i did not like that movie at all. i've been wanting to see that movie since some of my friends seen it in survey lit and i don't take that class so when my sister let me see it, i was surprised, the movie was horrible. i watched twenty minutes of the movie and turned it off and it wasn't because i didn't understand what they were saying it was because it in modern day times and they talked like they were in the 1500's or something. if they were going to talk like that they could have at least dressed and made it seem like it was during those times. by the way, did people really talk like that back then?
2006-08-21 08:10:55 · 44 answers · asked by jdukenumber1 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
which one? the original version was great! the one with claire danes...was okay...not all that!
2006-08-21 08:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa...do you know anything about Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet is a play that was written by William Shakespear in the 1600's. That should explain why they talk that way. YES people really talked like that back then - that's why it was written that way. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't good. You just don't get it.
Romeo and Juliet was not originally a movie. It was made into a movie SEVERAL times because it is a cultural classic that was written by one of the most talented writers our world has ever known.
2006-08-21 08:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i Loved that movie...i think Baz Lurhmann has incredible style. =T did u like moulin rouge?
anyways, yeah it's more a movie for the style than truly "understanding" what everyone is saying. and u know what's funny..if u really try to listen in, and watch the story unfold, u can still tell what's going on..... perhaps reading the book by Shakespeare would have helped before u watched, or being familiar w/ the story as a whole. so many stories have been based on the plot of R+J so u could hardly argue that it is horrible. anyways, maybe next time u can have an open mind and watch the movie as a musically, colorful, intriguing and WEIRD movie that really is different than the typical ho-hum things that are being churned out nowadays. :)
2006-08-21 08:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know which versoin you are talking about, the Romeo and Juliet that I watched was with Leonardo DeCaprio, and I loved it...but I am a really big fan of shakesphere. I love all the symbolism and foreshadowing that goes on, that the language...but thats Shakesphere. I loved the story of Romeo and Juliet because there were so many questions to ask yourself, like about the age they were (can you find true love at that young of age), and falling in love at first sight. I loved it, but thats me. No wonder you hated it, you turned it off, you didn't even watch it all! Oh well, everyone has their own opinions
2006-08-21 08:20:01 · answer #4 · answered by Hannah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a good movie, the story was the strength of the movie, the setting of the movie is supposed to be a fantasy time where things r modern but ppl talk like 1500s, if u see the movie after u read the story u'll find the depth of the movie & u'll like it a lot i think, they tried to use water as their symbols. I think the movie was heart-touching
2006-08-21 08:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by Preeya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was supposed to allow you to see the movie in a literal sense, as if it were happening today, but still keep the beautiful language. I think the movie is stylized in a breathtaking way. You just have to look past the idea of two timeframes coming together.
I loved it personally...but my mom said the same thing. So you're not alone there. I guess you just have to take it as an interpretation of art.
2006-08-21 08:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by still waiting 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean the one with Leonardo DeCaprio, right? I didn't like it because they changed some of the best parts from the way they were in the oringinal story. They kept the original dialouge, but the acting and the modern setting was weird. Yes, people really talk like that when the play was written.
2006-08-21 11:04:43 · answer #7 · answered by klp1199 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is how people talked back in the day of Shakespear. I personally liked the movie because it was a modern twist on a classic.
2006-08-21 08:21:04 · answer #8 · answered by prettycute4u62040 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which version are you referencing? I'm a little confused by the description. I haven't seen a version set in modern times.
I enjoyed reading it and seeing it live on stage. However I prefer several others like Hamlet for tragedy & A Midsummer Night's Dream for comedy.
2006-08-21 08:19:08 · answer #9 · answered by Shadow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there is a Baz Lurhman version and a Zeferilli version for a start so which one do you mean. I presume the Baz Lurhman one, the modern one.
I did quite like it, it helps to bring the past into the present I feal, allowing Shakespeare to be experienced by a wider audience, although perhaps not as he had intended!
2006-08-21 08:18:14 · answer #10 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked it. The whole point is to be in modern times and speak shakespearean that was the whole point. Why call it romeo and juliet and not use shakespeare. It's like a fish with no water.
2006-08-21 08:21:28 · answer #11 · answered by biochick11220 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