[ClearCase_guy]

They originally decided to update Romeo and Juliet by putting it in an American city in the mid-20th century, with street gangs.

Then, 60 years later they decided to update it again bu doing pretty much a repeat.

They should do “updates” better.

[Borges]

The difference is that this version was well acted and directed and photograhed.

[dynachrome]

‘originally decided to update Romeo and Juliet’

I prefer the “Tromeo and Juliet” movie. Extremely bad cinema from Troma.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114733/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

[SauronOfMordor]

They originally decided to update Romeo and Juliet by putting it in an American city in the mid-20th century, with street gangs.

If they really wanted a meaningful update, they could have done something like Muslim girl falls for Israeli guy. But that would have been a little too daring.

[longtermmemmory]

The leonardo decaprio version with original language in a big modern city version was an interesting project.