Romeo and Juliet (Hallie Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis)

[terry78]

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/new-trailer-for-upcoming-romeo-and-juliet-movie-from/314500

Creator of Downton Abbey penned it. Didn't even know it was being made, huh.

 

[Zeus]

oh no, not this again

 

[Kansiov]

Trailer has a very Twilight-esque feel to it...

 

[nite-owl]

They should make a version with gnomes.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Needs more guns...and neon crosses.

 

[Octoberist]

Trailer has a very Twilight-esque feel to it...

The way it should be!!

 

[Sawyer]

Trailer has a very Twilight-esque feel to it...

Oh Lawd...

I can't wait until there's a new Hamlet adaptation.... so someone says it has a Lion King-esque feel to it.

 

[Senator Pleasury]

One author that simply doesn't work anymore is Shakespeare. Not only he has been done way too much, and that means waaay too much, but nobody can see the story over the author anymore. If it's Shakespeare's anything, the name of the author is already (and will forever) weigh more than the story.

Trying to modernize it is also outworn moth-eaten and useless. Nobody talks like that anymore no matter how modern the clothes and the art design are, and there can't be a new twist to anything he wrote.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I'm not sure if you're trolling or actually serious, but Shakespeare's stories always work and they're always contemporary, that's why his stories above 90% of the stories released his days has stood the test of time for hundreds of years.

Oh, and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing (and Branagh's too in the 90s for that fact) prove you wrong.

 

[terry78]

I'd suspect most modern stories take pieces of a lot of Willie's work. Hell, anything where there are issues between a father and a son is already aping a good 40% of his ****.

 

[Sawyer]

The author out-weighs the story? What?

Because I'm pretty sure what has the most weight in Romeo and Juliet is not the name Shakespeare, but the star-crossed lovers who end up committing ritual suicide.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Wow, they just got under the wire for Hailee for those bedroom scenes, didn't they? Phew!

 

[Human Torch]

Actually looks pretty good.

 

[sueb1863]

They should make a version with gnomes.

Or maybe a musical with rival street gangs and lots of dancing...

 

[Teelie]

It's funny how people complain stories are rebooted/remade/rehashed yet when it's Shakespeare, no one makes the comparison or they defend it as an exception.

Not that this is a bad movie or story, it looks like it will be decent but the double standard is clear. Only Shakespeare is allowed to be remade endlessly.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Damn straight!

 

[Poni_Boy]

Actually looks pretty good.

Yeah, I'm surprised how good it looks. And I've never really liked any R&J adaptations

One author that simply doesn't work anymore is Shakespeare. Not only he has been done way too much, and that means waaay too much, but nobody can see the story over the author anymore. If it's Shakespeare's anything, the name of the author is already (and will forever) weigh more than the story.

Trying to modernize it is also outworn moth-eaten and useless. Nobody talks like that anymore no matter how modern the clothes and the art design are, and there can't be a new twist to anything he wrote.

This guy wants to have a word with you