#1
Posted: 2/11/12 at 11:58am
Doesn't this film sound just like "R & J" from off-Broadway seven or eight years ago?
#2
Posted: 2/12/12 at 10:47am
I have a friend in the cast of this movie, so I can't resist being a bit of a shill. The movie is getting good, or at least interesting, reviews, and I am going to see it next week. Anything that increases the access of the general public to Shakespeare is by definition worthwhile. Please go, and tell your friends! [End of shilling activity]
#3
Posted: 2/12/12 at 10:52am
I have no personal connection, but the trailer looks great.
Owen, I didn't see R&J, I have the same question you do.
Owen, I didn't see R&J, I have the same question you do.
#4
Posted: 2/12/12 at 9:55pm
saw this yesterday ...
the OVERWHELMING homoerotic appeal notwithstanding, these boys can act. I don't think I've ever seen another Shakespeare production where I've understood so much of the intended meaning -- word by word, line in and line out. That's really a tribute to a very talented cast.
the movie is not perfect, and the liberties taken with the plot will vex many, but this is entirely worth seeing.
the run is supposedly very limited, so pay attention to cinema village's website tomorrow or tuesday to see whether the run is extended beyond this thursday.
oh, yeah -- and it was seriously f*ckin' HOT!!!
the OVERWHELMING homoerotic appeal notwithstanding, these boys can act. I don't think I've ever seen another Shakespeare production where I've understood so much of the intended meaning -- word by word, line in and line out. That's really a tribute to a very talented cast.
the movie is not perfect, and the liberties taken with the plot will vex many, but this is entirely worth seeing.
the run is supposedly very limited, so pay attention to cinema village's website tomorrow or tuesday to see whether the run is extended beyond this thursday.
oh, yeah -- and it was seriously f*ckin' HOT!!!
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#5
Posted: 2/12/12 at 9:57pm
oh: the writer notes "R&J" as one of his sources of inspiration in the closing credits, but there are a good few differences.
(to say more would -- with justification -- summon the spoiler police.)
(to say more would -- with justification -- summon the spoiler police.)
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#6
Posted: 6/3/13 at 1:07am
I just watched this film on netflix (it was interesting... to say the least), and I came across this thread. Could anyone tell me more about this off Broadway production of "R&J" that Owen22 refers to?
#7
Posted: 6/3/13 at 8:11am
I suggest you Google "Shakespeare's R&J" which was the title of the show. You'll find a lot. But here's the synopsis from Dramatists Play Service:
THE STORY: Four young prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary their very governed lives. After school, one breaks out a copy of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juiliet and they all take turns reading the play aloud.
The Bard's words and the story itself are thrilling to the boys and they become swept away, enmeshed in the emotion so much so that they break school rules in order to continue their readings.
The rigidity of their lives begins to parallel the lives of the characters in the play: roles in the family, roles in society and the roles played by men and women soon seem to make all the sense in the world, and then, suddenly, they seem to make no sense at all.
Although they had been taking turns playing all the parts, two eventually emerge playing Romeo and Juliet exclusively, bringing a whole new dimension to the proceedings. Perceptions and understanding are turned upside down as the fun of play acting turns serious and the words and meanings begin to hit home and universal truths emerge.
THE STORY: Four young prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary their very governed lives. After school, one breaks out a copy of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juiliet and they all take turns reading the play aloud.
The Bard's words and the story itself are thrilling to the boys and they become swept away, enmeshed in the emotion so much so that they break school rules in order to continue their readings.
The rigidity of their lives begins to parallel the lives of the characters in the play: roles in the family, roles in society and the roles played by men and women soon seem to make all the sense in the world, and then, suddenly, they seem to make no sense at all.
Although they had been taking turns playing all the parts, two eventually emerge playing Romeo and Juliet exclusively, bringing a whole new dimension to the proceedings. Perceptions and understanding are turned upside down as the fun of play acting turns serious and the words and meanings begin to hit home and universal truths emerge.
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