Fabulous!

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2007)

If ever there was a more brilliant and fun director than Baz Luhrmann, then please point him out. This movie is hilarious (Mercutio in drag), beautiful (love at first sight), intelligent (Wherefore, L'amour? sign), and heartbreaking (death scene). I saw this movie after I had become a Bard nut, and i thought it to be the most wonderful thing I had ever dreamed of being done with his words. The acting is not to be faulted, and while some complain that the leads did not know the meaning of their lines, I thought the performances by DiCaprio and Danes to be fresh and exciting, and especially well thought out. Watch out for Mercutio and Tybalt, they are the best performances I have ever seen of those characters. This movie is by far superior in my eyes to the 1968 version, in which all performances, save Michaael York, made me want to chop my head off with a blunt ax. All in all, eye popping cinematography included, I love it. Bravo to everyone involved.