Juliet & Romeo

While I initially anticipated Shakespearean verse, this film's use of modern English enhances its accessibility. Unlike many adaptations, the narrative also deviates from the original source material. The tension escalates palpably when Juliet, newly wed to Romeo, learns of her impending marriage to Paris the very next day. Although the plot's progression may feel somewhat abrupt, it effectively underscores the doomed romance of the young lovers. Furthermore, the fighting scenes between MERCUTIO and Tybalt were remarkably intense and dramatic. Ultimately, the film concludes with a surprising yet logical twist that offers the audience a greater sense of closure.

You don't like to see the same story exactly the same multiple times, you'd always want it fresh with new perspectives.

And this what movie did, just that. Love it.

Others might be stuck with the past, they want to see the same story over and over.

But there are also people who would like to see different version of the one story.

And I belong the the second group.

And I would like to see movies like this... Just like how I appreciate the movie Gladiator 2, while a lot of people hated it wanting to see the first version again, but it turned out as beautiful with the modern version of it.

This movies are for people who like depth and varieties. Love to see more of these!

Was surprised how well they did with the music that they advertised as modern.

Jamie Ward as Romero and Clara Rugaard as Juliet give a very good performance as the title characters, with great show of emotions through their acting that added tot heir characters.

Seeing Rebel Wilson in a non-comedic role was something to get used to, but, she did a very good job with the Lady Capulet character

This is the classic story, very good acting and songs. The songs did the story justice and I am already looking to get a copy of the soundtrack.

The continual telling of Romeo and Juliet in different versions with different settings never gets old and this version continues that line of success with a twist I will not tell as it is something you will need to see.

If you enjoy Romeo and Juliet, I would highly reccomend this movie to you.

This film is a bit all over the place and never quite hit on what I think it intended to.

First, the cinematography is often jumbled and rushed. The angles are off and the lighting is awkward, many scenes leaving you feeling almost as if you're watching an older person play a first-person open-wolrld video game for the first time. Additionally, it appears that they have chosen to add cold air breath effects to almost every person speaking, even in daytime scenes. This became very distracting for me.

The writing in the movie seemed way off. Many times the characters used Shakespearean speak for dialogue, then other times it was modern, felt like the writing of a high school play. Then all of the songs were lyrically written in completely different form of speaking than the way the characters normally spoke in dialogue.

On the topic of the songs, they felt completely out of place from the rest of the movie. In many musicals, the songs fit in with the scenes and they feel connected, relevant, and as if it is a continuation of a scene, not a break from it. In Julie & Romeo, the songs feel like a break from the scenes. They feel very much like an odd music video in the middle of watching this movie. Many odd music videos. Every song sounds so musically busy and over-produced and it is very obvious the characters are lip-syncing.

The only good parts about this film are the set and then some of the costumes (some costumes felt like costumes, maybe even from Spirit Halloween). Also the storyline, while different from the actual story of Romeo and Juliet, was overall fun and interesting. However, with all of the other poor choices and challenges the writers and director took with this movie, it left me really disliking the movie. It seemed like the film was majorly suffering from an identity crisis and didn't know if it should be a retelling of the original Shakespeare play, a musical in movie form, a musical in theatrical production form, a modern day love story, etc. Seems like they tried to include it all, jumble it together, and hoped for the best. This movie was a mess and I was counting down the time for it be over from the first song.

For anyone reading this and then going to see the film, good luck. Hopefully you'll feel differently about the movie and actually enjoy it.

Please save yourself the time- this is truly a mess. Abysmal. Can't decide what it wants to be. Inauthentic. I could go on. This doesn't even get close to explaining how unwatchable this film is. Who wanted HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC meets ROMEO AND JULIET? I can't begin to imagine.

The one star is for Derek Jacobi - how on earth did they ever get him? He is fun to watch even if the rest of the movie is complete swill.

I also think someone should explain to the people who made this film that no one is interested in this being a series (hopefully the box office numbers already made this decision for them).