So disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2005)

When this version of R&J was in the cinema here in the Netherlands, I went to see it. Now only two days ago, April 27, 2005, I went to the store and bought the DVD because I enjoyed Shakespeare in Love (with Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow and Colin Firth) and wanted to see the original (text) of R&J again. I didn't quite remember what this specific movie was like, but when I started to see it, it was a huge disappointment for me.
Although it might be a good idea to set the play in modern time, it is the way it was translated in todays world which quite offended me. I quit looking when Mercutio arrived to the Bal Masque of the Capulets.
In my humble opinion, this version of the tragic and lamentable story of Romeo and Juliet, makes it vulgar and dirty. Perhaps I only saw the baddest part (licking the nipple of Benvolio (I think) and the outfit and acting of Mercutio) but it was enough for me to simply shut of the computer and return the DVD to the store.