benvolio
MollyGoLightly A character in that tired old play, I know.

Today while I was on my way to my new job I saw a huge green van with
"benVOLIO!" written on the left passenger's side window.

So it's also someone's battle cry, apparently.
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donaldson have ya ever seen the old franco zeferelli movie of 'that tired old play'?

the way they run through the streets shouting the family name as a rallying/battle cry always gets to me.

other than that, i think it's a wonderful movie, much better than the update...
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Brad Seen the old one, not the update. The old one is good... the update looked horrendous. 000524
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MollyGoLightly The update had potential...utterly gorgeous cinematography--a very good looking movie. But it wound up being nothing more than a choppily edited (but in a calculated way, like an hour and a half long music video) overblown piece of crap with awful acting. 000524
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bird as black as night it wasn't really my cup of tea, but i think Shakespeare would have approved. Outfitting his characters in the proper garb and surroundings of their time is a purely modern conceit, so grudgingly i must admit that the update was, in essence, truer to his ideas ('cept maybe for the guns) 000524
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