**ROMEO + JULIET (1996)** IS THE MOST ICONIC & CHAOTIC SHAKESPEARE ADAPTATION!! | Favorites February
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seeing mercutio in drag really made me realise how camp this movie really is. i think Shakespeare would approve
As someone who did theatre, Shakespeare loved to dabble in comedy, satire, drama or all at the same time in his work. And Romeo and Juliet was no exception. It started as a comedy, then became a drama, mix with action and end the play with a tragedy.
There was a hilarious rift in a Shakespeare class in college over this one. The Creative Writing/Literary students hated it, and the Theater students loved it. Led to some legit Montague/Capulet style factionalism.
😂😂😂 yeah people tend to be very split about this movie. I always disliked the humanities classes when I was younger, so this definitely kept my interest on the subject HAHA
I'm a literary student and a theatre lover - and I love this movie!
It's on the same level to me as the Zeffirelli one - should we get that on this channel as well?
@@agenttheater5 I remember reading somewhere (so take that with a huge grain of salt) that this was loved by a lot of British luvvies for adapting it in a very unique way, but still so obviously keeping the play as is.
Definitely one of the better interpretations of the classic tragic tale. And Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes have some great chemistry.
Apparently they absolutely hated each other to the point where they had to start filming scenes separately (this is what I've heard)
@@im_an_oysterThis is not true,they had a great time together!
@@AngelDepaula91Actually they didn't get along. Claire Danes was supposed to be Rose in “Titanic” but she refused because she didn't want to work with Leonardo DiCaprio anymore. That's how Kate Winslet got the role.
False. They got along fine during filming. Of course there would be arguments. They were both kids learning Elizabethan poetry. Claire did not accept Titanic because she was not ready for it.
It's crazy how Paul Rudd looks the same all these years later. That man ages like fine wine!
ACTUALLY!! I was thinking the same thing when I was rewatching this 😂
Paul Rudd is Gorgeous. I heard him In dreamworks Monsters vs aliens and he did an amazing Job.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nah… because even fine wine shows signs of aging unlike those man
He's very rich and he looks good for a living. Most famous actors age better than normal people, naturally or otherwise.
@@Talisguywhile that’s true, there are still some celebrities who have Dorian Gray vibes, and Paul is one of them
I love how you watched this movie several times and still react like it is the first time you're watching it.
It really depends on the movie, but I’ll still get excited over a movie that I love hehe 🥰
Miriam Margolyes as the Nurse was perfect casting, I love her so much
She really was!! I don’t even know who they could’ve casted if not her 😮💨
This is one of the best modern interpretations of the classic story by William Shakespeare.
I watched this movie for a film studies class (we were comparing “old” Shakespeare remakes to “modern” ones) and I remember my teacher being sooo excited for this version. He was HYPED over Baz Lurman’s work in this movie and how camp it is but how every detail is perfectly placed.
Something I remember him pointing out and made me enjoy the campiness even more:
The zooming into the TV with the news woman is meant to be like a gateway/portal into that TV world. And you’re trapped in THAT world setting with all the bold colours, odd way of speaking, violence but without any hint of reality. Until the movie is done and we zoom out. Then we’re released back into regular life.
I know I did a bad job explaining what he meant but it makes sense in my head lol.
This is one of my favourite movies, guilty pleasure or not. The CAMP cannot be matched 😂❤
the custom design in this movie is so incredible!!
Rosaline lives to a ripe old age feeling like she dodged the BIGGEST bullet 😂
Of course. We saw this movie in drama class and literally every girl was 🫠 when they saw Leo. Even some of the guys too lol.
Young Leo just had that impact, I fear 😂
Sure Leo was the gay awakening of some boys there
It was John for me
Happy birthday month Sophia!
I love how camp and queer R+J is. The elevation of the source material into hyper-stylized modern times while keeping Shakespeare's dialogue is a slick mix, but Tibalt and Mercutio make this movie for me. John Leguizamo is chewing every scene and his outfits slay. And what more needs to be said about Mercutio in his party outfit?
The actor who played Tybalt killed it too, I agree. Giving major theater kid vibes hahaha
if it's favorites february that means it's almost been three years since i found this channel WOAH
Omg 😱 thanks for sticking around 🫶🏼
I grew up watching Disney Channel shows that only showed the romantic aspects of Romeo and Juliet, so when I watched this movie and realized that Romeo and Juliet did not end together I couldn’t stop crying for like 10 mins. My sister tried to rub my back to console me but I was no use. I was devastated. That is my only memory I have watching this movie.
