this movie was hilarious...for the wrong reasons

Rating: 1/10 (17 July 2006)

I saw this movie in English class after we just finished reading the play. Instead of saying that was a good movie, I was laughing my head off for ten minutes, and so was the rest of my class. Why? Because the old English lines did not fit the modernized movie. When you put two-and-two together, watching a stand-up comedian will provide you with the same laughs out of this movie. Now let me point out the tings that I thought were ridiculous. The actors don't use swords, which is key to the time that the original play is set. Instead they use guns, security cameras, helicopters and cars. You're looking at this and saying to yourself, "No way! CARS?!" Now how is Mercutio going to die? If you read the original play he is stabbed by Tybalt (with a sword). In the movie Tybalt breaks a piece of glass and impales him. The funniest scene is the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo drinks a vial with Juliet awake for at least two minutes before. Romeo makes this "Oh crap" face after seeing Juliet wake up. Juliet then shoots her brains out. And thats the end of the movie.