Romeo And Juliet Movie Comparison

Between Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, and Carlo Carlei’s version of Romeo and Juliet, Carlo Carlei’s version takes the cake. First of all the film by Baz Luhrmann was very distant to the setting in which William Shakespeare had written it, because they use guns instead of swords. Secondly, The set that was used for Baz Luhrmann’s version was not in Italy at all, instead it was filmed in mexico, and the U.S. Lastly, the actor that Carlo chose to play benvolio was way better than the actor in Baz’s version, because he didn’t look like a high school bully. What do you think of when you hear Romeo and Juliet, you think of old tragedy with swordplay, and heartbreak, right? The movie by Baz Luhrmann strayed too far from the original playwright by Shakespeare, while the 2013 version by Carlo stayed within the original playwright by Shakespeare. In the 2013 version by Carlo, they used swords, there was heartbreak, and the costumes made sense. In the 1996 version by Baz there were guns in place of swords, the costumes were more modern, and they used cars in stead of horses and mules. While in a modern time, the Baz Luhrmann version still used the old language, which was really confusing to the viewer. The 2013 version took place in the

Carlo casted Kodi Smit-McPhee who played as Benvolio in the 2013 version. There were a lot of things wrong with the Benvolio from the 1996 movie, first of all he was very bulky, and looked more like a high school bully, and less like a keeper of the peace. The Benvolio from Carlo’s movie looked and acted the part, he was skinny and looked like someone that wouldn’t want to fight unless they had to. 1996 Benvolio sounded like someone that would rather fight than talk, and sounded like a stereotypical dummy. The 2013 Benvolio sounded hesitant but confident at the same time and he seemed that he would talk rather than