Romeo and Juliet - The Movie :: Movie Film comparison compare contrast

Romeo and Juliet - The Movie         The new release of Romeo and Juliet  is fun, fast and exciting to watch. It is a slick cinematic rendition of Shakespeares work brought to the screen for contemporary movie-goers.  There is something for everyone in this movie.  A timeless story, a dynamic cast, a hip soundtrack, dandy sets and costumes and plenty of action.  From the beginning the audience is told, buckle up, this Romeo and Juliet  ride is going to be like no other Shakespeare youve ever ridden.  This movie supports the notion that the stage is an actors specialty and the cinema is the directors.  Romeo and Juliet  is a feast for the eyes and does a great job of engaging the audience with the story at all times through diverse cinematic techniques and tricks which make understanding Shakespeare fun, interesting, fresh and easy.        Visually dynamic, and edited with a sense of urgency, m ost movie-goers will get caught up in the story and eat up that they are listening to the Bard.  It is Shakespeares words and text, however, the sights and sounds are as clearly, possibly overshadowing, telling the same parallel story.  unrivaled could say that there are visually turned on(p) subtitles throughout the movie directing the audience to understand and engage in the most famous love story in an entirely new way.  One can argue that this version of Romeo and Juliet  would be understood even without spoken words.  The camera-work tells the story as clearly as the text.  There are very a few(prenominal) moments in this movie when the camera stops moving.  Like Oliver Stones Natural Born Killers  the editing is fierce and in your face.  There is little time to think as the perpetual images flash across the screen.  And it works.  You become entranced and cannot wait to see what happens next even if you are already famil iar with the story.  It feels new.         Like many contemporary Shakespeare productions, the text has been slightly edited but this does nothing to dilute the story.  The dialogue, for the most part, is not delivered by master thespians, rather, we hear contemporary film actors delivering the Bards words as though this were present day English in New York or Los Angeles.