HT is good at the principle of : If you're gonna do the joke, do the WHOLE JOKE!

Wow just re-watched it and you're right. Bravo HT, bravo!

THANK YOU!!!

Reminded me of when they did an entirely musical trailer for les miserables

The skill and thought that must have gone into this is vastly underrated.

Let's not neglect the fact the shotgun literally had a plaque with its namesake on it. What a movie.

I also always loved how Mercutio's was a "dagger."

The line is, "Give me my long sword, ho" spoken by Lord Montague to Lady Montague. Then Mrs. Gellar says, "Thou shall not stir one foot to strike a foe."

I thought the longsword was a handgun with a comically long barrel

The gun is mighty then sword

Because he is Montegue

@@deshik yup there it is...but still!

It sounds so right, I didn't even realize it wasn't his name the first time.

Well, then they’d be getting a bunch of comments going on about Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet.

And because they pop a Molly, it should be Leonardo Di-Capsulet.

Yes, all too true..... Yet hilarious.

Oof

This legit makes me feel better

lol!

He just said it in kelp and stitch honest trailer

Dorian's portrait's grotesqueness reflected the heinousness inside him, I bet Rudd's painting is still probably a silver fox. Love that man.

@@MrCityzun Lol I was about to say that

Original take

PICTURE of Dorian Gray. PICTURE.

Don't be ridiculous. He is clearly a 1000 year old vampire with the ability to make himself look young at will

No, but I did have a very offensive dream one night in a forest.

Midsummer's Night Dream is the best thing to ever come outa Shakespeare's pen

Haha, Shakespeare on LSD!

The Tempest is pretty trippy too.

So like Lysander is bewitched to spurn Hermia while Helena is very confused…and the Queen of the fairies is made to fall in love with a man who has been turned into a donkey. I would say that goes into weird land.

Why do people not remember this film?

Of course West Side Story is just another remake of Romeo & Juliet, only set in the 1950s and made into a musical.

@@michaelandreipalon359 Because, Bernstein and the way it was silly to have gang members dancing and singing. I saw it once. That was not only enough, but too much.

Instead of guns it used seitchblades.

@@progKansas Except at the very end.

@Sam son the being in his prime? Cause that's right

Uhh year, its a 15-20 year gap since late 90's, comedy and marvel bounced him back to the top again

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apply frigid water in thy burn

Thou shalt need skin grafts across thy entire body.

Mine eyes see what thou hast done here.

Fucks going on here?

I don't get. Please explain who is That referencing.

She's the girl Romeo is love sick over before he meets Juliet

@@pollybayfield8332 thanks

That was my favorite line.

Romeo and Juliet is not a parody, but it is also not a sincere love story; it is a tragedy. The next time you need to write about this story for an English or literature class, take this, get an A, and thank Mr. Regular: "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet isn't that they died; it's that they died too young to know that their love wasn't worth dying for." It is first and foremost a story about children who become obsessed with one another and pursue a relationship without the maturity to know what that means or how to conduct themselves. The over-the-top incidents that occur are representative of the incidents young people up till today go through blindly 'in love'.

Like who told Shakespeare he was a good writer

@@Green-fg4ng the entire world gaslit into believing that

*Made-up English words in 1600:* _"consanguineous"_ *Made-up English words in 2021:* _"S I M P"_

@@JohnGardnerAlhadis 😂😂

It's true, i do be Simping sometimes

@@JohnGardnerAlhadis All words are made up.

I resent the notion that Romeo is a simp. The guy fell in love and did make the girl his wife for almost a 24 hour period. Simps are like Romeo to girls that they'll both never meet nor ever have a chance with.

Oh my gosh I never noticed that!

Interesting, pretend I have no idea what the hell you're talking about and translate that in layman's terms for good measure

@Eric this Honest Trailer is a long poem, written like Shakespeare did

@@erichfiedler1481 Iambic pentameter is the metre in which Shakespeare wrote most of his works. An "iamb" is two syllables where the _second_ one is stressed. Iambic pentameter means each line consists of five iambs. Basically, it goes "di DA di DA di DA di DA di DA". It's rarely followed _precisely_ (either in Shakespeare or in this video), but most lines of Shakespeare fit roughly into that metre.

