A good movie

It is probably one of the oldest stories ever conceived by humankind, it was even one of the inspirations for 'Romeo and Juliet' if I'm not mistaken, so it was just a matter of time before they made a modern adaptation (Hollywood is rather unfortunatelly infamous for its lack of confidence in new material...). Eventually, I thought it was pretty good. Indeed, the whole thing (costums, sets,...) looked really good, Kevin Reynolds provided some decent directing and managed to find the right tone for this material. Furthermore, James Franco and Sophia Myles (what happened to her?!? I'm afraid she never managed to breakthrough after this...) were both very well cast and had together some believable chemistry. Of course, the story is not really original but you shouldn't forget that this tale started ALL the romantic tales that came afterwards so I think it was a good move to keep the essence of this everlasting dramactic love tragedy. To conclude, I think it is a decent romantic tragedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10