William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

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Bumcheek B @Stellabella1502 3d p.s BIGGEST SPOILER ALERTS People say *Romeo and Juliet* is the greatest love story ever written, but after watching it, Romeo meets Juliet, talks to her for about ten minutes, and immediately decides she is the love of his life. Meanwhile Juliet is like, "Sure, random balcony man, let’s secretly get married." This entire romance moves faster than instant noodles. But honestly, none of that matters, because the real star of the movie is the completely unexplained **Jake Paul in the fish tank**. In the background of several scenes there’s just a giant aquarium, inside Jake Paul is wearing boxing gloves and sunglasses, silently shadowboxing. Every time the characters start having dramatic conversations about love and fate, Jake Paul drifts past the glass and throws a slow-motion punch at a plastic castle. In conclusion, *Romeo and Juliet* is a chaotic love story full of bad choices, While Jake Paul is doing aquatic boxing in the background like a motivational fish. See more Duncan C @Duncanos Feb 27 It’s the only adaptation where Mercutio dies and you’re still trying to recover from the editing. See more Danilo H @Romeo_and_juliet_sucks Feb 5 Romeo is fucking stupid. He has the eyesight of a wild mongoose. I wish that romeo wasn't this stupid, for the rest it's pretty good See more Michael D @MichaelX Feb 4 Who knew that a 30-year-old pop-opera take on Shakespeare could still feel fresh and electric? We cued up Baz Luhrmann’s "Romeo + Juliet" a few weeks ago for Sunday cinema, partly because we just watched Claire Danes’s Netflix series "The Beast in Me", and because neither of us had seen this one. Luhrmann was only one film past "Strictly Ballroom", but his maximalist fingerprints are already everywhere: the hyper-stylization, the bold production design by long-time collaborator, Catherine Martin, and that swoony, unapologetically emotional tone he’s now famous for. I’ve occasionally rolled my eyes at his excess; "Moulin Rouge" took me years to appreciate, but this worked well. Leo and Claire are dewy and youthful, and hearing Shakespeare’s text tumbling out of teenagers is kind of magical. Yes, you have to lean in and put the phone down, because iambic pentameter is never easy to grok, but the result is still thrilling, tragic, and worth revisiting. See more Eli F @MarvelNerd Jan 4 Having read the original Shakespeare work of art, this felt like a downgrade as the gang Miami backdrop mixed with characters who are poorly portrayed. This film was trying to be too different from the stage play that it felt like its own project, and not in a good way. I don’t recommend this movie at all! See more Federica F @Federica Dec 28 I have watched this movie sooo many times and still find it amazing!!! Setting, costumes, soundtrack, cast, just everything excellent!!!!!! See more Read all reviews

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