Truly fantastic work. Well done you guys, and thanks so much.

It's under 4 minutes for a channel with approaching 7 million subscribers. tbh I kind of EXPECT some effort.

@@darthkek1953 ~_~

@@darthkek1953 and when they MEET your expectations, you show appreciation 🤷🏽‍♂

@@darthkek1953 it’s in IAMBIC PENTAMETER

@@kalyanigollamudi759 waht's your point, Wikifan?

Or drowning.

Exactly! If you really read and thought about it, it's really not a love story. It's about a 3-day relationship between a 13 year-old and a 17 year-old, that ended in 6 deaths.

So...like middle school romance with suicide?

The original play IS a tragedy guys, its actually not that mindblowing. Its basically a story about how teen love taken to extremes comes to some very bad ends, we can see similar stories in Florida.

@@DragonsAreHungry Even so, it's still a better love story than Twilight. XD

@@markchristensen23 Almost anything is a better romance then twilight.

No, he's just been in his prime for 25 years. The man never left his prime.

You guys do know that's not Paul Rudd... Right? It's Eion Bailey.

I really don’t see the resemblance between the two but nah it’s baby Paul

@@andreraymond6860 I don't know if that was supposed to be a joke or not but no that is definitely Paul Rudd.

I mean, you could, but good luck getting absolutely anything else accomplished that day. "Dude! Did he just say what I THINK he said??" "He did, man!" "'Soaking wet'- teeheehee."

@Boy Boy who/what are you?

I know right! I love the movie (cuz it’s just sooooo campy) but it (and the play) have an utterly ridiculous storyline. (It has to be said, I am shameless at plugging my channel EVERYWHERE, so let’s get it over with. I was bored and made an (extremely grungy) music video that features this movie’s flashy production more than once. Thank you)

Camp would be a more acurrate term I think (not trashy). This movie is indeed a masterpiece.

Yeah I do agree, but I think that they did a lot of dancing around with those guns and not nearly enough shooting. I mean with all that gun flashing around, when you get right down to it Romeo really was the only one that really got his gun off. They did some dancing, some posing, a lot of talking while brandishing those sword 9mms.

Remember, the only bloodshed outside of the mutual suicide at the end of Billy Shakes' R&J was the duel w/ Tybalt; R&J'96 is more about a glitzy modern makeover on the old story. Have to admit, they did a great job of it; putting Leo & Claire together was a casting triumph. Hard to believe that movie is now older than they were when they made the film...

Honestly adding more drugs to the story made make it sense Me: why would anyone do any of this? Oh, they were high? Oh okay then, yeah

Or to be an anime

There's plenty of violence, I just thought they needed more dope.

Absolutely!

I love the way iambic skips along, pentameter helps make that rhythm strong.

Yeah i didnt remember that part. Explains a lot tho

I did not know he passed away. Now I'm just incredibly sad.

What? One, did they NOT know they were going to see a Shakespeare film? Two, you don't really have to understand, it's more of a feel, vibe and aesthetic! Star-crossed lovers, that's all you needed to know!

@@CandaceYoung962 The decision to pair late-middle English with a modern setting was definitely...a choice. It doesn't appeal to purists who would want to see a period setting, and the language makes it hard to follow for casual viewers looking for a standard modern adaptation. Most people know the gist of Romeo and Juliet but haven't read the play enough to follow it if the audio is too busy.

@@BonaparteBardithion That is a fair point. I like this one. Alot. However, I am a Franco Zeffirelli woman for the win! My least favorite actually stars Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard. It's literally two 30 year olds in a Hollywood/British/Canadian soap opera!

Huh, that's odd. Personally, I liked the dialogue. But then again, I was also the kid who enjoyed most of the literature our teachers made us read in English class...

That's interesting.

A more apt description i cannot imagine!!

Pretty fucking much.

Thats why is so awesome film.. Pure unfiltered 90s..

