. i was like hey...this reminds me of romeo + juliet so i look on the moulin rouge dvd cover and says director of romeo+juliet i was like heyy i was right! hahah but yes they rock!!
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May 19 2004, 06:02 PM
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 always confused Group: Member Posts: 163 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,228 |
i saw that movie a while bak,it was a pretty good movie
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May 19 2004, 07:14 PM
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lol we watched it in class a year ago or something... it was a good movie
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May 19 2004, 08:01 PM
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thepaly is better becasue you can image everything the way you want it. i think the books are always better.
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May 19 2004, 09:16 PM
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i havent watched the leonardo decaprio one but i saw the old one... the one they made a loongg time ago? hm.. we had to watch it for english x] the guy goes naked haha so does juliet.. ewww u saw his butt [
] and her boobs xPalso did u guys see west side story? its like a modern day of romeo and juliet... it was made alonnggg time ago.. haha... jets and sharks? |
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May 19 2004, 09:24 PM
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 PHIL ˝ Group: Member Posts: 2,663 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,982 |
 havent seen that movie for such a long time. i saw it at English Class last week. yeah it was the 1996 version. Mercutio rocks!
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| *Kathleen* |
May 19 2004, 09:26 PM
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Haha Mercutio's crazy. I think I would be him if I played someone...minus the giving-Romeo-acid part.
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May 19 2004, 09:30 PM
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 Feeel X Group: Member Posts: 2,814 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,498 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ May 19 2004, 5:19 PM) So I just saw the 1996 version of this, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I loved it. I want to find my Romeo...*Sigh* Anywho, back on track: who liked the movie better than the actual play? Vice-versa? I think they did a good job on this movie. They only left a few parts out of it; the major one being the death of Paris. Nonetheless, I loved it. The actors are ones that you can easily recognize. There is so much symbolism in that movie it makes me sick. Also, it was directed by the same guy that directed Moulin Rouge so yeah...it has to be good, no? ohh i watched part of it in english class too, but i like the other one better. the older version. the 1996 one has like guns, lol. and claire danes shoots herself...its not relevant compared to the book. |
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May 20 2004, 01:19 PM
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i found it hard to understand cuz they were talking weird. liked the movie though, made me want to spend more time with my gf
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May 20 2004, 03:52 PM
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 pixel hybrid Group: Member Posts: 6,410 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,081 |
I actually find the play much more better than the movie because too me, the surroundings didn't match up with the old Elizabethian (or whatever its called) English because it was all modern and the english was all interesting. But aside from that, I liked the movie.
I like Romeo & Juliet. I think I'm the only one in my whole school last year who like read every single book about Romeo & Juliet in our library. I know, I'm a weirdo.
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May 20 2004, 05:04 PM
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 N.CARTER Group: Member Posts: 1,709 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,742 |
That movie was pretty darn good!! I watched it during class. ehe
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| *Kathleen* |
May 20 2004, 05:08 PM
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QUOTE ohh i watched part of it in english class too, but i like the other one better. the older version. the 1996 one has like guns, lol. and claire danes shoots herself...its not relevant compared to the book. The older version is good as well. Well, it's supposed to have guns (with the blatant symbolism) because it's the modern version. You don't see many people pulling out swords today, challenging each other with duels, right? Haha. Eh, they always have to change something, you know? I think that has to be the part most hated by everyone. I didn't fathom it either. The only other part I think they left out was when Paris is killed by Romeo. QUOTE i found it hard to understand cuz they were talking weird. liked the movie though, made me want to spend more time with my gf Heh...talking weird? Um...that's Shakespeare, dear.  How old are you?QUOTE I actually find the play much more better than the movie because too me, the surroundings didn't match up with the old Elizabethian (or whatever its called) English because it was all modern and the english was all interesting. But aside from that, I liked the movie. I like Romeo & Juliet. I think I'm the only one in my whole school last year who like read every single book about Romeo & Juliet in our library. I know, I'm a weirdo. Once again, it's because it's an updated version of it.  They had to keep it true to form, though...I mean, it's not Shakespeare without his language, right? You can't translate the beauty of it to fit modern-day and expect it to be as gorgeous. Hehe that's okay. I love Shakespeare. I breathe it. *Takes in whiff of air* Hmm...imagine...I could be intaking oxygen once breathed by Shakespeare. Oh yeah. 
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May 20 2004, 05:16 PM
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 LunchboxXx Group: Member Posts: 1,789 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,810 |
it stank. i hated it. i liked how the brand of the guns were "sword" or "dagger". fun fun fun. they should have set it in, like, new york. and translated it to ebonics. like instead of "do you bite your thumb at me?" it would be, like, "bioch, you got beef?" it would be alot more entertaining that way.
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| *Kathleen* |
May 20 2004, 05:18 PM
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Yeah, but like I said, it wouldn't be Shakespeare, then.
