{"id":41,"date":"2004-08-16T10:25:49","date_gmt":"2004-08-16T09:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2005-10-11T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2005-10-11T10:49:12","slug":"where-art-thou-romeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/08\/16\/where-art-thou-romeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Where art thou Romeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched half of Baz Luhrman’s<\/a> “William Shakespeare’s Rome + Juliet<\/a>” last night. And although the film was excellently shot and produced, it couldn’t get me past one thing… Shakespeare<\/a>. What the f##k is he going on about? There are many beautiful lines in Romeo + Juliet<\/a> and these are amplified by the context of the actors in the film and Baz Luhrman<\/a>’s interpretations, but on the whole I just can’t keep with the plot. <\/p>\n

—
\nRomeo: Has my heart loved ’till now? Forswear it, sight! For I never saw a true beauty ’till this night
\n—
\nJuliet:
\nMy only love sprung from my only hate!
\nToo early seen unknown, and known too late!
\nProdigious birth of love it is to me,
\nThat I must love a loathed enemy
\n—
\nJuliet: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
\nBy any other name would smell as sweet;
\n—<\/p>\n

Actually, reading <\/a>Shakespeare is at least easier.<\/p>\n

I’ve never really got into Shakespeare, although I like many of the reinterpretations, and Mel Gibson<\/a>’s Hamlet<\/a> is about the best that stay close to the original narrative, I just get lost in the text; I just don’t understand it! <\/p>\n

I guess I would have enjoyed the film had it ditched the original text.<\/p>\n\"Technorati\"\/<\/a> Romeo & Juliet<\/a>, Baz Luhrman<\/a>, Shakespeare<\/a>, Romeo + Juliet<\/a>, Mel Gibson<\/a>, Hamlet<\/a>\n\"Wikipedia\"\/<\/a> Shakespeare<\/a>, Romeo + Juliet<\/a>, Baz Luhrman<\/a>, Mel Gibson<\/a>, Hamlet<\/a>

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