Romeo And Juliet: Differences Between The Play And Movie

In this essay I will be comparing two different movie versions of Romeo and Juliet. The two films I will be comparing are Romeo and Juliet directed by Carlo Carlei and Romeo + Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann. The points that I will be comparing are the props, setting, and costumes. Within each movie there are good things and there are bad things and I will be comparing those good and bad things.

Ever wondered who produced a “Romeo and Juliet,” movie or play, other than Shakespeare himself? If you didn’t well it’s time you do. Franco Zeffirelli is both an Italian producer and director. Zeffirelli was born February 12, 1923 in Florence, Italy. Baz Luhrmann, another producer and director, also produced a movie of “Romeo and Juliet”. Luhrmann’s version took place in modern time, when the Zeffirelli version was closer to the plot of the book. This is why the Zeffirelli does an exceptional job in retelling the tragedy.

was the first film of Romeo and Juliet. It was produced in 1968 and it

There were quite of few differences between William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet play and Baz Luhrmann’s movie based on the play. For example, the ending scene in the movie left out a lot. Paris never showed up at the cemetery to place flowers at Juliet’s tomb. Thus, Paris and Romeo never got in a quarrel that had ended in Paris’s death. Baz Luhrmann probably left out this small part in the movie because Paris wasn’t a major character in the movie. Also at that part in the scene there was already a lot going on, so leaving out that fight between Romeo and Paris wouldn’t have taken a huge toll in that certain scene. In the play that small detail told the readers that Paris’s love was true for Juliet. However by leaving out that part out in the movie it didn’t tell the audience if Paris was actually into the marriage for true love. Also Juliet was awake before Romeo died as well. However he didn’t notice that she was awake quick enough before he had drank the poison. By having Juliet wake before Romeo passed away made that

Comparing the movie to the film, it follows the same concept although there is a ton of differences. First off, they have a fake wedding inside of a dress shop in the movie and in the play the couple gets secretly married, but it’s still the real deal. A big thing that I noticed is the death situation compared to the play, in the play Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, which leads Romeo to drink poison because he doesn’t think Juliet loves him, which causes Juliet to commit suicide using his

There were many differences and similarities between the two movies and the book. First, the settings were different. In the modern day movie there were pools and security guards. The older movie didn’t have either of those in the movie, but it had a huge balcony that Romeo had to climb up a tree to get to. The book also did not have the pools and security guards, but it did have the balcony.

     There are many similarities and differences between the sixties version of Romeo and Juliet and the modern version of Romeo and Juliet. It is very easy to spot these differences considering the time period each movie was set in. There are some things in the play that totally got cut from both movies. There are also some things that they added to the movies that weren’t in the play. Let us get on to the similarities and differences.

The "Romeo + Juliet" produced in 1996 directed by Baz Luhrmann indeed shows a fine example of the major differences and changes that a story needs when a movie is filmed out of the book especially with the changing time. The film is a shortened version of the original Shakespeare's play. The movie follows the story line very closely with the original story. The story in the movie shows the anonymous origin feud between the two families the Montagues and the Capulets which they had uphold for generations and the chaos in the community in the clashes between the two. The whole movies have kept the track of originality in its important characters, scenes and the flow of the play. The story starts with a fight with scene between the Montague boys and the Capulets' and ends with the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet.

In the play Romeo was a little different than in the movie. In the play, Romeo cried over Rosaline and in the movie he did not physically cry. He just played pool and smoked instead of crying. Also in the movie, Romeo and his friends were always hanging out on the beach while in the play they didn’t. Also in the play, Romeo seemed more mature and adultlike than in the movie. Also in the play you kind of get the picture that the Capulets and the Montagues have the same toughness and intelligence but in the movie the Capulets and their friends are more reserved and mature than the Montagues.

Though he did make some cuts that take away from the meaning and characters of the play, the reason often made sense. For example, Juliet’s soliloquy in act 4 scene 3, which is incredibly important because it shows the darkness of Juliet, was cut because the death scene does not take place in a tomb and that is the main topic of her soliloquy. Although the audience missing the dark depression of Juliet in this soliloquy, he compensates for this by making the Juliet scene with her father where he tells her she is going to marry Paris, be much more emotional. Another cut was the death of Paris, which at first seems like an important plot point to leave out, yet other than showing Romeo’s determination to see Juliet, really has no purpose. Luhrmann

The movie and book was way different. They talked the same and were word for word at some parts. The biggest difference was the timeline. The book took place in the past and the movie took place in the modern time. When the movie started to talk i was thinking about the horses they were going to be riding but wasn't I not wrong there was cars everywhere.

Of all the treasures in the world, true love is of the most valued. They say that when you are truly in love, the universe around you simply stops, and no one else matters except you and your love. Love has the mesmerizing beauty of a stunning red rose, but it also has spiteful thorns surrounding it. But between friends and family, love can quickly go from black and white to shades of grey and can become fatal and suspenseful.

Opera Paper Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a classic tale told time and time again. There is no record when Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet but it was first performed in 1594 or 1595. Evidently enough, Shakespeare was not the original author of this story. The many operas that encompass the famous story based their plot from Shakespeare’s version. The operas could share similar aspects of the story whether that consists of using the same names and events or change majority of the story thus becoming the “inspired by” version of Romeo and Juliet.

P: Thank you Mr. Shakespeare for coming down to the studio S: The pleasure is mine. P: When and where were you born Mr. Shakespeare? S: I was born by the Avon river in Stratford, England on April 23rd, 2015 P: I have always wondered how you had decided to create the theater.

The scene that was most different between the play and the movie of Romeo and Juliet was how the two crossed lovers first met each other. In the play Romeo and the Montague boys find out about the Capulet party through a poor peasant who could not read the invitations. While in the movie the Capulet party is announced through a newscast over T.V. I think the director changed this so the invite can go more along with the time period of the movie. This could change how the viewers see it by making the invite less secret. Over a newscast anyone who was paying attention to the T.V. could of heard the invite. Another main difference in this scene would be Romeo and Juliet first seeing each other in the bathroom across a fish tank rather than across the ballroom in the play. This could take away from the romantic side of the two first seeing each other. In the play it seems Romeo and Juliet have more privacy when they first speak to each other. In the movie the two are getting on and off an elevator just not to be seen. This could add more suspense to the scene and make the viewers see the movie from a lofty viewpoint.