R + J, a masterpiece that glows like a Star

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2005)

"I give thee my heart before requested, and if I had it...I would give it again." - Juliet
I recall going to the movies theater for that movie, and half of the people left the theater at the Interval to my greatest shock. I know this is a film that will always have a 5 to 6 rate out of 10, simply because there are people who will love it and there are others who will not catch its beauty.
R + J a film with ambulances, cops, cars, dollars and pistols replacing swords and elements of the greatest love story of all times, and yet the film has incredibly achieved the greatest harmony ever between the filming of a modern story with the majestic beauty of an old script, it is such a mixture at which one can only stop time and enjoy this masterpiece that only an extra-ordinary true artist can possibly bring out to the reality of our somewhat too modern life.
R + J the story & the film come into harmony, and delightfully not as a mummy walking out of its tomb, but as a joyful piece of ballet, being performed on a stage of clouds.
Thumbs up to Bazz Luhrmann, Thumbs up to love & Thumbs up to R + J.
From Cairo, Egypt, Mahmoud