Why is Romeo and Juliet still popular today?

Romeo and Juliet is still popular today because it deals with themes as relevant now as in Shakespeare's time. Love, jealousy, revenge... all of it still goes on today. The hopeless love of Romeo and Juliet happens to everyone, whether its "My family is in a fued with his, so they won't let us be together" or "That cute guy doesn't know I exist." Everyone feels this way, and even though the characters talk differently, they are saying the same things we say.