PLEASE 😭😭😭 that’s a tragic way to find out the ending
This movie desperately needs a 4k HDR release it would look amazing
Omg the party scene in 4k would be immaculate
Watching Sophia geeking out over true love has restored my faith in humanity! 🥰😍❤
I always found it funny how it's meant to be a 'modern' adaptation but they still speak in the shakesperian language 😂 Somehow, weirdly, it works
This movie was actually filmed in Mexico: Mexico City and Veracruz
I watch this movie 2x a year I love it so much! Happy birthday month!
I KNOOOWWW, it just scratches a part of my brain I love it
Isn’t it cool that such an ancient piece of theatre can still bring out these exact same intensely giddy emotions from you as any modern romance movie? Shakespeare’s work is so good it’s eternal.
I watched this movie last week and it reignited my love for this movie. Everything about this version of R+J is so amazing to me!!! I love that you reacted to this, thank you so much queen! ❤
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NOT THE DiCAPUSSY OMG HAHAHA
I remember in Year 9 English class, we were watching that movie. When Leo DiCaprio came on the screen, all the girls were melting. My teacher said, "sooo handsome." I agree with them, Leo is cute
He just had that effect 🫠
@@SophiaPhannn He did 🫠
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MOVIE WORKS. The soundtrack was the first CD i bought. Also I had a massive crush on Benvolio. Benvolio was actually so chill and moderate and cute.
ALSO SOPHIA I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS AS A FAVOURITE. You absolute queen.
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I had a crush on Tybalt
I think this movie's interpretation actually makes the "love at first sight" scene more believable. Basically, Romeo taking molly makes him so horny he'll screw anything that moves, and Juliet is so naive she'll fall for any man who would make a move. She interprets his lack of self-control as confidence, and he interprets her thirst for intimacy as the heavens pulling her toward him. But once they get intimate enough, their reasons for choosing each other no longer seem to matter.
After all these years I never picked up on this detail, cool
15:05 So glad someone else picked up on that. This line and her later line about how the suddenness of their love frightens her, saying that it is "too like the lightning that doth cease to strike ere one says 'it lightens'". She knows this isn't how love is supposed to go. She knows it's too sudden. But she loves him in spite knowing that.
She's not an idiot. Throughout this scene she's at least trying to keep her head.
That's something Shakespeare does a lot - people fall in love at first sight and either question it or other question in (in the case of 'As You Like It' questioning it and then falling in love at first sight as well) but they don't doubt it or fall out of love - they go with it.
This is, by far, my favourite of all of Sophia's reactions, girly was FEELING it this movie
WHAT IS THAT EMOJI 😭
2:38 "Paul Rud-ahhhh" 😂 EXACTLY.
This came out when I was in high school. Love it SO much.
This movie was and is still one of my favorites. The colors were like eye candy and the soundtrack is 🔥! I think this helped a lot of people understand Shakespeare. Love this movie SO much.❤
13:00 there is never an explicit age given for Romeo. The assumption that is older comes from a) the stage actors being 16-18. By that same logic, the film Grease has a lot of explaining to do. b) Romeo wanting to court Rosalind ( more common for an older age) but his actions are expected for a play about kids rushing into their choices while adults are slow for any change. c) people wanting to be a contrarian and find a reason to dislike a classic. Luckily the last is the least common. I hope this helps ❤
I wouldn't necessarily say this play says that adults are slow for the change.
We're not sure about Paris's age but his response to Capulet being unsure if his daughter was too young to be married was to point out "plenty of other girls got married when they were younger than her and they're pretty happy" (always remembered that line because in the Zeffirelli movie Paris said that line then we look across the Courtyard to lady Capulet - at least ten years younger than her husband, still beautiful, and clearly not happy).
Then later we have Capulet spontaneously deciding that the best way to cheer Juliet up after Tybalts death is to get her married to Paris in 3 days.
Then we have Capulet flying into a rage and threatening to disinherit Juliet if she refuses the marriage and even saying that he used to thank God that he left them one child and now sees that God left them one child too much (words to that effect).
