![]() Her portrayal of Juliet lacks depth and she simply does not possess the beauty to be a Juliet - especially if you pair her with Douglas Booth as Romeo. ![]() ![]() She is simply so much younger than Romeo that their on-screen chemistry looks a bit creepy. 2)Hailee Steinfeld is really a bad casting decision for Juliet. Not even the ending escapes some liberal changes. It also doesn't help that much of the changes has the feel of modern speech being rewritten in an "old-english-sounding" tongue which clearly stands out from the classic words of the bard. The simplification of some text insults the intelligence of the audience and does seem a little arrogant on the parts of the screenwriters. ![]() Sure enough, the most famous lines are all there, but the movie frequently deviates from Shakespeare's text. Firstly, the bad: 1) The movie doesn't follow Shakespeare's original text. On the other hand there are several things that really bothered me and that I believe would disqualify it from being classified a "good" film. I am in two minds about this film: On the one hand I can honestly say that I enjoyed it and that it swept me away in the timeless love story.
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