Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): if you thought baz luhrmann 's radical take on
_
william_shakespeare's_romeo_+_juliet _ was wild , wait until what you see
what tony award - winning stage director julie taymor (
_ the_lion_king :
_ the_broadway_musical _ ) does to
the bard 's _ titus_andronicus _ for
her audacious -- and very bloody -- film debut .
while luhrmann transplanted the star - crossed lovers to 1990s florida , taymor keeps this grisly tale of revenge in rome -- but places it in a surreal temporal limbo .
the colosseum suggests the proper time of imperial rome , but high rises and heavy duty kitchen ovens suggest the 1990s , while the vintage automobiles and some costumes are more ' 40s and ' 50s , and other garments are more gladiator - like . as tamora , queen of goths ( jessica lange ) exacts revenge on roman general titus ( anthony hopkins ) for killing her eldest son , and he does the same to her for the wrongs she commits , taymor obviously wanted to express the timeless relevance of the story 's underlying themes .
however , the time convergence approach only works at times , for often it 's just distracting , as in one scene where tamora 's suviving sons ( matthew rhys and jonathan rhys meyers ) blow off steam playing video arcade games .
taymor did n't have to resort to such avant garde time tricks ,
for the story would have resonated just as strongly had she jettisoned them .
she is a strong storyteller and a master visual stylist , the latter compliment encompassing all areas , makeup and costume choices as well as those in the editing and photography departments .
she also has a sure way with actors ; hopkins ' titus is at once tragic and horrifying , and lange is sultry as the viperous tamora .
the clear standout of the cast , however , is harry lennix as aaron , a moor who is tamora 's secret lover and a schemer in his own right .
lennix brings great depth to a role that could have easily been played as a stock villain .
a great villain he indeed is , but
to leave it at that is n't giving full justice to his powerful and multi - dimensional work .
_ titus _ is n't a complete success , but it is never less than fascinating , and it announces the arrival of a fearlessly imaginative new cinematic voice .
Output (English): P