Product: Romeo and Juliet [Region 2] (1968)
Rating: 4.0
Mostly great
While "Romeo and Juliet" is certainly not Shakespeare's best story, it is his most famous and it has incredible writing. The balcony scene is especially amazing. This version is very good and takes a pleasant literalism in terms of period and setting. It also has a good combination of strong physical acting and well-done reciting of the lines. It felt very natural and poetic.I heartily did not apreciate the scene with nudity and Romeo's farmer-tan rump. I was also dissapointed at what lines were not in the movie. I know most Shakespeare movies would be too long if they followed the script fully, but I had not read the story in years and I could still tell what great prose was missing.All in all, if the nudity does not offend you (you can skip the scene), this is a great movie.