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Andy K (10821 KP) created a video about Romeo and Juliet (1968) in Movies
Jan 9, 2018
Fran Donohoe (856 KP) rated Little Italy (2018) in Movies
Sep 3, 2019
ClareR (5726 KP) rated Fair Rosaline in Books
Aug 26, 2023
Fair Rosaline is a sublime retelling of Romeo and Juliet - or, I should say, Romeo and Rosaline.
At the start of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and his friends are seen laughing and joking about Rosaline who has been sent to a nunnery. Here, Rosaline gets a chance to tell her side of the story, and she isn’t the silly girl that the Montagues would have us believe. She’s passionate, intelligent, musical, literate, and she absolutely doesn’t want to spend her life in a convent. So she manages to extract 10 days of freedom from her grieving father (her mother has died in the recent plague) and she intends to live them to the max.
Her first, and probably most life-changing act, is to go to a big masked ball held at the Montagues home. There she meets a very charming Romeo. But he’s not like the young boy we meet in Shakespeare’s play. This Romeo is much older and knows exactly what he’s doing. This Romeo is a serial womaniser who likes his women to be girls.
I hated him quite early on, he’s so well written. Romeo is manipulative, charming and a thief of both material goods and young girls’ innocence.
The way this is all written is frankly gorgeous. The language is reminiscent of Shakespeare (except more accessible!) with a fair few phrases borrowed from his original prose.
I could’ve read this all day. Absolutely beautiful. And yes, highly recommended, even if you just want to see Romeo get his comeuppance.
At the start of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and his friends are seen laughing and joking about Rosaline who has been sent to a nunnery. Here, Rosaline gets a chance to tell her side of the story, and she isn’t the silly girl that the Montagues would have us believe. She’s passionate, intelligent, musical, literate, and she absolutely doesn’t want to spend her life in a convent. So she manages to extract 10 days of freedom from her grieving father (her mother has died in the recent plague) and she intends to live them to the max.
Her first, and probably most life-changing act, is to go to a big masked ball held at the Montagues home. There she meets a very charming Romeo. But he’s not like the young boy we meet in Shakespeare’s play. This Romeo is much older and knows exactly what he’s doing. This Romeo is a serial womaniser who likes his women to be girls.
I hated him quite early on, he’s so well written. Romeo is manipulative, charming and a thief of both material goods and young girls’ innocence.
The way this is all written is frankly gorgeous. The language is reminiscent of Shakespeare (except more accessible!) with a fair few phrases borrowed from his original prose.
I could’ve read this all day. Absolutely beautiful. And yes, highly recommended, even if you just want to see Romeo get his comeuppance.
Roksana Szczęsny (538 KP) created a video about track Spinning (ft. No Rome & Charli XCX) by The 1975 in Spinning (ft. No Rome & Charli XCX) by The 1975 in Music
Sep 13, 2022
Becs (244 KP) rated Romeo and Juliet in Books
Jan 2, 2020
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The typical love story with family drama and tension but with a twisted ending. William Shakespeare is an excellent writer. As a teenager, Romeo and Juliet was quite difficult to read. But rereading it as an adult, I understood every little sneer and joke that was in each conversation.
The typical love story with family drama and tension but with a twisted ending. William Shakespeare is an excellent writer. As a teenager, Romeo and Juliet was quite difficult to read. But rereading it as an adult, I understood every little sneer and joke that was in each conversation.
Katie Loves Movies (134 KP) rated Hopeless Fountain Kingdom by Halsey in Music
Jun 27, 2017
Watson Lamb (14 KP) rated Alita: Battle Angel (2019) in Movies
Apr 3, 2019
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I have to say, this movie would have been amazing in the 90s early 2000s. While the action is thrilling and quite entertaining, the story is played out and the acting is ok, given what they had to work with. Everything was predictable and the ending is a cliffhanger with no resolution to the story arch whatsoever. It almost felt like they were doing a Romeo and Juliet where Romeo kills himself and Juliet goes out for vengeance rather than ending it to be with her Romeo. Making this into multiple films was unnecessary or at least I don't see how they can make the story more compelling from here. All in all, it is ok, if you like some great action sequences, but don't go if you are looking for a compelling story.
