I think the movie "Romeo and Juliet" is also such a longing story. The story of "Luo" has been played out for 400 years and has been adapted and reinterpreted in countless art forms. However, this modern version of the film does not bring much new ideas.
The director has done nothing but swap the fighting spears for pistols, the 16th-century robes for floral shirts, and the tryst’s back garden for a modern mansion with a swimming pool. It's even more arrogant to add a modern spirit to an old story. In this way, the director asked modern actors to drive sports cars, drink beer, and participate in a fancy dress party in a mansion, but they were talking about dramas from 400 years ago, as if they were directly copied from a stage play. Such "loyalty to the original" is really rare.
The music, scenes, and characters all use modern elements, and the flashy and noisy urban life also gives the audience a strong sense of substitution. But the character dialogue follows Shakespeare's original text word for word, which causes embarrassment and discord throughout. It's like letting the female white-collar worker who steps on high-heeled shoes type on the keyboard and say to the delivery boy, "Thank you, son."
So I think the only thing worth looking forward to in this movie is Leonardo's beauty. . At that time, he was still very thin, like a young man trying to write new words to express his sorrows. On the golden beach illuminated by the sunset, he turned his head inadvertently, and his blue eyes became an unrepeatable classic memory. With soothing music, it's like a long sentimental poem.
And the encounter between Romeo and Juliet in front of the fish tank is also very beautiful. Romeo hastily escaped from the smoky ball and accidentally broke into a peaceful blue world. There is a huge fish tank with colorful tropical fish in the blue water. Then he saw the girl on the other side of the fish tank. Across the blue water, her shadow was floating on the glass, as if a naughty fish would wag its tail and she would disappear, just like a mermaid in a fairy tale, so unreal.
In addition to the fanatical obsession with Xiao Lizi's beauty, I think it is of course not easy to memorize Shakespeare's lengthy plays. I think that in order to write good compositions, I often copied them and recited them. One more star for this.
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