Blindness - Should You Have Seen It?

With little new buzz circulating this week, except for CHE getting a release date of Dec. 12th, I thought I’d take a look back at the released films that made the top 30 list and see what held up to the hype. Additionally, I’m including a top five list of the films that should have made the original top 30. So let’s get discussing.
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Franco Zeffirelli is about as good of a straight adaptation of William Shakespeare’s fame play that the screen will ever get. It is filled with the youthful exuberance that the tale of star-crossed lovers deserves. Winning Oscars for its lush cinematography and costume design, the film features amazing performances from its newcomer leads. Having been teens themselves during the making, they embody the passion of first love.

Leonard Whiting plays Romeo with a poetic soul. He’s not much interested in the feud between his family, the Montagues, and the Capulets. His cousins Mercutio (John McEnery, 1990’s HAMLET) and Benvolio (Bruce Robinson, THE STORY OF ADELE H) convince him to crash the Capulets masquerade party with them. The party is to celebrate the arranged engagement of Juliet (Olivia Hussey, BLACK CHRISTMAS) to Count Paris (Roberto Bisacco). But she quickly forgets her fiancée after meeting Romeo (whom also quickly forgets his never seen girlfriend Rosalind). Tybalt (Michael York, CABARET) discovers the Montagues presence and is itching for a fight. In spite their families, Romeo and Juliet are willing to give up everything for love and aiding them in their mission are Friar Laurence (Milo O’Shea, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO) and Juliet’s brash nurse (Pat Heywood, BATTLE OF BRITAIN).

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