Romeo + Juliet Options

[*Kathleen*]

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?

[*Kathleen*]

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.

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?

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.