fantasticus!!!

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2001)

`William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet', directed by Baz Lurman, is a creative, imaginative, tale of `star-crossed lovers' that takes place in a city named Verona Beach. The main families, the Montagues and the Capulets are warring families who have been carrying century-old grudges. Their grudges are passed down to the next generation, where the boys find any small reason to fight. In the middle of this, Romeo Montague, the young philosopher, and Juliet Capulet, the elegant girl, who is naive of the real world, meet and fall in love. Due to the circumstances, they must keep it a secret, only known to Juliet's nurse and Friar Laurance, who agrees to secretly marry them. When tragedy strikes and Romeo is banished, things start to go wrong. From there, misunderstandings and quick judgements set the stage for the tear-jerking end. I give this movie 10 out of 10!!! Not because I like Leonardo Di Caprio, but because I love this tragedy in particular and Shakespeare in general!