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May 20 2004, 05:31 PM
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pixel hybrid Group: Member Posts: 6,410 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,081 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ May 20 2004, 6:08 PM) Once again, it's because it's an updated version of it. They had to keep it true to form, though...I mean, it's not Shakespeare without his language, right? You can't translate the beauty of it to fit modern-day and expect it to be as gorgeous. Hehe that's okay. I love Shakespeare. I breathe it. *Takes in whiff of air* Hmm...imagine...I could be intaking oxygen once breathed by Shakespeare. Oh yeah. Like his fart? Haha, I'm just kidding Kathleen. But I suppose.. I like the old version of Romeo and Juliet.. Also, Kathleen, I wouldn't mind people challenging me to swordfights, that would awesome! |
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May 20 2004, 07:28 PM
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QUOTE havent seen that movie for such a long time. i saw it at English Class last week. yeah it was the 1996 version. Mercutio rocks! HAHAH HES SOO HOTTT IN ThAT MOVIE!! WHOOOT! |
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May 20 2004, 07:35 PM
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 you need me like a bad habbit Group: Member Posts: 192 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,755 |
i never saw the 1996 one.. but ive seen the 70's one.. and i enjoyed it, it was pretty true to the play.. but i have to saw id rather see the movie then the play..lol.. plays bore me
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May 20 2004, 09:42 PM
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 muted imperfections <3 Group: Official Member Posts: 3,295 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,260 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ May 19 2004, 12:19 PM) So I just saw the 1996 version of this, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I loved it. I want to find my Romeo...*Sigh* Anywho, back on track: who liked the movie better than the actual play? Vice-versa? I think they did a good job on this movie. They only left a few parts out of it; the major one being the death of Paris. Nonetheless, I loved it. The actors are ones that you can easily recognize. There is so much symbolism in that movie it makes me sick. Also, it was directed by the same guy that directed Moulin Rouge so yeah...it has to be good, no? i loved this movie..and the soundtrack is awesome!!!! i also love baz lurhmann (sp?) his way of directing is HOT. lOL! so i like that movie version than say the play version. HMMM...if u like baz lurhmann then u should check out "strictly ballroom" its one of his early directing works...that movie is HOT as well.  jackie
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May 20 2004, 11:08 PM
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 chinoyAKO Group: Member Posts: 54 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,089 |
grrr..
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May 20 2004, 11:15 PM
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LOL. omg, i saw this in class and it was heckka funny/corny. the left out quite of bit of stuff...but ehh.. it was one weird movie...
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May 21 2004, 02:18 AM
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QUOTE i like the other one better. the older version. i liked the older one too. the girl was really pretty. |
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May 21 2004, 02:30 AM
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 Live Your Own Party Group: Member Posts: 1,261 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,489 |
OMG!!! THAT IS SUCH A GOOD MOVIE!!! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT LIKE ANYONE ELSE KNEW IT EXISTED. lol. it's really good, but i haven't seen it in years. and i love how they make it take place in modern times. way back when is hard to 'relate' to.
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| *Kathleen* |
May 21 2004, 10:00 AM
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QUOTE grrr.. Don't spam.  QUOTE LOL. omg, i saw this in class and it was heckka funny/corny. the left out quite of bit of stuff...but ehh.. it was one weird movie... They only left out two parts that I can think of...and I'm a Shakespeare freak.
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May 21 2004, 10:08 AM
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*blink blink* Group: Member Posts: 175 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,585 |
EE. We watched both Romeo and Juliet`s + West Side Story. >_>;;... I really didn't like the second one, just the ending was sweet. 2 girls in my class were like, "NO! DON`T DiE!! SHE`S RiGHT THERE!!!"...HAh...and they were like...jumping up and down in their seats. And the rest of us were like..."Uhm....It's kinda given that they're both gonna die....so it's gonna happen.."...lol...And then the whole dagger=sword thing? That was really weird. And it was funky how the people talked in Elizabethan[sp] English, in like, a modern world. lol...It got a bit annoying... but...*shrug*... It was okay.
I preferred the first one though... 
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May 21 2004, 01:49 PM
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we read it this year so we watched both the movies, but i thought that one was really cheesey and lame. it was good in some parts, but the fighting and floral shirts just made them look tacky and something, but then the richness and stuff was completely contradictory, and it generally bugged me
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| *Kathleen* |
May 21 2004, 02:01 PM
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In what way was the "richness" contradictory?
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May 22 2004, 07:50 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
wait the romeo and juliet the one... ooooh u mean the one that guy from... umm... i think it's chris tucker or i dono...haha... a guy who gets crazy and like hes on drugs haha... hes funny... i was watching it with my english class.. jus a short clip. the part when leornado di caprio was in the scene in the amusement park with these lots of colors...and i guess that chris tucker look alike was singing like crazie... i think...um i forgot cus i watched it last year haha
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May 22 2004, 09:31 PM
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 Hi! I'm Dani :) Group: Member Posts: 5,637 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,369 |
QUOTE(immersion31 @ May 20 2004, 8:19 AM) i found it hard to understand cuz they were talking weird. liked the movie though, made me want to spend more time with my gf awww ^_^. hehe that movie made meeh wanna spend more time with u too |
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