romeo and juliet comparison
What’s the Difference?
Romeo and Juliet, the play by William Shakespeare, is a story about prohibited young love between the two characters, Romeo and Juliet, members of enemy houses, and it ends with the tragic death of both the lovers. The two movies that capture the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet are the Zefferelli verion which was mad in 1968 and the 1996 Lurhmann version. Both movies do fine in generating a visual of Romeo and Juliet in their own unique way. As Michael Anderegg states “Right from the explosive beginning to the tragic ending, Romeo and Juliet will keep you captivated, this is a testament to luhrmann’s brilliant snappy direction, which will take you on a rollercoaster ride of car chases, gun fights and a love that was destined to fail.” (71) Where the Zefferelli version is to be taken more seriously, it is described as “having passion, the sweat, the violence, the poetry, the love and the tragedy in the most immediate terms.” (Brown 182) Each film has its strengths and weaknesses as well as their similarities and differences. Right off the bat you can tell the biggest difference is the time period of each movie. It was easy to tell these differences due to the surroundings by noticing the stage play of each movie and recognizing the setting of different scenes. Similarities can be figured out by knowing the play and by having seen both versions of the movie, while library books and magazines go the most in depth on major differences.
One major difference in the movies is the setting of the film. In the 1968 version the setting is held in a type of medieval setting of a castle and a courtyard. The 1996 version is held in the modern day urban city, and changes the viewpoint of the play. However, the movies were filmed out of Verona because “Verona was the home of the Capulet and Montague families and the plot centered on the civil disorder that occurs between the two families. The death of Romeo and Juliet is what brings the families
Romeo and Juliet, the play by William Shakespeare, is a story about prohibited young love between the two characters, Romeo and Juliet, members of enemy houses, and it ends with the tragic death of both the lovers. The two movies that capture the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet are the Zefferelli verion which was mad in 1968 and the 1996 Lurhmann version. Both movies do fine in generating a visual of Romeo and Juliet in their own unique way. As Michael Anderegg states “Right from the explosive beginning to the tragic ending, Romeo and Juliet will keep you captivated, this is a testament to luhrmann’s brilliant snappy direction, which will take you on a rollercoaster ride of car chases, gun fights and a love that was destined to fail.” (71) Where the Zefferelli version is to be taken more seriously, it is described as “having passion, the sweat, the violence, the poetry, the love and the tragedy in the most immediate terms.” (Brown 182) Each film has its strengths and weaknesses as well as their similarities and differences. Right off the bat you can tell the biggest difference is the time period of each movie. It was easy to tell these differences due to the surroundings by noticing the stage play of each movie and recognizing the setting of different scenes. Similarities can be figured out by knowing the play and by having seen both versions of the movie, while library books and magazines go the most in depth on major differences.
One major difference in the movies is the setting of the film. In the 1968 version the setting is held in a type of medieval setting of a castle and a courtyard. The 1996 version is held in the modern day urban city, and changes the viewpoint of the play. However, the movies were filmed out of Verona because “Verona was the home of the Capulet and Montague families and the plot centered on the civil disorder that occurs between the two families. The death of Romeo and Juliet is what brings the families