Romeo And Juliet Movie Comparison Essay

ENG2D1-21 9 May 2016 Movie Comparison Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s well-written tragic plays. There are numerous movies that are the reenacted version of this play. Out of all, the most prominent are, Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet released in the year 1968, and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet released in the year 1996. The one that best catches the actual meaning of Shakespeare’s play for a present day viewer is Baz Luhrmann’s version of the reenactment. To make his movie look modern he

Manpreet Sahota EAC150NCQ March-05-2016 Romeo and Juliet- Movie Comparison (1968 version vs. the 2013 version) The movie, Romeo and Juliet was first released in the year 1968 though we have newer versions of the year 1996 and 2013. The films represent a visual version of William Shakespeare’s book titled Romeo and Juliet. The movie and book are both built around the two characters with major focus on their love life. In this case, we make a comparison between the film released in the year 1968

Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story about two ill-fated lovers. Originally written by, Shakespeare, this story has been adapted by different directors who all commonly try to add their own unique twist to it. Two of the most prevalent adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have been done by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, who have taken this love story to the big screen. Franco Zeffirelli’s movie, which was produced in 1968, is extremely authentic and stays true to Shakespeare's vision, whereas, Baz

to keep the movie as close to the book or play, changes have to be made. One great example of this is Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (Collins, Lawrence). A major chunk of the book is left out in the movie. This change was probably made to keep the movie from being four hours long. This change causes some crucial details from the book to be left out of the movie. Many other books and movies have differences. Some differences between Romeo and Juliet and Romeo+Juliet were the time

Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet although set in a modernised location is able to obtain the shakespearean language from the original text. Some lines of the play in Luhrmann's version have been switched around and been given to different characters such as the beginning fight scene where instead of the men of the Capulets house who start the brawl its the men of the montague household. However this does not influence the overall state of the film. In contrast to Luhrmann’s version

In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, is a traditional adaptation of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet, with some variations. Baz Luhrmann directed the 1996 version, also known as the MTV Romeo † Juliet. This version is very modernized, but keeps the language intact with few changes. There are many differences between Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and the Signet version of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s entire speech that begins “Alas that love, whose view is muffled still, Should

Romeo and Juliet is perhaps one of the most well known plays ever written. Shakespeare wrote many play about love and lust ,but romeo and Juliet has to be the most famous. There are many different movies reenacting Romeo and Juliet. Some of the best movies are the “1996”, “1968” ,and “2014”. The movie producers all put their own twist and turns into the movies. They all share many similarities ,and they also share many differences as well. And that is what really makes all of these different movies

Romeo and Juliet film and play comparison When bringing a play to film a lot things change for many reasons. Sometimes a lot of things have to be left out because of the time limit in a film. The text of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare and the movie adaptation of the text produced by Baz Luhrmann in nineteen ninety six are very similar in many ways but also have significant differences. The time and culture when William shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet to the time Luhrmann produced the

Movie Compare and Contrast      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.      First

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.It went from having cars to having guns.The book didn’t have guns if you remember or is it just me?There was all the same people meaning the names were