Hey, the 90s had their advantages, ranging from the fall of Communism (temporarily, yes, but still), the increasing relevance of animation (anime, Disney Afternoon, and the Spielberg cartoon shows among them), and the rise of quality video gaming (N64 classics like Banjo-Kazooie and GoldenEye 007, PlayStation games like Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid, and the glory days of Blizzard Entertainment and Westwood Studios).

That's a really effective way of describing it!

@@michaelandreipalon359 ... if you're a metal/rock fan then music too. Soooo much good music.

I mean the fact that it is insane is pretty valid to the argument that it is well-done... Shakespeare productions should never take themselves too seriously xD the point is to have fun!

LMAO.

it's camp and it's perfect

It's horrible

@@sakurauchiha03 it's good

I giggled at the cleverness. Well done.

Personally, I prefer: How many bears could Bear Grylls grill if Bear Grylls could grill bears?

@@JamestheXennial The answer is, saddly, "None. They'd get the dudes to do it for them."

Love love love this!!!!!

I feel like if your teacher was trying to teach you Shakespeare by watching this movie, then they have no right to be pissed at anything your class did during that time.

@@cowboycurtis2229 They probably read the play first. Most HS English classes do that so the students have a basis for comparison.

Other songs to mess up that moment: 'The Sound of Silence' Simon&Garfunkel 'Mad World' Michael Andrews 'Down With The Sickness' Disturbed 'The Wolves' Bon Iver 'Wake Up' Rage Against the Machine 'You're My Best Friend' Queen

You poor bastard. They made you watch this in school. I can barley remember, but at my school, l remember watching Cry Freedom, Birdy and Cheech and Chong up in smoke.

@@Paul77ozee I had to watch this but is better than watching an old classical version

AND rhyming couplets!

The writing flex has to be a big reason they decided to do an honest trailer for this movie. It's pretty dang impressive.

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed ! I am not very familiar with poetry but I was picking up on it there near the middle haha

No, it was quite mediocre.

@@spleniuscervicis1734 says the faceless person behind an account with no picture or identifying features. Easy to be a jerk with a keyboard

That's not really a high bar.

Facts

She is a six out of ten and that's after 2 hours of makeup.

@@Nabo42 Savage!

>>>>being unnecessarily mean to someone who was 16-17 at the time

* "For never was a story of more woe // Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

FOR THE GREATER GOOD PLEASE SAY THAT!!!

Tale of "Whoa!" --Take that, Romeo!

how about: "never has there been a tale of more woe, than that of Romeo, and his hoe."

@@andreifarias2895 you win!

Don’t be ashamed, but I first heard that quote in Criminal Minds

What's funnier is that he based this on a roman story called called Romeus and Juliet. At least THAT ended slightly better with one of the kids being hung for treason and the other was full on banished.

i mean, with all the innuendos in there, it still is if you read it carefully?correctly? idk but you get it

IIRC: Shakespeare writes a bunch of tragedies about the weakness and stupidity of man. The queen says "you're great, but you should write a romance!" Shakespeare writes a tragedy about tweens being so dumb they get everyone around them hurt and then they kill themselves because they are so impulsive. Everyone: "it's the greatest romance of all time!" I can only imagine Willie slamming his head into his writing desk after that.

I agree that it's funny, but only in a morbid way given the sad amount of people who think it's actually romantic. I wouldn't be surprised if that opinion being ingrained in mainstream society are why literally thousands of other "romantic" stories are even worse about mistaking lust for love and other unhealthy ideas about romance "should" be.

@@SimonBuchanNz Ya konw, I told something about that line to my english teacher back 20 years ago. I got a stern lecture about being unromantic and had to memorize the prologue. Well, it was, together with the monologue at the end, the best part, so it could have been worse.^^

Bro Same! Except We watched this our Junior year. I was just sitting there like "wtf is happening right now?!"

This, Zephirelli's, and West Side Story perhaps?

Ya same here lol watched two different one. A classic one and this. The classic one was funny coz whenever Romeo start climbing our teacher says "Go monkey boy go!" lol coz he does a lot of climbing in that movie.

