The story is about the prejudice between the two families and how it pushed these kids to do what they did. The romance doesn't matter. What matters is the hate.
Agreed. Ever since I got the general idea what Romeo and Juliet was all about I started hating the author, Shakespeare, even after understanding his personal background in which he created the tragedy.
As for the couple not sure if they would ever be going to Storybrooke but pretty sure if the Montagues and Capulet start their feud there the Swan Gang(LOL) would probably intervene and ensure they stay isolated from the lovebirds(restraining order would work LOL). Also, Kids of old times really can be held back, can't they? By arrangements, old customs, or even family feuds like this one. Thank goodness children nowadays can stand up for themselves and address their parents, "Not gonna happen. Back off."
(There was a similar story in a Chinese poem that predates R & J, about the story of Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing, and how their meddling relatives caused their once-well marriage to become a tragedy.)
Well, personally, if I learned anything from the story of R & J - it's always a good idea to isolate completely from parents when in a relationship; 8 out of 10 - they tend to meddle which can be very problematic. R & J was a very intense lesson of blood that had they rose up and isolate themselves from their families and leave them to their stupid feuds while the lovebirds live their own life they'd probably be just fine on their own, and personal life was called "personal" for a reason!

You as a person totally do not deserve this upcoming angry rant. So, excuse me. THAT'S THE beep POINT! Why can't people grasp that the relationship is supposed to feel rushed and ill-advised!?! The story is about the prejudice between the two families and how it pushed these kids to do what they did. The romance doesn't matter. What matters is the hate.

That Shakespeare guy was so over rated wasn't he?

Why is it so hard to grasp that it's could HAVE, not could OF?

Meh, Much Ado About Nothing is pretty much perfect as is. There are plenty of sideplots.

Much Ado about Nothing is what needed more subplots but not even Shakespeare was perfect.

Their love is supposed to be ridiculous and irrational. Thats why the story takes place in such a small time frame and while they are young. The point of the play was a mocking cautionary tale of young "love". The median age for marriage, for even the rich, back in shakespeare's time was much older, so even in the 1500s, they would have recognized the stupidity of it.

I think it being absurd is kind of the point. It's a tragedy and their tragic flaw that brings their downfall is the fact they are foolish kids.

Yeah, I have never been a fan of the story for the exact reasons you state. They know each other briefly and are supposed to be something like 13 years old? By that point in your life you are willing to kill yourself for someone? It's always been absurd to me. The only version of this story I have ever really liked is West Side Story, which (if I remember correctly) at least fixed the ages of two characters to be older than they are in Shakespeare's play.
I watched this film again last night for the first time in many years. It's a mixed bag; bombastic, overdirected, overproduced and consists of a lot of young actors shouting their lines unintelligibly at each other (Pete Postlethwaite seems to be the only one who knows what he is doing here). However there are some good moments, especially the ones with Romeo and Juliet which are surprisingly well handled and pretty romantic on the whole.