I love the Romeo and Juliet story. Though it wasn't the first time I'd been exposed to it, I fell in love with this tale after seeing the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli.version of it.
I've seen the film Private Romeo, I've seen an off-off Broadway play where both leads were men. I've seen the 1996 Romeo + Juliet. And I'm sure that there are a score of other productions I've seen over the years and this is perhaps the worst version I've ever seen.
The guys aren't that cute, the dialogue is neither an interesting comment on, nor an evocative update of the original. I searched for some of my favorite scenes and I just kept getting more and more frustrated feeling that any time spent viewing this was a waste of time.
I found no great parallels, no new perspectives on offer, nothing really that made me want to continue watching.
This is only one person's perspective and possibly I missed all the good bits as there was NO way that I could force myself to sit through the entire thing without fast forwarding & skipping ahead.
I've suffered through a LOT of gay film in my time, cherishing the shining moments that I could find amidst the dross, Maybe I'm just too jaded to continue with that quest but this one gets no further with me.
I've seen the film Private Romeo, I've seen an off-off Broadway play where both leads were men. I've seen the 1996 Romeo + Juliet. And I'm sure that there are a score of other productions I've seen over the years and this is perhaps the worst version I've ever seen.
The guys aren't that cute, the dialogue is neither an interesting comment on, nor an evocative update of the original. I searched for some of my favorite scenes and I just kept getting more and more frustrated feeling that any time spent viewing this was a waste of time.
I found no great parallels, no new perspectives on offer, nothing really that made me want to continue watching.
This is only one person's perspective and possibly I missed all the good bits as there was NO way that I could force myself to sit through the entire thing without fast forwarding & skipping ahead.
I've suffered through a LOT of gay film in my time, cherishing the shining moments that I could find amidst the dross, Maybe I'm just too jaded to continue with that quest but this one gets no further with me.
