Romeo + Juliet

[Aristus]

1. It got a lot of flack at the time for being "MTV Shakespeare".

But I think it's a marvelous film, and that Shakespeare himself might have approved.

'Romeo And Juliet' has become shorthand for young love, June, spoon, honeymoon, all that crap. People who've never seen the play don't know how incredibly violent it is, and that the fate of the two young lovers is not a desirable outcome for anyone who thinks "R&J' means "romance".

I think Luhrmann updated the story brilliantly, and naming the firearms after edged weapons was an ingenious way to keep Shakespeare's dialogue without having to make clumsy alterations.

Anyway, great film-viewing experience.