And there's Paris mentioning that Capulet decided to move the wedding up a day.
And there's Montague seeing all these young men jumping in for the fight at the beginning and trying to jump into the fight himself, only not joining in because his wife holds him back - in fact Capulet originally does that as well, jury's out on whether Lady Capulet is trying g to hold him back or is just mocking him when she says "A crutch a crutch! Why call you for a sword".
And then there's Friar Laurence criticising Romeo for changing his affections so quickly and then deciding to marry them in spite of knowing how recently them met.
And then speaking of Friar Laurence - whose idea was that crazy fake death plan in the first place? Who was in charge of getting the letter to Romeo? Who didn't get there in time? Who (in the original play) left her in the tomb?
The adults in the play talk about slow change, being cautious, and being careful about rushing into things. And then they go ahead and rush into spontaneous ideas without real plans anyway. That's the difference between the youth and the adults in this play.
I loooove favorites february~ we have so many of the same fave movies! Harold Perrineau's Mercutio alone makes this legendary. What a treat ❤
I (like probably many millennials) watched this movie for the first time in middle school English. And I gotta say to this day I have no idea how my classmates weren't also going nuts over this MASTERPIECE
Yes!
I’m gen Z
@@BriIiiIi14 mazel tov
As much as I love Marvel movies, the MCU has truly altered the modern cinematic landscape, and not for the better. It's ushered in an era of blockbusters. Studios aren't interested in making smaller films anymore, they want the massive returns that come with those franchises. It used to be that the hollywood economy was centered around celebrities.
It was stars who got "butts in seats". People were excited to see the new DiCaprio film, or the new Cruise film, or the new Hoffman film. Now that franchises have replaced actors in the hearts of the movie going public, the smaller star-driven content we used to get has mostly disappeared.
In 1988, the highest grossing movie of the year was Rain Man, a movie about a guy and his autistic brother on a road trip. Can you imagine a movie like Rain Man being the highest grossing movie of the year now? It would never happen. There's no explosions, no incredible special effects, no pre-existing franchise. Just a simple drama with two major celebrities. It's a bummer that those days are behind us.
I agree with the whole MCU ruining cinema thing. BUT i would argue that nowadays, more lesser known actors are able to work on meaningful projects based off of acting talent. I actually prefer the variability of seeing different kinds of actors as opposed to a handful of very famous actors who may or may not be that talented 🫢
i feel like people use MCU as a scape goat. Yes MCU has ushered in an era of blockbusters but the film industry has changed beyond that. Studios want to make movies that give them the most money, movies that are streamable and rake in a lot more profit (that isn't the MCUs doing).
On the other hand it's actually good we don't only get to watch the big A list celebrities in movies. It allows a lot more variety as well as inclusivity cus we all know is they still did that a lot more black poc and queer actors wouldn't stand a chance. We get to watch so much more, so much variety and what's wrong with that?
I'd argue that the movies we get these days has more small star driven content it's only the quality of the movies that has changed. And cus we've been so exposed to great big mindbkowing stuff we always expect our movies to be great & mindblowing all the time which is our fault. We've all been playing a hand in the change of the film industry.
It's a bit more nuanced than blaming the Mcu cus who's even watching it that much post endgame?
I think I had just as much fun watching this as you have been here. One of my top favorite movies forever too. 100% on board 💙
This is the version I watched for my tenth grade shakespeare unit.
I remember watching this movie for my English class while reading the book and it's definitely accurate, trust me yall.
I've been waiting for someone to make a commentary on this movie my whole life, let's go!
Love this interpretation didn’t love watching the old version from the 1960s my freshman year of high school but now I can definitely say this version is the ULTIMATE and only one ❤
"Wake from your sleep, the drying of your tears, today we escape, we escape.
Pack and get dressed, before your father hears us, before all hell breaks loose.
Breathe, keep breathing, don't lose your nerve, breathe, keep breathing, I can't do this alone.
Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm, there's such a chill, such a chill..."
Didn't the composer say that one of his inspirations for the lyrics was remembering how he felt after watching the 60s Zeferrelli movie as well as the fact he'd recently lost a friend to substance abuse?
It's an odd song to slow dance to but it can be done, side note.
Omg you should totally do Moulin Rouge! Would love that 🫶
One of my favorite movies!!!
