Captures the true spirit of Shakespeare's play

Rating: 9/10 (31 October 2005)

Anyone who truly knows Shakespeare and his works knows that it's all in the tempo, and mood of the performance that makes it great. His plays were made to be fun and entertaining even if you couldn't understand any of the puns, twists or important plot points that Shakespeare is so clever in placing. Those things were in to please the upper-class and the "critics". But the Globe had a pit. Where the poor filed in for a good show. While Zeffirelli's version is how the events would have played out in real life, Luhrmann's adaptation is true to how the drama would have been played out on the stage. There's really nothing like hearing the meter of Shakespeare's writing come out in the fast paced dialogs that fills this film. The speech conveys such meaning and is beautifully strung as you would have read it in the original text.