My freshman English class watched this version.

Everytime we watched the movie in school everyone would just stare at me lmao

Not anymore, not enough boxes checked for Constantly Woke.

That's an insult. This film is much deeper than their type of programming.

What is his endgame, though? What is the goal?

@@johnmooney5829 becoming the heir to House Montague? Getting together with Rosaline?

@@johnmooney5829 Maybe he got sick and tired of Romeo whining about girls xD

Ah yes, Disney Pixar's memorable yet tearjerking masterpiece, Up. "So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. Goodbye..."

Its about teenagers. Saying its CW is probably the biggest compliment ever in that regard

The Honest Trailer is hilarious, but yeah. I'm old AF and two months ago I revisited this film out of curiosity. The first thing I realized was that it's actually really good. It's full of life and energy, it's bold and committed. It's what you want from film makers, people with a vision who swing for the fences.

@@04nbod It's a teenage "romance" except the teens have guns. So a tragedy.

Scorcher 6: Global Meltdown

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That soundtrack is actually pretty good. Talk Show Host is one of my favs still.

The entire soundtrack is a quintessential 90s thing. The Cardigans, 'Lovefool', Young Hearts Run Free, When Doves Cry....

Des'ree singing The Kiss still gets to me.

Best movie soundtrack ever, although you needed to get two separate CDs.

@@MrHarumakiSensei one score, one pop rock. Both lovely things

And I thought I was alone when I said to my friends that Mercutio was in love with Romeo🤧

@@aynin323 omg forreal?? that's amazing

@@leahalexandre4263 YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Dude, it’s a masterpiece. If you want Romeo and Juliet with modern language, there is literally 100’s of adaptations.

seriously? you had visual depictions on the screen of what they were talking about, and you still didn't understand most of it? I know it's old english but it's not THAT hard to understand especially with the intense acting style to really exaggerate their expressions and feelings.

Right? If we wanted a modern take on Romeo and Juliet, we would've stuck with West Side Story.

I thought the same thing then they started talking like that

@@spooderman6312 Baz Luhrmann, that's who. Although I don't see how it hurt anybody.

Unlike yet another R&J remake

Is that from Bojack Horseman?

I have no clue what that is but I love it.

Oh really? I had no idea, but now I am intensely curious 😄

It's true, never liked Juliet 😑

@@glykera You can always google it.

@@joeywheelercabrosky528 No, Google is broken in our house.

Watched this film repeatedly in the noughties and very fond remembered, but never heard that

Yes please

That'd be awesome. I'm still waiting for Brazil and Pan's Labarynth trailers.

Seconded. Love Sky Captain.

Classic

Oh, god. I haven't thought about that movie in years.

Mayhap all art is derivative, but not all that is derivative is worthy of being called "art", lest you're opting for artifice.

Many of Shakespeare''s plays are actually remakes... including Romeo and Juliet.

you could argue that all changes are... derivative.

Have yet to see this version, but whenever I see references to John Leguizamo in it, I'm blown away all over again by the fact that he's playing _Tybalt_ when he would seem like such an obvious Mercutio.

@@tejaswoman this is a fair observation, and in all likelihood he probably auditioned for Mercutio, but I think you will see why he didn't end up in the role when you watch the movie

Because 500 year old source material isn't enough, let's go back 3,000.

And Man In The Iron Mask and Shutter Island to do all four parts of Leo helping high schoolers out with their book reports

Yes please

It's funny too cause I'm pretty sure she's dunked on this movie a few times lmao

I read "hitler thou go"

I have heard of the name, but I have no idea what it's about. Sooo...... What's it about?

@@JWuKong95 essentially its a love story but it sort of boils down to a fairy/ nymph roofies them all. well he gives them a love potion but they all end up in love with the wrong person at first which causes all sorts of shenanigan's. another man gets turned into a donkey at one point also, though I can remember why and the fairy king and queen are fighting over an indian child/god. There is a movie from 1999 that is worth a watch if you are interested but not keen to read a play (which would be fair)