Comments on: Hailee Steinfeld Falls In Love With ‘Romeo & Juliet’

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

Zeffirelli’s movie was good and successful but far from perfect: it lacks suspense/action and it\’s staged like a play with a claustrophobic setting. Where is the beauty of Verona or of Northern Italy in his movie? Aside from Leonardo Di Caprio, I don’t see any other great things about Luhrmann’s modern version.

I think we still need another “Romeo and Juliet” and this new movie will certainly have a different take, which can appeal to the younger generations.

By: Connor

Connor — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

Agree with everyone here, A New Romeo & Juliet film is no harm to anyone. Its a popular story that can be encouraged to have its own different spin or take that seprates it from the other adaptations.

By: Davey

Davey — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

We may not need another \”Romeo & Juliet\” movie, but I certainly don\’t see why we should discourage one. The Zefferelli and the Luhrmann films both have their merits, but both are far from perfect. The director sounds like a dubious choice, but I\’d love to see Steinfeld–an actual fourteen-year-old with an ear for heightened language (her \”True Grit\” dialogue demanded the exact same abilities as Shakespeare)–take it on.

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

I can\’t imagine it being any worse than Baz Luhrmann\’s, so I\’ll give it a chance.

By: Marko

Marko — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

I think we do. I mean have we actually had an adapation of Romeo and Juliet where the actress playing Juliet was actually 14?

By: Cory Everett

Cory Everett — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

Is this a remake of Gnomeo and Juliet?

By: Kevin Klawitter

Kevin Klawitter — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:15 +0000

\”But seriously, do we need yet another “Romeo & Juliet” movie? The answer is no. \”

This kind of anti-art statement ticks me off.

Did we need Kenneth Branagh\’s 1996 \”Hamlet\”? According to your statement, no, but it turned out to be the best film adaptation of the play thus far.

Did we need a new \”True Grit\”? According to you, no, but it turned out to be a brilliant, classically-structured work of art.

Shakespeare tends to be a hard sell with audiences. If somebody wants to make a new movie based on one of his works, it\’s generally because they have a new and different perspective on which to take it. I hate Baz Luhrmann\’s \”Romeo + Juliet\”, but at least there was an original vision there.