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This is one of the most romantic stories I have ever seen. I have watched it on cable many, many times and finally had to have my own. It is truly a bitter sweet love story. This is what real love stories should be like. Even the bedroom scenes were well done.
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Although highly popular for its time (labelled the Best Film of the 90's), in those days anything even hinting at post modernism, (one aspect, mixing genres); a speculative tale about the Master experiencing "writer's block", falling in love and the beloved becoming his Muse for the greatest love story of all time, seemed, in my arrogance, too main- stream, even somewhat stupid. Well, what a fool, what a young fool. Seeing the DVD for the first time the other night exploded all my pre-conceived ideas - what a well-produced, directed and believable story.
This is a Romantic Comedy like no other.
Gweneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps was well deserving for Best Actress in a Leading Role as her understanding and feeling for all the roles she played (both Romeo & Juliet) and Viola, exceeded my expectations.
Joseph Fiennes, however, though an intense performance, was maybe too over acted, but done with passion, revealing the true passion of an artist and a true genius.
In fact, all the performances are first rate.
Personally, films done in a "theatrical format", have alway been intriguing, (Hitchcock's "Rope" for example) giving the audience (perhaps unconsciously), the perception that they're actually seeing a live perfomance.
The final scene in the actual play, performed in the film, (the death scene) was done very well and quite moving.
Shakespeare, as time moves forward, is becoming harder to teach, enabling that 'penny to drop' with students, understanding Old English. This film would be a good "primer" for the i-pod & cell phone generation to catch a glimpse of the English language read and spoken in its original beauty.
A wonderful and fun picture enabling a new generation to find, and perhaps continue, to appreciate the Master.
Excellent.
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simply put , romeo and juliet was written before their were plantations in va. thus an underlying plot melodramatic pt was invalid, date of authorship is 1591 or 1596: our undying fascination with the british royalty amidst amazing poverty , with a relishing of the tudors brutality and sadism is far to prevalent in the media these days ie the other boleyn
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Watch this video. Start your journey today. Find out what Shakespeare has brought to the world. Okay, so this movie might not please the academics and the purists, but so what. Stoppard has put enough stuff here to please the wiser sort, yeah. The part about the rat and John Webster being just one of 'em.
The rest of the film is pure joy. You'll be swept along by Paltrow's earnest performance and Fiennes' certain charm as the bard and Romeo. Geoffrey Rush is mucho supremo--this guy could act as Casanova Frankenstein, and still be wonderful.
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Who but Stoppard would think - or dare - to make a movie about the creative impulse itself? Why and how we transmute our experiences and express them in art, is the most exciting theme of this magnificent movie. Along the way he spoofs show business, creativity vs. money, and romance. There's the pageantry of the period piece, the sometimes slapstick humor, the love story, the tragedy, the "the show must go on" triumph, and most of all a reverence and wonder for the impulse that makes us spin all our trials and triumphs into gold.
With Stoppard, as always, you get an almost frightening attention to detail - there's never a wasted second in his work. For instance, there are several close-ups of Will's hands, which are stained as dirty as a field-hand's with ink: word-smithing, like blacksmithing, is hard and dirty work.
And the entire piece is crafted like one of Shakespeare's plays: there are many levels to appreciate, but he never forgets to "play to the pit" -- to have lofty and earthy moments, something for everyone.
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