Romeo & Juliet (2013)
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.
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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Admirable film.
A Masterpiece!
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
I'm not a purist when it comes to films based on classic literature, but this "Romeo and Juliet" is overall lacking in its execution. I think the problem is it doesn't really feel like Romeo and Juliet, because it only uses some of the lines from the play. They could have been any two teenagers from rival families in period costumes who fell in love and spoke to one another. They could have changed the names to Robert and Julia, and it would have made sense. Slapping Shakespeare's name on this film was completely misleading. The acting isn't terrible, and I don't think Hailee Steinfeld was as bad as people say she was, but this isn't a film I'd watch again either.
William Shakespeare is rolling in his grave. I didn't mind that they changed some of the dialogue to make it easier for today's audience to understand (because we know that today's audience members are too busy texting to actually learn anything about the original play) - what I do mind is the fact that this movie is a farce. Jousting for the beginning scene? Really? Romeo and Julie meet at a ball and just walk away and start making out? Really? I could go on - you get my drift. The movie sucks. P.S. A zillion actresses in the world and Hailey S. is cast as Juliet. Really?
I get it why this version has been rated too low . Its awful acting . Hailee Steinfeld was worst Juliet ,I have ever seen.Their is certain poetic charm in dialogues and style of Language to deliver them to express passion and every single emotion . She was butchering dialogues through out film . I have never seen any one chewing Shakespeare before .She is chewing every single line through out and fail to deliver any thing except passionate kisses . I really didn't get it why on earth they caste her as a Juliet
Watching this film only gives only provides me more reasons to love the 1968 Romeo And Juliet film that starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.This 2013 film adaptation is definitely a poor version of the William Shakeaspere tragic play of romance.Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld,who stars as Romeo and Juliet respectively,simply lacks the passion,energy and realism as the star-crossed lovers of feuding Verona and Montague families. It was nothing to the performances of Whiting and Hussey. Too bad that the decent performances of the other stars or the so-called "adults" such as Damian Lewis,Kodi Smit-McPhee,Ed Westwick,Stellan Skarsgård and Paul Giamatti are not and will never be enough to compensate for the poor performances of the lead stars.What's worse,it also does not use the written dialogues of Shakespeare in it.Parts of it were only used.It only follows the plot of the play and the Verona setting.Nothing more.Too bad that people looking forward to this film felt cheated thus arising the controversy for false advertising.Or better yet,the film simply did not meet the standard for it lacks passion,romance,lyricism and eroticism expected from any Romeo And Juliet film.Truly disappointing.No question that the 1968 version remains the best film adaptation ever made.