Romeo and Juliet is a very dramatic story that hasn’t been remade since shakespeare published it. The movie and book had very few differences, which surprised me quite a bit, but they had a lot of similarities for example in the movie that I found there wasn’t any sound. Which made it difficult to understand what was going on during multiple scenes. The book was more enjoyable considering it had more details and it’s more accurate than the movie. As I said in the beginning there is a few differences between the book and the movie. One example from the movie is there was no dialog in it. The only thing you could hear was music playing and watching the scene being played, Which was a little difficult to follow. The movie also had romeo dying without knowing that juliet was still alive. The version that i could find was a ballet version, So there was more dancing than acting in the …show more content…
The book gives you ideas and details of their appearance, how they speak, and it gives us an idea of what they sound like. Unlike the movie, The book makes you feel more involved, Also you can understand and feel the love between Romeo and Juliet. The movie only shows brief moments where Romeo and Juliet are together. The book was also way more organized than the movie was. Some similarities the movie and book had was the stages and the costumes, the movie had the exact same clothing, hairstyles, scenery. Even without any dialog i can see that the script is the same as seen in the book. The movie and the book both killed themselves in the end just like the way shakespeare wanted it to end. All the characters roles were played as they were supposed to be. I couldn’t find a lot of similarities between these two, it was a challenge trying to find the similarities that didn’t involve the clothes. The most they had in common was the scripting and the era of
Overall, the movie and book have many differences and similarities, some more important than others. The story still is clear without many scenes from the book, but the movie would have more thought in it.
A Comparison of the Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet I have been studying the prologue to 'Romeo and Juliet' written by the
Paramount aspect of the movie and the play, the theme, were the same, and the overall messages in both were the same. For example, one main message in the stories was that love conquers all. This was demonstrated in both the play and the film when Romeo and Juliet kept secretly meeting each other even though they knew it was against their families’ wishes. In one scene of both the movie and the play Romeo and Juliet even got married and died together so that even if they could not be together on earth they would be together in death.
Comparing the movie and the play has to start somewhere, so lets start by comparing the different settings. The original play is set back in ancient Verona, Italy 400 years ago, the movie on the other hand is set in present day Verona Beach, California. The play states, "Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new
Romeo and Juliet - Movie vs. Book & nbsp; Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet was written. centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli's movie production of Romeo. and Juliet, which had much better technology to work with only decades ago. Although the movie appeared better, it left out some major parts. The play had better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a better presentation of the. & nbsp; One major difference between the play and the movie occurs in mood. An example of this is the marriage scene. In the marriage scene of the play, Romeo and Juliet is very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak. Romeo says that the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal (Act II, Scene 6, Line 4).
The Major Differences Between Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet The major differences between the two movies Romeo and Juliet who were
The environment surrounding the star-crossed lovers in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet can influence audiences who may interpret the scenes in different ways. The audience can be greatly affected in their interpretation of the story by the mise-en-scene, costuming, and the hidden symbolic meaning. This great piece of literature was edited in two unique and intriguing forms, one Zeferelli directed which was filmed in 1968, and the modern version produced in 1996. The different scenes throughout the length of the party were the most influential to me in that I saw how different these movies were directed, and the different meaning I experienced from watching these movies. Focusing on the environment of the scenes and the costuming helped me in my interpretation, because I found hidden symbolism from these two qualities.
In the movie, it is told in a third person point of view and the characters look a lot more different than how they do in the book. The movie goes by much quicker than the book. Also Pony goes straight home after the church burns down.
A Comparison of the Interpretations of Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet Having studied the openings of two film versions, the two directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, show they interpret the play differently because of the way they see different meanings in them. By interpreting the play differently, it also means the audience pick up a different meaning. Every image seen in the beginning decides whether the audience should continue with watching the film. But what makes a film so engaging?
Chloe Fleming investigates Baz Luhrmann’s capability in embodying Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his own modern film adaptation and praises the hell out of it.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is done through the renewal of props and costumes, the reconstruction of the prologue and the upgrading of the setting, whilst preserving the original Shakespearean language. Out of the two, it is Luhrmann who targets Romeo & Juliet to a younger audience to a much larger extent than Zeffirelli.
One of the greatest questions addressed in both Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare in Love is the question "does love conquer all?" Should one follow his heart or should one conform to society's view as to what is proper? In the movie, love does in fact conquer all, but, in the play, it does not. In the play Romeo and Juliet decide to follow their hearts and they do not conform to society's wishes. Romeo and Juliet end up dead and the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is over. In the case of Shakespeare in Love, Will loses Viola but his love for her lives on as seen in his later writings. So, one could argue that in some instances love does indeed conquer all and, in other cases, it does not. Following the path of true love can be a tragic one as seen in Romeo and Juliet. As for Shakespeare in Love, both characters meet society's wishes and therefore return to their normal lives never being quite the same.
The movie version of Romeo and Juliet stars two popular young actors, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. In some ways it is very much like the original, but at the same time very different.
After having read the play and seen the movie I am struck by a number of differences. Seemingly subtle, many small details have a great impact on how the story can and is being perceived. The movie offers much more background information on other characters and events that are important to the story.
As similarities, both stories center on star-crossed lovers; they come from different classes/levels, and in both stories, the man comes from a lower class, and the lady comes from royal society. Both of the ladies in the stories were being forced to marry another man, even if she loved someone else. Examples of differences are when in Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet die, while only Jack dies in Titanic. In Romeo and Juliet, only a few characters die, and all their deaths are scattered throughout the book, while in Titanic, lots of people die, and they all die at once when the ship hit the iceberg and sinks. In Titanic, the upper and lower classes did not want to kill each other - like in Romeo and Juliet - they just treated them