Seriously this adaptation is garbage from 1996, should be placed in a time capsule, and that time capsule needs to be destroyed.Once in a while you see a film from the 80s or 90s and you say "huh. that really didn't hold up very well."Well this one makes all of those look like MASTERPIECES.Utterly laughable, certainly not timeless, worthy only as an example of the most atrocious acting by big names you'll find from the 1990s.Just ignore the Shakespeare reference - Baz sure as hell did.

I have no clue what they were trying to capture. I do not think that modernizing this story was a good idea. Even if you were to try to accomplish this, you should make it somewhat realistic. The opening scene is absolutely absurd and the whole layout in general. The whole idea of not changing the dialogue is also not a great idea. Why is Mercutio a transgender in the opening scene that he is introduced? If you're going to watch a Romeo and Juliet film, I recommend the original from 1968.

Utterly ridiculous. The movie begins with at least 5 straight minutes of redundant, childish mocking between the two opposing houses. The language is not original, but some awkward mix between modern day and Shakespearean language, made even worse by the shirtless punks who use it. The contrast between the language and characters is laughable in most scenarios, with few exceptions. I could not even sit through a quarter of this movie, and had to turn it off. It was unbearable.

SPOILER IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PLOT OF ROMEO AND JULIET Romeo is dramatic and goes to a party where he kisses an engaged girl he just met. They then become deeply in "love" and are really dramatic and threaten to kill themselves a lot. Romeo kills his girl's cousin and says its not his fault, it's fate's. Then they kill themselves in an annoying way.Everything was awful, over-dramatic to the max even though it was set in a modern setting. There was no Paris in the ending scene, what happened to him????Like if you could marry Paul Rudd wouldn't you? she knew Romeo for like an hour and killed herself when he died.Also Juliet saw Romeo kill himself and didn't speak up it was bad, too many candles.cinematography was so all over the place, it made me nauseous.What is with the neon crosses in the church?Where were her parents and nurse when she was "dead", it was like Friar Lawrence sneaked in and called the authorities?ALSO WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT 0/10 STARS, TERRIBLE, I'D RATHER WATCH AND READ THE FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY SERIES THAN REWATCH THISWATCH IT IF YOU HATE Shakespeare AND YOURSELF!