Comments on: Watch: First Trailer For ‘Romeo & Juliet’ With Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Giamatti & More

By: Alan B

Alan B — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:12:15 +0000

So the producers gave the best role to Westwick? OK, then …

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:12:15 +0000

Whether the movie is needed or not, cheers to using Zola Jesus in the trailer.

By: Real

Real — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:12:15 +0000

It just looks OK which doesn't bode well. We already have the perfect and memorable Zeffirelli version and the ambitious and memorable Luhrmann version. Unless they are trying to do something different they shouldn't have bothered and R&J is pretty overrated as far Shakespeare's plays go anyway.

By: Yss

Yss — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:12:15 +0000

It's silly to do a straight up adaptation in a world where Zeffirelli's version exists.

By: Kevin Klawitter

Kevin Klawitter — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:12:15 +0000

Oh, you're so edgy and clever.

Let me explain something to you… when a play written in blank verse is adapted to the screen, it's always going to remain pretty much the same because the language is such an integral part of the execution.

You might also argue that it shouldn't be in blank verse because (ugh) it's been done that way before. Yes. It has. For hundreds of years, and it STILL WORKS because of the power of the language. There should be no limits on how many times a work can be adapted… Hailee Steinfeld owes her CAREER to starring in a remake that many initially considered unnecessary, after all. Different generations have their different versions of the story, and the results can often tell us a lot about the time period that made it.