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way better than Romeo and Juliette


my opinion...it was just so beutiful to watch it, it was just realistic...I canĀ“t explain it but I just love this movie...more the R&J...you know what I mean...it was just magical to watch it...and to cry at the end...
this movie is just perfect...

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Same here :)
I thought that this movie was just soo prefect
it was such a great movie, and I loved it more then R&J because it just felt so real and just everything about the movie was perfect !!!

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this movie owns romeo and juliet, and you dont have to put up with crazy shakesperean language either

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Pray what's crazy about Shakespearean language? ;)

"Sometimes I'm callous and strange."

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Few of a kind canst trace meaning in William's words,
And when old stories fall on modern eyes
A likewise confusion is combed across the physhe.

... Dude, you wouldn't be typing half of the words you're using if it weren't for "crazy Shakespearean language".

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I absolutely love both of the films but I know what you mean how this was just... beautiful.

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R&J were two lustsick, pubescent teens who had hardons for each other and as a last F-you to their parents, killed themselves :)

T&I on the other hand.... beautiful. completely beautiful

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I'd have to disagree strongly. This movie was okay but nothing really special. I love Romeo & Juliet its such a classic love story. I had feelings for the other guy in this movie so it doesn't work for me. I watched a special feature where one of the makers said they wanted to do that to make it more realistic instead of making the guy a jack@ss but instead of feeling sorry for Tristan and Isolde at the end I felt sorry for the other guy. Sorry can't remember his name lol. Whereas in Romeo & Juliet I couldn't care less for all the people against their love.


And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid~R.I.P. MJ

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The other guy's name is king Mark. ;)

"Sometimes I'm callous and strange."

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There you go!
I loved him!!!

And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid~R.I.P. MJ

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And that's why I like Tristan and Isolde better. Romeo and Juliet, while a classic, focusses so much on these two teenagers that blow their world and their lust (which they see as 'love' despite knowing nothing of each other) so far out of proportion that instead of being apart they kill themselves despite any family or friends. Tristan and Isolde acts more mature in it's dealing with their love. They don't see each other, fall in love and obsess. They meet, and talk, and fall in love. Tristan is forced, however, to choose between love and his loyalty. We are introduced to characters whom the title character effect, making what they do hold more water than Romeo and Juliet. The audience feels sympathy for the King because of what Tristan and Isolde do, but also feel sorry for Tristan who has to make a choice and Isolde who is stuck in the middle. Much more interesting and mature than Romeo and Juliet. (:

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The adds comparing this to Romeo and Juliet where rather silly in my opinion, it nothing in common with it besides being a Love story that ends tragically.

This Triangle would be more legitimately comparable to Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.

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This story has so many similarities to Jon Snow and Ygritte in Game of Thrones. Both young lovers who are forced apart by honor and loyalty an ends tragically for both. And yes both better than Romeo & Juliet.

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