Romeo and Juliet

[Anime Forum]

I was bored so I decided to make this thread lol, the thread is about Romeo and Juliet. So what does everyone think of Romeo and Juliet and if you have a favorite character who is it?

[Yuki's girl]

I hated having to read this in school. If I had a favorite character, it would have been Mercutio. He was funny with his thumb biting.

[Anime Forum]

I hated having to read this in school. If I had a favorite character, it would have been Mercutio. He was funny with his thumb biting.

Yea Mercutio was my favorite as well even though I really did not enjoy the book.

[sa5m]

My fave chara is Benvolio. =3

On a tangent:
Watching the Romeo x Juliet anime changed my view of the classic Shakespearan Romeo and Juliet story forever.

It. Is. Amazing.
WATCH IT!

[Lord Fluff]

I really enjoy this play, I loved having to read it in school. I think Tybalt is the best character, I played him in a school play, the fight between me and Romeo was awesome. The choreography for it was done by me and the guy that played Romeo so there was a bunch of dangerous stuff that took forever to convince the director and producer to let us do.

If you want to see a great Romeo and Juliet movie watch Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann, it's the movie that got me into Shakespeare.

[Kojack]

I enjoy the modern-day movie where Mercutio is a cross-dresser and the line "hand me my long sword, ho!" is met by the passing of a rifle.

The play itself, I enjoyed less. Hamlet or Macbeth is more my thing.

[Lord Fluff]

I enjoy the modern-day movie where Mercutio is a cross-dresser and the line "hand me my long sword, ho!" is met by the passing of a rifle.

The play itself, I enjoyed less. Hamlet or Macbeth is more my thing.

That's the movie I'm talking about, it's awesomely hilarious. The cross-dressing Mercutio is pretty creepy, and funny.

[gd0929918]

i love Shakespeare
sadly, Romeo and Juliet is like only 5th on my list of favorites.

But my favorite character would be Tybalt, even if he is a minor character... sort of.

[Eris]

It is pretty damn emo, that's what it is. Thus proving that Shakespeare was really before his time.

[The Nightingale]

ohmygosh. I seriously dislike RXJ, because thats all; we studied last year in English. I saw like 2 different movie verisons 4 times each. (Haha @ Romeo's butt XDD)

It's a good story, very tragic, and sad but overall good writing. I can't say its a favorite though.

[UCantTameMe]

Ugh I hated reading this. But I really like Mercutio. He was nuts!!!! Lol in a funny way "Do you bite your thumb at us sir?"
"Nay I do not bite my thumb at YOU sir." Lol I love that line in the play. Otherwise it was a snooze fest.

[Infinita]

I liked studying Skakespeare but, I like Macbeth better then Romeo and Juliet. I found that their was too much love involved. LOL ^^

[rikumi]

Uhm, the saddest and the funniest things are - they both die in the same coffin xD. But yeah, angel_alchemsit9 said so - Macbeth is better. It is more emo and a very interesting play - rather than just love and drama like Romeo & Juliet.

[SSDynamite]

I love Romeo and Juliet. But not for the romance, for the fighting!
I had to do a piece of coursework on R&J last year, once I'd studied it and was able to understand what they were saying I could appreciate it a lot more. Shakespeare knew how to entertain!

My favorite character would have to be Tybalt. He's so pugnacious~! XD (I used that word so many times last year.)
Also, my favorite scene of the play is Act 3 scene 1 I think, the one with the fights between Mercutio and Tybalt- then Tybalt and Romeo.

lolz, you ratcatcher.

[LittleGirl]

Not my favourite story but I loooooove the movie by Baz Luhrmann!! Maybe I'll watch that today...

[Happi Giraffe!]

i dont actually know the story, but i heard of them before!

[bizou]

I hated all of the characters. It had a good ending though.

[Amray The II]

I like the part where he drops the bomb down the chimney and the whole house underneath the roof explodes. My favourite character was Mr. Bean.

[Tsubaki Yoshikara]

Sometimes I find it pretty funny like Juliet "dies" and than Romeo killed himself but Juliet became "alive" and she kills herself again...just like Carmen...I find it a bit weird though...I prefer Phantom of the Opera over this....yup..

OUR TEACHER LET US WATCH THE CLASSIC ROMEO AND JULIET MOVIE*(have to say this:I'm in a girls' school)AND AFTER THEY ..... JULIET FACED THE FRONT WITHOUT HER CLOTHES ON...IT'S LIKE OMG?

[harakiri]

I had to force myself to read that book in school. It's not something I'd want to pick up and read for fun.
I did like Mercutio though...

[Gizoku]

I had to force myself to read that book in school. It's not something I'd want to pick up and read for fun.
I did like Mercutio though...

Same. Shakespeare's works dont really keep me interested than other dead authors/play writers do.

[OminousCloud]

I loved Juliet's Nurse, she reminds me of a few ethnic mothers I know xD

Ugh I hated reading this. But I really like Mercutio. He was nuts!!!! Lol in a funny way "Do you bite your thumb at us sir?"
"Nay I do not bite my thumb at YOU sir." Lol I love that line in the play. Otherwise it was a snooze fest.

o.O I thought that exchange happened between Abraham and Sampson... but it has been many years (roughly 7) since I've looked at Romeo and Juliet.

[Artcell]

well,if you wonna know my story,we played it in school,the worst part is that i got romeo's part,yuk!!!!!!!!!!!my teacher was kind so he gave juliet's part to a boy instead of a girl,i had to kiss him!!!!!!!!!yuk!yuk!i was so nervous,well he cheated*winks*he kissed me on the cheek pretending to kiss me on the lips.
even if i had to play romeo's part,still my favourite character is mercutio.

[starchaser]

i love Shakespeare

Me too. I get sad when people don't enjoy it because Shakespeare wrote some of the best story lines in the world, and the most dark and gory. I'd love to see a major movie production of Macbeth right about now. It'd be immense if they got the right director on it.

King Lear would be a good one too, though that one would be harder to make into a mainstream film.

Baz Lurhman (even if I spelt his name wrong) is amazing. Gotta love Romeo and Juliet. And I don't really know who my favourite is.

[Wio]

You were intended to like Mercutio and hate Tybalt.

It's too bad Mercutio was too dead to guide Romeo while exiled. He could have told Romeo to look for another girl again, ROFL. That's how you do it, brah.