This adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with screenplay written by Julian Fellowes is the classic love story, where previous adaptations have sought to update the language to more modern English, Fellowes sticks to the original Shakespeare play, which in some ways is great, but it does not aid the understanding when you have to think about and sometimes decipher what was said.
The seasoned actors in supporting roles, such as Damien Lewis and Paul Giamatti put in much better performances than Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth in the title roles. Both the leads look beautiful but the chemistry between them is lacking. There is no spark or passion and that, unfortunately is the main downfall of this movie.
On the plus side, I'm not really a connoisseur of music in film, so the fact that I am even noticed the score enough to mention it means it must have made an impression, so credit to Abel Korzeniowski for his music.
There are much better versions of Romeo and Juliet, this suffers from a lack of spark and believable romance 4/10
The seasoned actors in supporting roles, such as Damien Lewis and Paul Giamatti put in much better performances than Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth in the title roles. Both the leads look beautiful but the chemistry between them is lacking. There is no spark or passion and that, unfortunately is the main downfall of this movie.
On the plus side, I'm not really a connoisseur of music in film, so the fact that I am even noticed the score enough to mention it means it must have made an impression, so credit to Abel Korzeniowski for his music.
There are much better versions of Romeo and Juliet, this suffers from a lack of spark and believable romance 4/10
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