media coursework romeo and juiliet
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English media coursework Rating: * * Verdict: Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet given a bad make over. The down under Ozzie director Baz Lurhrmann (Strictly Ballroom), has let us and Shakespeare down with his adaptation of Romeo & Juliet film. The guns, drugs and violence theme has left us thinking is that really a play wrote by Shakespeare? It's about violence. It's about hate. And of course, it's about teenage first sight love and a slight bit of suicide. It was a massive let down even to today's 'gangster' films, The Hollywood action shows nothing of what the film is about. The play based on the 'star crossed lovers', falling in love at first sight did not have shootouts and modern day 'yobs' fighting, if he was going to make the film this way he could of at least left it with some dignity. The masked ball was the only scene...