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE MOVIE AHHHHHHHH❤❤❤❤
I was in my early 20s when this movie originally was released, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, too! A couple of interesting tidbits I recall from back then...Baz Lurhmann wanted this more modern version to not only be easier to understand but to also be a commentary on the gang violence that was so pervasive at the time--especially in some areas of America (think Los Angeles). Another cool thing is that James Cameron basically cast DiCaprio for Titanic off the Dailies for R & J which is kinda amazing when you consider how different Romeo and Jack are.
I think they're different...Romeo is more brooding while Jack is more sure of himself. Jack is also a bit older and has had time to mature into manhood as well. Also, Romeo is running around wearing Prada while Jack is a third-class passenger lucky to have made it onboard the ship. Do you see what I mean? They're different, but directors know what they are looking for, and DiCaprio excelled in both roles!
And for the record, the 80s and 90s were awesome! I'm so glad to see so many going back and enjoying the music and movies of that time. Have fun, and I look forward to seeing more of your reactions in the future! 🙏💜
Well interestingly the original choice for Juliet was Natalie Portman and she, at the time, was about 13/14 years old. They were trying to stay faithful to the ages in the play. But when they tested it it didn’t look right DiCaprio/Portman. So they took another route and got Claire Danes.
I’ve seen this movie 9000 times and I always forget the love interest from Bring It On is in it 😂
LOVED YOUR REACTION GIRL!! So great!!!! 🎉
I was shown this movie my 9th grade year and my teacher hated it so much while everyone else in the class just made fun of it the whole time and its by far my favorite memory from high school : )
I was first introduced to the play in 5th grade in drama class. I was also shown this for the first time in 9th grade which was almost 11 years ago for me (2013) as I was reintroduced to the play in high school. We were deep diving into Shakespeare at the time on one school day. Oh my god my entire class was obsessed with young Leonardo di Caprio because I mean LOOK AT HIM, a total cutie even one of our teachers revealed to us she was crushing on him at the time this movie came out and i don't blame her. anyways I and my friends loved this movie and now I just love the play in general after learning about it so much in school
this movie has stunning visuals and i really enjoyed the acting. I don’t even love the story of Romeo and Juliet but this adaptation is such a good experience.
Yeah I’m not crazy about the actual story either, I always loved A Midsummer Night’s Dream more!
This is the best way to start February! I hope you do Moulin Rouge one day!
Romeo and Juliet!! ❤
This is such a TREEEAAAT WHAAAAT. I think this is the reason why for the longest time i loved cutie soft faced guys, I’m putting part of the blame on this film!
I was thinking of rewatching this and this was the definite sign that i must for sure. Thank you so much for the video as always
He was such a cutie, couldn’t help but swoon 🥰
when you know the script is solid its always great to have fun with your movie...this one is always a timeless classic since its over the top on purpose =D
If you haven't, you can see "Hot Fuzz"
90’s Leo hit different.
February is my favorite time of the year because it is also my birthday. That’s probably why I like you even more.
It made me giggle that you watched this movie in elementary school because I didn’t watch it until high school when we read Shakespeare for the first time.
This movie is also a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s so beautiful and there’s never been another movie like it.
Are you an Aquarius or Pisces??
@@SophiaPhannn an Aquarius. I pride myself in that.
LoveloveLOVE this film! It's been a classic since I was little so Thank You for reacting to it 💖✨👏🏼 I hope ppl see this and give it more love and attention here on yt
Two movies I would love to see your reaction to: 10 Things I Hate About You (Modern highschool take on Shakespeare)
And Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright's comedy direction is Top Notch)
(Not many directors can get a laugh out of a zoom.)
While the 1996 rendition of Romeo & Juliet isn't my favorite, there are still moments in the film that I can appreciate! For example... that scene with the fish tank? When Romeo and Juliet see each other for the first time? Man... when we watched that in my 9th grade English class, my teacher said to us, "You'll never look at a fish tank the same way again after this." And... she was right.
i need more reactions to this movie 😖😖 this movie is literally everything, soundtrack, costuming, actors?? likeeee
Finally! Someone does a reaction to this!
I was literally watching this movie for my English class when this video was posted
you should do the 1968 romeo and juliet and the 1991 beauty and the beast
You probably never heard about this, but apparently behind the scenes, while Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, look like they’re in love with each other throughout the movie, in real life they didn’t. They NEVER got along well onset, even according to some interviews, each of them starting to complain about how each one of them started something leading to them to fight.
