Wonderful Adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 1999)

I have read a lot of people that have written bad things about this movie, and I have to admit there were some things I wouldn't have expected coming from a Shakespearean story... but I thought that the way Baz Luhrmen created the movie worked. Before seeing the movie, I had read Romeo and Juliet 3 times, and there were some parts that I just didn't understand, But when I watched the movie they became clear to me. I think the the Elizabethan language is a very hard language to understand, and this movie hepled a lot of teenagers understand it better. I also like the acting in the movie. I thought John Leguizamo as Tyblt was incredible. And Jamie kennedy as Sampson made me laugh. Claire Danes gave off the impression of Juliet's innocence perfectly. and Leonardo DiCaprio displayed Romeo wonderfuly as well. I watch the movie and I see things that I didn't catch the time before, and I always can tell my favorite movies from movies that I just like when I can watch them many times without getting tired of them, and that is how I am with Romeo and Juliet. I also like the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, I think that it portrayed them great as well. I know people perfer that one (or ones like it) to the updated version, but I think that they both do an equally good job getting the story across.