Fred ,'Smile Time'
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Ha ha ha, Sophia, about halfway through, I started to think the same thing. "Maybe this is supposed to be FUNNY! Maybe it's a PARODY..."
It does have a great soundtrack, though. One of my very favorite Everclear songs is from the movie. I got the soundtrack from one of those 12-CDs-for-a-penny things back in the day, I think just for "Lovefool." I hadn't even seen the movie.
Well, I think, in a way, it is a blueprint for Moulin Rouge- the humor and ridiculous opulance laid over a cliched tragedy. I think perhaps he misunderestimated the cliche of Romeo and Juliet or the actual quality that is Shakespeare, as well as the draw of Leo for teen girls at that time.
I was just looking for the "Post-Haste" scene on Youtube (because I cannot believe that a movie with a Post-Haste truck is taking itself seriously), and I did not find that, but I just watched the trailer. There were a lot of comments about Claire Danes and what a bad choice she was, including one that said he "never knew any guys who licked her". I cannot stop laughing.
I was just looking for the "Post-Haste" scene on Youtube (because I cannot believe that a movie with a Post-Haste truck is taking itself seriously)
Ahahaha, I didn't catch that! There were various cute references like that throughout the movie.
I thought Claire Danes did the Shakespeare better than Leo, myself.
I adore the Baz Luhrman R&J. I can't really explain why, but I don't think it feels like parody and I think it works in all its over-the-topness.
this was my favorite song on the R&J soundtrack. [link]
Is it the Butthole Surfers one? That one is mine. (I am on my phone).
no, it's Des'Ree's "Kissing You".
OK- now I am watching R+J for the first time since the theatre...
And what I have to say is: PAUL RUDD!!!!!!