Which considering how this is the only movie they starred in together, yet they still offered Claire to play Rose for Titanic, the year after this movie came out, I think it’s a good thing that they never saw each other again.
Omg I am right with you in the Paul Rudd Simp club. Man is so fine I can't even
Age gap: Claire Danes was 16. Leo was 21. In fact, Natalie Portman was 13 during casting and had been considered but when she auditioned with Leo it was way too obvious it looked like a grown man with a child.
Also, I adored Claire Danes' portrayal as Juliet. She played angsty teen girl perfectly. A little shy and sheltered at first but she goes all out drama when she meets Romeo.
Have you seen the Kenneth Branagh Much Ado About Nothing, Sophia? It also has a ridiculously attractive cast 😉
Omg no, but I peeped at the cast list and it is STACKED 😱 going onto my watchlist!
@@SophiaPhannn Please please please! Do all of Kenneth Branagh's Shakepespeare movies! They're mostly the comedies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Love's Labours Lost (2000 - Shakespeare and 30s musical numbers, what more could we ask for)
As You Like it (2006 - no reason for it to be set in Japan but then again there was no reason for the original play to be set France, and at least they give us a reason WHY basically none of the cast in a Japanese setting is actually Japanese).
And there's only one history (Henry V from 1989) and one tragedy (Hamlet from 1997 - ok that one's four hours because they didn't cut any of the script so it might be better for two nights).
I have other recommendations/pleas/requests but I'll leave them for now - give you time to catch up on your watch list).
As a teenager I thought this was silly & felt like they were trying to pander to the "fellow children."
Even the back of the dvd box had the quote "It like Tarantino meets Shakespeare!!" Ugh, lol
I actually appreciate this more & love the goofy gaudy style of fashion & cars in the movie, it's actually clever in retrospect, lol XD
I love this movie! Haven't watched it as of late because I used to watch and quote it all the time with my ex bu tit's always good to see someone enjoying the classics.
Aww I hate it when movies/songs get associated with people from the past 💔
@@SophiaPhannn Well as The Bard himself said, "It is better to have loved and lossed than to never have loved at all."
idkhow and why ive only ever seen this maybe once or twice and i dont really remember this one. 😧
Happy birthday beautiful! I love this movie too. I was obsessed with Leo and I was in middle school. To this day I'm one of the only Millennials who can properly speak Shakespearean/Elizabeathan English. This movie is so camp but so iconic. I feel so nostalgic right now ❤
Not my birthday yet but thank you hehe 🫶🏼 this movie is so much fun!
when u mentioned why didn’t somebody just go and tell romeo the plan it made me think how in the play that’s how it was supposed to happen like a friar is supposed to hand deliver the letter but he gets quarantined in somebody’s house cause there’s a plague going on and nobody would let him out 😭 so he’s late to give romeo the news. i guess they wanted the reason to be more plausible for the 90s lol (although if it was made in 2020…)
If it was made nowadays, they would’ve just texted Romeo 😂
@@SophiaPhannnfr but then they would have just said his phone died lmao
It was indeed known as Leo Mania, as I received the Leo Mania VHS as a Christmas gift ❤
IKD if you heard this but one year Paul’s daughter went as the wasp for Halloween, but instead of being Ant-Man Paul went as Weird Al. He got so much crap for that 😂
LOL idk why he would, he is literally Ant-Man all the time. I wouldn’t wanna dress as my work uniform 😂
Have you seen the rest of the Red Curtain Trilogy?
Strictly Ballroom - Dance
Romeo and Juliet - Theatre
Moulin Rouge! - Music
I haven’t seen Strictly Ballroom, but I’ve been meaning to!
I'm OBSESSED with this movie
we watched this version and a newer one in my english class a few years ago, and i still can't decide which version was better: julliette waking up and watching romeo die, or julliette waking up with romeo's body on top of her. both were pretty captivating performances
Holy cow, my boyfriend and I watched this movie just last week and we were dying laughing at the over-the-top directing and acting. I’m not sure Baz Luhrman is really our taste, and the Shakespeare doesn’t really sound natural coming out of Leo and Claire’s mouths, but I do have to appreciate Baz sticking to a vision.
