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Fizodeth
an unflattering title
posted 03-17-2006 05:19:45 PM
So Im sure most of you have seen this movie with Leonardo Dicaprio placed in the modern world with the script pulled directly from the play.

How many of you liked it?

Personally I enjoyed it a great deal.

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Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 03-17-2006 05:35:33 PM
West Side Story did taking Romeo and Juliet to modern times better.

Although I give them props for a great translation of Mercutio.


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Fizodeth
an unflattering title
posted 03-17-2006 05:45:22 PM
Mercutio was a pimp in the play and in the movie.
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Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 03-17-2006 05:49:07 PM
Yeah, they really captured the fun, devil-may-care nature and making him a transvestite was very odd, but very fitting, too.


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Manticore
Not Much Fun Anymore
posted 03-17-2006 05:55:22 PM
I was quite a fan of it.
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Kaiote
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posted 03-17-2006 06:05:51 PM
West Side Story changed more of the story, than it did simply taking a modern look at it.

And Mercutio was well done, but then, the casting in general was done well. Leguizamo as Tybalt was amazing.

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Steven Steve
posted 03-17-2006 06:15:57 PM
It was pretty cool and I was glad they didn't do the plain old direct-translation approach, but it wasn't perfect so I selected "eh."
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Lyinar Ka`Bael
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posted 03-17-2006 06:19:28 PM
The dialogue didn't mesh well was my problem. Intriguing concept, but it didn't really work.


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Steven Steve
posted 03-17-2006 06:22:37 PM
Yeah, they tried to mix in an old dialect with Flavor Flav and it didn't work very well. This rendition is sort of like the tranny hooker of the Shakespeare movies for some reason.
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Manticore
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posted 03-17-2006 06:24:16 PM
I liked the "sword .9 mm"
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael
I posted in a title changing thread.
posted 03-17-2006 06:34:05 PM
And the AK-47 "Longsword"

It was typical Baz Luhrman schtick. Casting was great, but casting is never one of his problems. It's selling the rest of it that didn't...quite...work.

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Kaiote
Shot in the Face
posted 03-17-2006 06:43:44 PM
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael was naked while typing this:
And the AK-47 "Longsword"

It was typical Baz Luhrman schtick. Casting was great, but casting is never one of his problems. It's selling the rest of it that didn't...quite...work.

"Fetch me my longsword, HO!"

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Lashanna
noob
posted 03-17-2006 07:14:22 PM
I liked the Ethan Hawke modern Hamlet better, but I still liked this one for what it was.

Mercutio's death and the scenes just before and after it were really the high point of the film.

Which is sort of problematic when the climax of the story isn't until much later. Oops.

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Fizodeth
an unflattering title
posted 03-17-2006 07:20:09 PM
Mercutio kicked so much ass he stole the show.
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Liam
Swims in Erotic Circles
posted 03-17-2006 07:34:11 PM
That movie was great just because of Mercutio. The rest sucked.
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Kaiote
Shot in the Face
posted 03-17-2006 09:15:12 PM
The death scene for Mercutio was shot right as a hurricaine was coming ashore.

Like RIGHT as it came ashore.

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JooJooFlop
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posted 03-17-2006 09:48:11 PM
I saw maybe the first ten or fifteen minutes of it and I thought it was the stupidest goddamn thing I had ever seen. I was laughing the whole time at how awful it was.
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Willias
Pancake
posted 03-17-2006 09:59:07 PM
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How.... JooJooFlop.... uughhhhhh:
I saw maybe the first ten or fifteen minutes of it and I thought it was the stupidest goddamn thing I had ever seen. I was laughing the whole time at how awful it was.

Same here.

The dialogue was horrendous.

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Fizodeth
an unflattering title
posted 03-17-2006 10:54:15 PM
The Dialogue was straight from the play.

I liked it. :9

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LeMiere
posted 03-18-2006 12:41:40 AM
I tend to think the entire play itself is stolen by Mercutio.

The movie just realized that.

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Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 03-18-2006 02:25:30 AM
I detest modern interpretations of Shakespeare. Too much of a disconnect between the setting and the dialogue.
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Maradon!
posted 03-18-2006 07:19:33 PM
quote:
Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Bloodsage who doth quote:
I detest modern interpretations of Shakespeare. Too much of a disconnect between the setting and the dialogue.

I thought the remake of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh was pretty good.

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Azakias
Never wore the pants, thus still wields the power of unused (_|_)
posted 03-18-2006 09:50:04 PM
I am not a huge fan of Shakespeare. But I find it rather stupid to change a play's setting for what seems like... the sake of changing a play's setting.

Trying to modernize a play written hundreds of years ago is tacky at best.

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BetaTested
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posted 03-18-2006 10:20:13 PM
I liked the idea behind it, and the casting was great, but I feel fairly "meh" about the movie itself.

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BeauChan
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posted 03-18-2006 10:56:48 PM
My favourite part was when mercutio was singing and dancing at the party at the capulet's.... especially the hips! my GOD!

I loved it, I own it ^_^

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Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 03-19-2006 04:04:53 AM
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Verily, the chocolate bunny rabits doth run and play while Azakias gently hums:
I am not a huge fan of Shakespeare. But I find it rather stupid to change a play's setting for what seems like... the sake of changing a play's setting.

Trying to modernize a play written hundreds of years ago is tacky at best.

Unfortunately, the set and the blocking are pretty much all a director has to work with when putting his mark on a play.

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