Worst Version In The History Of Ever

Rating: 1/10 (15 March 2009)

I recently bought this version at Walmart for 5 dollars, which should have been my first impression on how terrible it was. I could hardly believe how terrible it was, the cover itself said it all. (Keep in mind I bought the Music Edition) On the cover it showed Romeo in a vacation shirt, much like the Hawaiian style that business men wear on casual Fridays, it showed Juliet in a dress with wings. Shakespeare never intended for it to be this bad. There were no daggers or knives at all, zero, absolutely nothing. Yet there were guns.
I understand that this was supposed to be a modern version. However! Manuta is a city, not a trailer park, and the priest didn't send off the letter to Romeo, his squire did. Yet, a FedEx style man is shown knocking on Romeos trailer door, not getting any answer and leaving a note in Romeos mailbox. It then shows that the pries goes to FedEx (or whatever its called) and resending it.
The only reference it makes to the original story line is the poisons, and even that is total bullshit. True Juliet drinks a poison to appear dead and also true Romeo drinks a poison to die, BUT, Juliet wakes up and touches Romeos face and THEN he downs the poison. Also she is in a cathedral on a bed type thing when she is supposed to be laid to rest in a tomb (I don't think thats the right word) with all her dead family members. It is absolutely ridiculous, and anybody who has seen it and actually likes it, is a dumb ass.