Another twilight spin off
Looks like the new romeo and Juliet is another twilightish crap catering to the belieber tween crowd.
shareRomeo & Juliet existed centuries before us. It's a play by the way. I believe you've not heard of Shakespeare. Young people these days are so ignorant of REAL literature. If it caters to the "Bieber" crowd then it should be and it must because the Bieber-Twilight generation these days lacks culture and appreciation of literature.
shareOP clearly said the "new" Romeo and Juliet. This means OP is referring to this "new" interpretation. Probably stating these thoughts because of the casting, cinematography, music, and\or newly introduced fan base. On these terms I would have to agree with OP. Oh, And try and be a little more condescending next time,people just love that.
shareBut Romeo and Juliet unfolds more like a suspense crime thriller than a love story. Think about it. It opens with a double suicide to hold the audience all the way to the end. With unexpected twist and turns of events.
It seemed like a love story only because Shakespeare was good with words. And because we know the ending from the get go, every moment of the two love birds proclaiming love to each other felt bittersweet.
While Twilight ( judging from trailers ) is just pandering to teen girls' fantasy of having two hot guys lusting and fighting over a girl. So, OP definitely has no clue of what's going on.
I will agree with you on that.
shareRemy has a point. The OP's message was rather thoughtless - looking down on people who like Twilight and its demographic while Remy assumed that teen girls these days haven't heard of R&J.
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Except twilight is poorly written trash, and I feel sad for anyone that likes it when there is an entire world of better literature and film out there
Let's ignore for a moment the fact that the vampires were closer to fairys (oh look, sparkles!) than they were to classical vamps: but the fact that the author forgot her own rules is a cardinal sin for fantasy writers: you can't create a believable world of magic/fantasy if you violate your own settings preset laws of magic/physcis (that you the author made up in the first place!)
On top of it being a meandering sophomoric love story that talks its way in circles instead of getting to the point; 100 pages at a time of puppy dog eyes is NOT good drama