What a disgrace

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2003)

Whoah, this movie just plain stank. Who does Luhrmann think he is by adapting the brilliant Shakespeare play into a modern context? The adaptation, infact is abysmal. By keeping the Shakespearean language, but appropriating everything else makes the film seem very awkward and confusing. By restraining itself to the original language, the screenplay is horridly absurd and must the modern guns in the play are painfully engraved with the name "SWORD" to keep with the "Draw your swords, etc"
The acting was also horrible. Claire Danes seemed very immature and Leo, well... where do I start?
This movie was a complete disgrace to Shakespeare and should never have been even attempted. Horrid.