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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 13:40:28 GMT
Quarantine has made me visit some old favorites in my collection. I feel like this was brilliantly done. The modern setting, the sound track, the goth feel...perfect for Leo who was brilliant, and what ever happened to Clare Danes anyway? Although I admit, I just realized with this last viewing that Mercutio is probably gay for Romeo. That totally escaped me until now.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Mar 26, 2020 13:46:22 GMT
I remember watching that in film at school when i was like 14, back in 1997, i thought it was very boring movie.
Don`t know what i would think of it now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 15:36:16 GMT
Interestingly enough. The studio Paramount wanted Clare Danes as Rose in Titanic because they liked her chemistry with Leo.
She actually turned it down because she said she was emotionally exhausted from their "Romeo + Juliet" role and didn't want to take on another giant Blockbuster type film at that time.
I still believe if she did it, she would be where Kate Winslet is now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 20:41:41 GMT
Interestingly enough. The studio Paramount wanted Clare Danes as Rose in Titanic because they liked her chemistry with Leo. She actually turned it down because she said she was emotionally exhausted from their "Romeo + Juliet" role and didn't want to take on another giant Blockbuster type film at that time. I still believe if she did it, she would be where Kate Winslet is now. Oh man, I think she would have been great. She'd have brought a certain vulnerability to Rose that would gave been endearing. I loved her as Juliet. She has an awkward beauty to her. |
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 26, 2020 20:58:26 GMT
Quarantine has made me visit some old favorites in my collection. I feel like this was brilliantly done. The modern setting, the sound track, the goth feel...perfect for Leo who was brilliant, and what ever happened to Clare Danes anyway? Although I admit, I just realized with this last viewing that Mercutio is probably gay for Romeo. That totally escaped me until now. Claire Danes can currently be seen in Season 8 of the very popular streaming series Homeland. Zeffirelli’s 1968 film was not the only R&J that had an impact on a generation of teenagers who shared that time of life with the protagonists. Here is Lindsey Row-Heyveld, now assistant professor of English at Luther College in Iowa: “For people my age the Luhrman film was just a really powerful introduction to Shakespeare…they made these promotional and, I think, collectable postcards that came out in magazines like ‘Seventeen’ or “YM.’ I had this postcard that I had ripped out of Seventeen Magazine - it had a picture of Juliet on her balcony and underneath in script it said, ‘My only love sprung from my only hate’ - and I put it up in my locker.” Luhrman sets the movie in modern times at a southern American coastal city called Verona Beach. The conflict is between two crime families who battle over turf. One of the major updates is the substitution of a gun culture for swordplay (sidearms are shown to be branded as Sword products, so lines like “Put away your swords” could still be used). This gives a new and frightening dimension to the story. A pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio essays Romeo to Claire Danes’ Juliet. Both leads, looking like very modern teens, were perfect for this adaption. Pete Postlethwaite is the perfect Friar Laurence, Juliet’s nurse scores again, this time in the person of Miriam Margolyes, and John Leguizamo brings some much needed menace to Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Leguizamo was the big surprise for me in this film and I have followed his career with interest ever since. Other notable performances are Paul Sorvino and the great Diane Venora as Juliet’s parents. This film startled and shook up some Shakespeare purists, but, for me, it is a real thriller and truly tragic (made even more so – and more cruel - by a slight tinkering with the final death scenes.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 21:03:43 GMT
Quarantine has made me visit some old favorites in my collection. I feel like this was brilliantly done. The modern setting, the sound track, the goth feel...perfect for Leo who was brilliant, and what ever happened to Clare Danes anyway? Although I admit, I just realized with this last viewing that Mercutio is probably gay for Romeo. That totally escaped me until now. Claire Danes can currently be seen in Season 8 of the very popular streaming series Homeland. Zeffirelli’s 1968 film was not the only R&J that had an impact on a generation of teenagers who shared that time of life with the protagonists. Here is Lindsey Row-Heyveld, now assistant professor of English at Luther College in Iowa: “For people my age the Luhrman film was just a really powerful introduction to Shakespeare…they made these promotional and, I think, collectable postcards that came out in magazines like ‘Seventeen’ or “YM.’ I had this postcard that I had ripped out of Seventeen Magazine - it had a picture of Juliet on her balcony and underneath in script it said, ‘My only love sprung from my only hate’ - and I put it up in my locker.” Luhrman sets the movie in modern times at a southern American coastal city called Verona Beach. The conflict is between two crime families who battle over turf. One of the major updates is the substitution of a gun culture for swordplay (sidearms are shown to be branded as Sword products, so lines like “Put away your swords” could still be used). This gives a new and frightening dimension to the story. A pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio essays Romeo to Claire Danes’ Juliet. Both leads, looking like very modern teens, were perfect for this adaption. Pete Postlethwaite is the perfect Friar Laurence, Juliet’s nurse scores again, this time in the person of Miriam Margolyes, and John Leguizamo brings some much needed menace to Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Leguizamo was the big surprise for me in this film and I have followed his career with interest ever since. Other notable performances are Paul Sorvino and the great Diane Venora as Juliet’s parents. This film startled and shook up some Shakespeare purists, but, for me, it is a real thriller and truly tragic (made even more so – and more cruel - by a slight tinkering with the final death scenes.) Excellent synopsis! To me this version brought an emotional element to the characters other versions lack. Even though you know how it ends, you still root for a different outcome. John Leguizamo was really well cast here. I also really enjoyed Mercutio. |
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Post by onethreetwo on Mar 26, 2020 21:16:57 GMT
The movie was incredibly popular among high school girls in the late 90s due to Danes, her costumes in the film, and Leo. I believe it's fallen out of popular consciousness over time because female fandom is less conducive to creating a long lasting cult status. That's just my theory though and maybe I'm wrong. But the women I know do not spend a fraction of the time other men I know spend watching and obsessing over movies.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 21:25:21 GMT
The movie was incredibly popular among high school girls in the late 90s due to Danes, her costumes in the film, and Leo. I believe it's fallen out of popular consciousness over time because female fandom is less conducive to creating a long lasting cult status. That's just my theory though and maybe I'm wrong. But the women I know do not spend a fraction of the time other men I know spend watching and obsessing over movies. I was 19 when this came out, so missed that part. For me it was Lost Boys in Junior High and then A Nightmare before Christmas and The Crow. I own all three films/love all three films. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 26, 2020 22:26:03 GMT
I think Leo is pretty weak in this, and I'm a Leo fan. He sounds like he has no idea what the fuck he's talking about. Just reciting the lines, unless he's screaming them. Same with Danes to a lesser extent.
Also not a fan of Baz's style.
Supporting cast is pretty good, though. I'll echo that Leguizamo is an awesome Tibalt. "Peace? I hate the word." Perrineau is also good as flaming Mercurtio. And Pete Postlewaite can make the phone book sound epic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 22:36:32 GMT
I liked it. I have an instant soft spot for modernizing old stories into today's settings. Shakespeare's great for that, among other things. Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Titus (madness).
I even liked O with Julia Styles and Mekhi Phifer. They're always an instant reminder, nay, a testament, to the universality of the stories. I love that sh--.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 27, 2020 0:55:01 GMT
Oh lord, I love this idea behind the movie. Except I hate the movie.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 2:49:05 GMT
Oh lord, I love this idea behind the movie. Except I hate the movie. What do you hate about it? |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 27, 2020 6:50:29 GMT
I liked it. I have an instant soft spot for modernizing old stories into today's settings. Shakespeare's great for that, among other things. Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Titus (madness).
I even liked O with Julia Styles and Mekhi Phifer. They're always an instant reminder, nay, a testament, to the universality of the stories. I love that sh--.
I actually really like O as well. Julia Styles was in another, more fun one: 10 Things I Hate About You. |
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Post by jcush on Mar 27, 2020 7:30:11 GMT
Not a fan. I dislike the style and most of the performances range from bad to mediocre.
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Post by kuatorises on Mar 27, 2020 12:46:40 GMT
Never saw it outside of a few snippets. Looks like it could be a fun guilty pleasure.
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Post by miike80 on Mar 27, 2020 19:11:28 GMT
I really like this one
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Post by wolf359 on Mar 29, 2020 18:21:46 GMT
The Movie's Soundtrack is Fantastic.
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