An average movie

I wasn’t exactly dying to see yet another adaptation of this classic Shakespeare play but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I was actually seriously bored by the damned thing and, even if it might not be the worst adaptation, it was probably the most pointless one I have seen. I mean, visually, it was not bad and it seemed to be rather faithful (However, it turns out that very little of the original Shakespeare’s text actually remained). Of course, if you are not familiar with the original text like me, you won’t really notice this but if the writers thought they could write in Shakespeare’s style and replace his work, it was already presumptuous and obviously a rather misguided approach. However, what bothered me the most was the fact that they didn’t add anything interesting to this old tale. At least, Hailee Steinfeld was the right age to play this character which was rather refreshing but even this had already been done in Franco Zeffirelli’s version more than 50 years ago. On the other hand, Douglas Booth might be good-looking but he was also 6 years older than Steinfeld and this age gap made it really difficult to make them believable as a couple. The fact that they didn’t have enough chemistry also probably didn't help. At least, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti did deliver some solid performances but since they both played some rather minor role, it wasn’t really enough, I’m afraid. Anyway, to conclude, I didn't care much for the damned thing, I should actually lower my rating but I guess it might be worth a look if you really like the genre.