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Title: Leonardo does not belong!...
Review: This version of Romeo and Juliet is a classic case of casting marketable but notably inept actors in the lead roles. The director did a good job of passing the script of the original play through a rusty cheese grater. Unfortunately, people were enchanted with this pulverized excuse for a Shakespeare play. If the bard were still alive, the director would still be in the midst of a nationally televised law suit!Even though I must applaud Luhrmann's attempt at bringing this Shakespeare play into modern times, he failed horribly. Why did there have to be a beach?... The real Verona is landlocked!... Also, calling the guns "Sabers" was a pathetic attempt at modernization. If Luhrmann had simply kept the play in its original setting and combined it with real acting and real people it might have had a chance. Actually, I doubt that even Shakespeare himself could have saved this star-crossed production. With Leonardo, it sunk like a man with concrete shoes.
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