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Remember that time they adapted Romeo and Juliet in present day, but it kept the original Old English Shakspearian script/dialogue? (cdn.shopify.com)
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For reference for those not in the know and to give an idea how exactly this works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzskNtFnIY

I genuinely think it was a unique/interesting idea, and am glad it exists. Kinda wish we had seen other movies like it for Macbeth, Hamlet, etc.

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[–] 1 point 5 years ago* (last edited 5 years ago)

Sorry, but I fucking hate Baz Lurhman as a director. Everything is so obnoxious and trying hard to sell itself as profound, in a way that comes off as very cynical way. His Great Gatsby adaptation feels like a technicolor vomit pastiche of the actual story. He retells literary works like a 8th grader trying to sound cool

"and then Gatsby and drives his cool car real fast through the city while a Kanye track plays. It'd be so awesome, dude"

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