![]() ![]() The houses of Montague and Capulet wage a political and physical battle on the streets of Verona Beach, approaching full-blown war as they widening the distance between the two families. From the introductory iambic pentameter, voiced over a television news broadcast, it's clear that the fate of two young lovers would end a generations-long feud between warring families in a more up-to-date setting. Shakespeare's romantic tragedy approaches common-knowledge territory for most people at a young age, but this spruced-up take on the story will still grab one's lulled attention. Though excessive as Luhrmann takes risks in pushing the barriers of tactful style, this telling of "Romeo and Juliet" still becomes an enthralling, adrenaline-injected modernization on the old standard. Where the film succeeds, instead of sinking into the melting pot of pop culture's cliché romances, is within all the non-conventional choices made as it propels the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Dance in the roles of the star-crossed lovers. Director Baz Luhrmann ( Strictly Ballroom) crafts this bold, bright adaptation with a unique vision clearly in his crosshairs, a signature of sorts for his stage-minded aesthetic. If Shakespeare's romantic tragedy were tossed in a blender with a colorful comic strip and a modern pop album, out would pour William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. ![]()
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