i wish i could say i loved this film as there are many people who i admire involved in it. first of all, bas lurhman, the director, is very talented and an interesting artist to watch. still, most of his movies are terrible, like moulin rouge and Australia, and i guess if you liked those you will probably like this. but for everyone else, stay away. i didn't see this in 3-d so maybe that makes all the difference but the story is bland and so are the characters. toby maguire is miscast and so is almost everyone else. leo was properly cast but so what, the movie was barely watchable. if i had to watch one more music video scene i was going to throw up. the production design is pretty impressive though and i'm guessing they spent a ton of money on it. you can definitely appreciate the film on the basis of it being a well produced movie. but the characters are so annoying it's really hard to root for them. oh well.