Romeo and Juliet Reviews

(OK) There's so much production value in costume, set, music, atrezzo... and Zefirelli moves the camera in the moment the plot is weighing...the 'Nana' and the priest makes the drama palatable...

I love 'Romeo and Juliet'! What an amazing movie! The movie is based on a play written by William Shakespeare and it is just so true to the original play.

Two households, Montagues and Capulets are sworn enemies, this is interesting but what interests me more is that Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love! And here they played it very well!

The costumes amaze me, the art direction too, the cast is brilliant (Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert Stephens, Michael York, Bruce Robinson) and (especially) the dialogue is very very much like the original play!

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey really shine as the main characters! They're a great screen couple and outshine the supporting cast

Now I've seen 'Romeo + Juliet' but it's not as good as this! The timeless classic 'Romeo and Juliet' is much better! This movie is much more true to the play and it's because 'Romeo + Juliet' is a modernization!

So 'Romeo and Juliet' is one of the best movies ever made and my review explains all the reasons (well most of them) that I love this movie!

Since this movie had a really solid reputation, I was really eager to check it out. Indeed, many consider this movie as being the best adaptation of this Shakespeare classic. It always thought it was rather weird and actually really embarassing that even though I have studied English at college level (I even have a Master), I have actually never read anything written by William Shakespeare. Anyway, I thought that the whole thing was inderdaad quite gorgeous and very well done. Above all, it was really neat that they, for once, used some actors that were about the same age as the characters from the original play. Still, I have to admit that I still had some trouble to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, indeed, it is apparently really faithfull to Shakespeare’s work and while this faithfullness makes it interesting, it makes it also sometimes rather tedious to watch. Basically, it is a matter of taste and even though I respect this illustrious work, I must admit that it is not really my thing. To conclude, even though I wasn’t completely blown away, it remains a really solid adaptation and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

This movie is fantastic.The romance, oh the drama. I recommend this to anyone