The Original was the best

What was better; the book or the movie? That is a question that is asked about movies based off a story. However, in the two movies based off Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” they have introduced two different and unique representations of this legendary tragedy. One of the films perspectives is set in modern day, yet at the same time it keeps the original script used for the play. Likewise, the film from the 1980’s still keeps to the true version of Romeo and Juliet as Shakespeare wrote it. Even though the movies were sensational, the original work by Shakespeare was more superior to the others.

The first movie taken in the 1980’s was not as good at the original. This is due to the acting in the movie that took away from the original characters and their characterization. One example of this can be seen with Friar Lawrence, and it is seen when he leaves Juliet with Romeos body. What happens is that he seems more courageous, and tries to get Juliet out of there. However, he simply offers her little to no help in the original, and then ditches her with giving her no help what so ever. The next flaw compared to the original by Shakespeare is in the themes, and that the original focuses more on true love while the other focuses on the consequences of forbidden love. This can be seen by how dramatic and painful Romeos death is by poison and Juliet’s gory death by stabbing herself. This emphasis the consequences that are created by dangerous love. Likewise, in the original they do it gently and fast to make it seem like less of a sacrifice. The final way the Shakespearian version is better is due to the setting. The reasoning for this is because in the original the setting was open to the reader’s interpretations. While the movie just ...

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...original is better than both films can be seen in the music. What the music does in both the films is it creates an atmosphere not created by the text. This can be seen in the older version with the music is too uptight making the viewer focus too much on the moments in the story. One example of this is in this is in the tense sound track during the fight scenes in the market. Overall, both the movies truly do not compare to the original story because is takes away from the atmosphere created by the costuming and music.

In the end the original stands out much more compared to the movies of it. It takes away from the movies from the theme presented to the music chose for it. These flaws and many more take almost the whole experience away. Truly in the end the far superior best telling of Romeo and Juliet is in the origional, and it truly provides the best experience.