28:15 I didn't like her cry at first, but after watching it again, I really do. The way Juliet sees Romeo die and her first instinct is to look around, like she expects someone else to tall her that this is not real or what she should do, and then she cries like a child. Because she is a child. This just remind me instantly that she is 14.
Leo was my first celebrity crush because of this film. I watched it a school when I was about 13 or 14 in English class because we were studying the play. It was really cool that they used the play as their script, I do remember a film adaptation of "Macbeth" too and they did the same thing.
and with Hamlet to, around 2000).
Everybody saying they first saw this movie in a class of some sort. I saw this movie in the theatre the first week it came out. I remember discussing it with my high school English teacher and her not being that impressed. I, on the other hand, fell in love. It turned me into a lifelong Baz Luhrmann fan. And I had the soundtrack on repeat - Vol. 1 & 2!
Totally gonna have to rewatch this now I totally agree with Sophia the first time I saw this movie I was like THIS IS ART 😂 Happy Birthday Sophia I’m excited for Faves February
I watched this movie when I was an elementary school age too, and I swear it re-wired my brain chemistry
My life was changed at at 12 years old
Yo a movie I think is really interesting is "The Professor and the Madman", pretty different than your norm but it's cool
Thank you Sophia for your work on RUclips and feeding my addiction 👏🏿👑❤️🌹 #proudSophiaaddict ( i even watch ur vids on my 3rd shift job 💯 )
Watching this movie in my English class and it’s so funny 😭😭
Bruh i remember watching this movie for the first time in freshman year and was feeling like i was tripping out cuz of the editing and production and lines that sound like 17th century shits 🤣 and then theres leo standing at the beach in the most 90s dad on vacation outfit. Ive been loving this movie ever since
Comic book fans of The Bard should also check out the graphic novel 'Prince of Cats' by Ronald Wimberly. It's from the perspective of Tybalt and the Capulet Boys, but reimagined in an alternative 1980's New York that's heavy in samurai culture and graffiti gangs. At one time Spike Lee was interested in directing the adaption. Really good read and with a totally new script written entirely in faithful Shakespearean rhyme.
Love at first sight happens! The only catch is both of you need to be at least a 7 in looks. Happened few times in my life. The first time was in high schoo. I was a transfer student and came in around November. Anyways on the first or second day, after getting out of class, i was walking down the hallway and from a distance i saw her walking towards my direction. And she saw me and we both locked eyes as we were walking towards each other. She looked like a princess, a true cinderella. Blonde hair, milky white skin, 8 face, conservatively dressed and just youthful and full of good vibe. We smiled at each other as we passed each other. It was surreal and felt like time froze and everything around us was dark and only both us existed. Will never forget it.
I read the book when I was 12 I saw every movie ever made of the book but this remains my top favorite. Especially for Harold Perrineau's Mercutio and John Leguizamo's Tybalt. Those two for me stole the show from the main protagonists! Also the fact that they used the original dialogue in the modern setting was amazing and frankly genius.
My English class is actually watching this for Romeo and Juliet Research.❤💙❤️💙
Hi, I have watched you for a few years now and if I may say love your videos they’re truly are amazing.
Omg thank you for sticking around for so long 🥹🫶🏼
As for me, this movie is strange, and there are a lot of ridiculous moments here. But at the same time, the attempt to transfer the action of a classic work to the present is interesting. Plus, the actors for the main roles are very well chosen. And looking at the young DiCaprio, I understand how wonderful youth is😂
I’m glad you agree that Mercutio is the best character. I always read his parts in class.
I hope you watch The Basketball Diaries and Marvin’s Room one day. Leo is amazing in them too.
In the play, Juliette is 14 and Romeo is 16. Most movie adaptations make them both the same age to make it less icky.
I watched this movie back in my college dorm and having the modern characters speak Shakespearean the whole time took some getting used to
Natalie Portman was suppsoed to play Juliet but she was too young she would have been 13/14 during casting and filming while Leonardo would have been 20/21
I read about that! Good choice not to cast her 🤢
@@SophiaPhannnClaire was 16 though, so just slightly better.
Say what you will about this adaptation, the first-sight by the aquarium scene is iconic
As a lesbian observing the straight world from the outside: this movie was my introduction to pretty boys, and I’ve only begun to understand nearly 20 years later