It is not at all believable as a modern story, as things would have happened quite differently than pretended. It does somehow manage to merge the action-movie style with poetry, but one can still feel it's sort of a compromise, a story that is suspended somewhere, in a legendary realm.
Even if accepting this deal as proposed, it was still way too loud and people annoyingly shouted their lines all the time. Also, some of the characters are too sketchy or even cartoonish, but we know this is the danger always lurking in Luhrmann's movies.
A couple of beautiful scenes though, some lavish, some atmospheric and heavily impregnated with drama, or effectively suggesting cheap modernism. Also, a memorable Mercutio and a nice Juliet.
6 and a half from me.
Even if accepting this deal as proposed, it was still way too loud and people annoyingly shouted their lines all the time. Also, some of the characters are too sketchy or even cartoonish, but we know this is the danger always lurking in Luhrmann's movies.
A couple of beautiful scenes though, some lavish, some atmospheric and heavily impregnated with drama, or effectively suggesting cheap modernism. Also, a memorable Mercutio and a nice Juliet.
6 and a half from me.