lfranco. zeforrios romeo and juliet movies

Yes’ Rosaline, who we learn from Romeo’s lips is “The all-seeing sun, ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.” So in reality Romeo is fickle. How do we know this? Well right from the start of the play we learn that Juliet was NOT the love of his life, it was Rosaline.

When you read the play, you will find Romeo is a flighty, hormone driven 14 year old boy. And jumping back to Romeo with his Waxy pensive looks, you know how they wore those hose stockings in the Middle Ages? Well’ Every time the orchestrated musical score would start to soar (Beautifully mind you), and Romeo would give his pensive dreamy look wearing what looked like ballet tights, I swear I thought they were going to break out into a ballet with Romeo pirouetting across the screen. Also they edited out his best (dirty) lines in essence nurturing him.

But no, Zeffirelli’s Mercutio was just plain annoying and spastic with no personality. CUT!”Īnd then there’s Mercutio, who’s suppose to be the dirty joke telling 16(?) year old, slightly older friend that goads Romeo to get in trouble, but will always be there when needed. Every time Romeo entered the screen I could almost hear Franco Zeffirelli telling him “Okay’ bring your eyebrows together and look pensive. Now as far as the movie itself? I hate to say it, but other then Olivia Hussey as Juliet and Pat Heywood as the Nurse, (And sometimes Milo O’Shea as the Friar), I thought the acting was stiff and completely unbelievable. And though I may sound harsh below, this movie has stayed with me since seeing it, and may demand a second viewing. So I had fairly high expectations going into Franco Zeffirelli’s version based on its reputation and reviews I’d seen on .įirst I want to say, the costumes and Italian setting were some of the best I’d ever seen, and the score was stunning. Throne of Blood, a masterful retelling of Macbeth by Akira Kurosawa, is one of my all time favorite movies Shakespearean or not, and it’s not even in English.Īs far as Romeo and Juliet go, I’d just seen the Maryland Shakespeare Festival do a really nice job with this play which I thoroughly enjoyed. Romeo and Juliet Directed by Franco Zeffirelli 1968īefore I go into the review I want to say that for me, a great Shakespeare movie is not required to be word for word perfect.

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Lfranco. zeforrios romeo and juliet movies