Romeo and Juliet (1968)

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Powerful portrayals by the young leads. Film works best at showing the youth of the tragic teens and how their simple desires are thwarted in the complicated mire of the adult world. But direction is over-the-top with too much emoting and overuse of the zoom lens. Gorgeous production though. Last 20 minutes truly heart-breaking and Zefferelli quickly ends it once the deaths have occurred.

This version of Romeo and Juliet is actually more realistic and has a better impression of how the events would have played out if it was actually in the 17th century. The 1996 movie was utter crap, it was cringy, and it leaves you with that feeling of "Wth did I just watch" This movie is GREATT

"Romeo and Juliet: Dear Lord have they killed themselves yet?" ☼☼☼☼☼ 1 star In "Romeo and Juliet," two very young lovers find each other in the middle of a big mess. Even though they are destined for doom, they decide to take their chances with fate. You should probably just watch the last ten minutes; it explains that whole point of the story. To start, you don't even see Juliet for the first half hour of the movie... isn't this called Romeo AND Juliet? They finally introduce Juliet to Romeo at a party one night. Okay, it's going good so far. Immediately after the party, Romeo is already sneaking onto Juliet's property and spying on her. He decides to call her name even though it was dark outside and it probably made her scared for her life. They start talking, and five minutes later... BAM... they're in love. On the plus side of this story, they meet two whole times before getting engaged, not to mention the fact that he proposed to her through her nurse. Not even a phone call? Ouch! At least he didn't drag the engagement out for a whole 24 hours. Meet one day, and married three days later is totally normal. Weird? Only a little. Hold up, now Juliet's engaged again? Wait, but I thought... never mind. So wait her parents don't know that she's married? I mean the least she could've done is let them know, maybe invited them to her wedding? What's next? She's dead. There's a plot twist. SIKE, she's only pretending to be dead to get out of her new engagement. To be honest, it makes sense. Someone should tell Romeo that plan. Too late, He's already killed himself. Seriously, did nobody see that coming? Hey look, Juliet's awake! That's coincidentally timed. Oops, I blinked and now she's dead too. Funny how that stuff happens. Wait that was the whole movie? It took you two-and-a-half hours just to tell me that? Overall, this movie is not worth your time or money to see, as I just explained the whole movie. (Sorry if there are spoilers, but let's be real, you already knew they died.) I didn't like this movie because on top of the fact that it made no sense at all, it wasn't even in English. Wait that was English? Please excuse my mistake. However, you may need a 16th century translator in order to understand it, if those are even around anymore. Although I'm pretty sure they went out of business in 1601. Anyways, overall, it is not worth the effort to go and see "Romeo and Juliet."

I was 14 years old when this film came out, and sat in the theater all day (ah, remember back when you could do that and not have to pay to see the film again?) with a friend from school, and we just cried and cried. That night I dreamed the whole film again! It was one of the first movies I purchased on video, and I have seen it way too many times to count. It truly remains timeless-- the cinematography is beautiful, the cast delivers across the board, and it never looks dated, even now. The brilliant move of using actors who were actually close in age to the characters they played makes this film work like no other adaptation. One of the best films ever...