Romeo and Juliet movie review
Have you wondered how would the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet look if it was happening in modern times? Baz Luhmann took the plot of the original play by William shakespeare and translated it to modern day. Funny and different are the words that I could use to describe this movie .Romeo and Juliet is about two star crossed lover, who’s families hate each other. Both ended up taking their lives because they thought the other was dead. It has, as all movies, good things and bad things. It also has differences with the original play by Shakespeare. Finally there is a certain public this movie could be recommended to. This could give you an idea of how good the movie was.
There were good things and bad things about the movie. The Good things are that it had action, persecutions and violence, and it was funny, but in a strange way. The strange funny things are that it is something really old, adapted to modern times, and the plot fits the old times but not the modern times, so it makes it look ridiculous, and the ridiculous makes it funny. When you see people marrying at 13,one day after you met your husband, or arranging weddings and talking in this weird Shakespearean English, you can’t take the movie seriously. This Other good things are that, if you see the movie, you will understand the play. Bad things are that it was confusing in some parts, because there are many strange and all words in the play, like “thee” or “Ay”, and it is a little exaggerated, like Romeo and Juliet´s first sight unbreakable love or when Mercutio arrived dressed like a woman and gave an speech to Romeo like if the world was depended on it. Although there were bad things, I think there were more good things and funny things.
This movie compares and contrasts with the original Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare in some points. First, the movie was in modern day, almost, and the play is in the time of Queen Elizabeth. The movie portrays guns, instead of swords, weed, cars instead of horses and replaced a lot of old things for new modern things, but still using the old name for it, like I explained they use guns but still call them swords. A part of the plot that was added was a persecution that replaced the death of Paris, and the prince is a police man, not a prince, but they still call him prince. Other additions and changes were: when Romeo was under Juliet’s window after the party, but instead of Juliet going out of the window, it was the nurse that came out, and after that, Juliet came down in an elevator; other change was that Juliet wakes up from her sleep after Romeo drank the poison, so he could see he made a mistake. Although it has changes, the plot is still the same, even using the same language, but is more entertaining with the changes.
If I were to recommend the movie, it would be to lazy people and people who like parodies. If you don’t want to read the play and don’t want to see the old 1960's movie, then watch this one. The plot is the same, just the setting in time is different, but it changes things from the original to make it funny makes it a parody, so people who like parodies can have a laugh and understand the play. I would recommend it to everyone who is interested in Shakespeare, or even if there is no interest in Shakespeare, because it is woth watching.
In conclusion, this movie, for me is funny and different. Funny because it changes old for new but uses an old language, this makes it look strange, and also like a parody, because it changes little details in order to make them funny. Different because you don’t see many adaptations in modern times to old plays or using the language that the play was written in. This plot is a plot that would probably fit Shakespeare’s days but in these days marrying a 13 year old is strange, it does not let you think of this movie like something serious. Although it is similar to the original, it has some changes, but still has the main plot. There were good and bad things as in all movies. I liked the movie because of the changes that were made to make it funny and because we get a better understanding of the original .Overall the movie is good and funny but strange, but after watching it, we will already know how “The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet” look in modern days, one less preoccupation.
Have you wondered how would the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet look if it was happening in modern times? Baz Luhmann took the plot of the original play by William shakespeare and translated it to modern day. Funny and different are the words that I could use to describe this movie .Romeo and Juliet is about two star crossed lover, who’s families hate each other. Both ended up taking their lives because they thought the other was dead. It has, as all movies, good things and bad things. It also has differences with the original play by Shakespeare. Finally there is a certain public this movie could be recommended to. This could give you an idea of how good the movie was.
There were good things and bad things about the movie. The Good things are that it had action, persecutions and violence, and it was funny, but in a strange way. The strange funny things are that it is something really old, adapted to modern times, and the plot fits the old times but not the modern times, so it makes it look ridiculous, and the ridiculous makes it funny. When you see people marrying at 13,one day after you met your husband, or arranging weddings and talking in this weird Shakespearean English, you can’t take the movie seriously. This Other good things are that, if you see the movie, you will understand the play. Bad things are that it was confusing in some parts, because there are many strange and all words in the play, like “thee” or “Ay”, and it is a little exaggerated, like Romeo and Juliet´s first sight unbreakable love or when Mercutio arrived dressed like a woman and gave an speech to Romeo like if the world was depended on it. Although there were bad things, I think there were more good things and funny things.
This movie compares and contrasts with the original Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare in some points. First, the movie was in modern day, almost, and the play is in the time of Queen Elizabeth. The movie portrays guns, instead of swords, weed, cars instead of horses and replaced a lot of old things for new modern things, but still using the old name for it, like I explained they use guns but still call them swords. A part of the plot that was added was a persecution that replaced the death of Paris, and the prince is a police man, not a prince, but they still call him prince. Other additions and changes were: when Romeo was under Juliet’s window after the party, but instead of Juliet going out of the window, it was the nurse that came out, and after that, Juliet came down in an elevator; other change was that Juliet wakes up from her sleep after Romeo drank the poison, so he could see he made a mistake. Although it has changes, the plot is still the same, even using the same language, but is more entertaining with the changes.
If I were to recommend the movie, it would be to lazy people and people who like parodies. If you don’t want to read the play and don’t want to see the old 1960's movie, then watch this one. The plot is the same, just the setting in time is different, but it changes things from the original to make it funny makes it a parody, so people who like parodies can have a laugh and understand the play. I would recommend it to everyone who is interested in Shakespeare, or even if there is no interest in Shakespeare, because it is woth watching.
In conclusion, this movie, for me is funny and different. Funny because it changes old for new but uses an old language, this makes it look strange, and also like a parody, because it changes little details in order to make them funny. Different because you don’t see many adaptations in modern times to old plays or using the language that the play was written in. This plot is a plot that would probably fit Shakespeare’s days but in these days marrying a 13 year old is strange, it does not let you think of this movie like something serious. Although it is similar to the original, it has some changes, but still has the main plot. There were good and bad things as in all movies. I liked the movie because of the changes that were made to make it funny and because we get a better understanding of the original .Overall the movie is good and funny but strange, but after watching it, we will already know how “The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet” look in modern days, one less preoccupation.