Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet

In the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” Franco Zeffirelli shows the age old tale of two “star-crossed lovers” in a new light. His choice of young, inexperienced actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting to play the lead roles of Juliet and Romeo was a risky decision that paid off. Tybalt ,Juliet’s cousin played by Michael York, is constantly battling with Mercutio, Romeo’s cousin played by John McEnery. Friar Laurence, played by Milo O’Shea, is Romeo’s advisor. Pat Heywood played Juliet’s Nurse. Lord and Lady Capulet are played by Paul Hardwick and Natasha Parry. Lord Montague is played by Antonio Pierfederici.

“Romeo and Juliet” debuted on October 8, 1968 and was an instant hit. The film version of William Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet”

The plan is going swimmingly until Juliet's mother says she will marry Prince Paris. Juliet is distraught not wanting to marry anyone besides her beloved Romeo. Friar Laurence devises a plan to fake Juliet's death so she can sneak away and live happily ever after with Romeo. Friar Laurence sends a message to Romeo telling him to come and see Juliet. He does not tell him of Juliet faking her death. The plans goes great until Balthazar tells Romeo Juliet is dead. When Romeo sees Juliet and she appears dead she takes her life. When Juliet wakes and see Romeo has taken his life because his life because of her she kills herself as well. They killed themselves because they did not want to be in a world without the other and now they could live happily ever after in the

This film to myself personally seemed gimmicky and a little hookie. This film has great elements such as a variety of camera angles and realistic costumes. These are good elements, but the lack of good special effects, Juliet’s extremely fake and over dramatic crying, and the difficult to understand dialogue made the film unenjoyable. This movie was obviously based on a Shakespeare play because the dialogue reminded me of Shakespeare. Shakespeare is difficult to understand for many individuals me being one of them. Juliet crying was loud, fake, overdramatic, and overall just annoying. I actually found myself laughing when Juliet cried because it quite reminded me of when toddlers fake cry to get there way. Overall this film was extraordinary for its time, but for myself personally this film was not one I enjoyed or would recommend to a