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Romeo & Juliet (2013)
I always hope creative license will make a change at the end...lol.
This is Bill's work. Not William's. It's tweaked to be understood. Not that I didn't "understand" what was suppose to be happening in the play. When I was in high school we read Romeo and Juliet. I like the story, but the language is above most people. The teacher would ask what you thought this line meant and that line meant. I would always think, why do I have to figure out what they're talking about in every line, can't I just get the gist? Or why does the teacher think he knows what Shakespeare was thinking when he said whatever line (since nobody really knows what anybody is really thinking). Maybe "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" really does mean "Where is Romeo?". Was he there? Did he help Shakespeare write it??? All these years of listening to people say what other people mean has left me with an appreciation for artist license. If you revamp a story, I'll appreciate it the way you mean it and I'll either like it or I wont.
They didn't keep completely to the language of the script, but they kept the faves like the lines to the balcony scene, since even if you're not a fan of Shakespeare you've probably heard it/know it. Anyway, I give it a 7 because I'm not a complete fangirl who hates even one line being altered.
My only wish is for somebody to say, "Ya know. I think Romeo and Juliet would find away to be together and not be stupid enough to keep themselves." If I was in love with Romeo and my father said to me that he would disown me and throw me out, I'd say ok and leave. They want to be together. If they had just run off this would have never happened. There's ways to keep people from following you. Verona don't take up all the Earth...lol. So I would love for one of these writers to make Romeo and Juliet just a bit smarter in their love...since they're gonna change it in a lot of minor ways anyway...lol.
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
I enjoyed it, so...I don't care
I enjoyed this. I liked the script even with the really silly parts (ie Jupe and the bees). The acting was really well done. It felt kinda like watching a comic book. I love comic books so, that's not a diss. I read some of the "goofs" and such and a lot of them can be explained away. As my late father use to tell people, "Just watch the movie and shut up".
Now. Jupe (Jupiter). I love her. I love her more as a female action hero because she's more down to Earth...get it? Down to Earth? Anyway, most action heroines are either super strong, super smart, super fast, etc. Jupe is just human. She ain't got none of that. She makes stupid human mistakes. She's a smartass like a regular human. She defiant. She can't really fight, but she can slap around a bad guy who can't fight either. She's smart enough to duck when somebody is shooting laser beams at her. She's not taking heels when she should be taking sneakers. And most of all, she knows where to put her knee when a guy puts her in a choke hold. That's awesome.
Caine. Caine is hunky. The end. He's half man, half wolf and has prosthetic wings. He can kick butt, too. What the heck do you have to think about?
Her Earthly family is hilarious. Her Reoccurrence family is hilarious too, just in a "they're all nutcases" sort of way.
I like the action. I like the storyline. I wish I could find out what happens after as I'm sure there should be others that want to nimble on the Earth.
You should watch it.