Romeo and Juliet Movie Comparison

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been modified numerous times and has been a source of inspiration for many playwrights and directors. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann are examples of directors that use Shakespeare’s legendary tragedy as a basis for their films.

The props in the two films of Romeo and Juliet are extremely different which make them a good point of comparison. Luhrmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet is a more modern take on the play. I think this because they use guns, cars, television and newspapers. By using guns, it brings a more dramatic and forceful feel to the movie. It makes every death

In Shakespeare's rendition of Brooke's poem, the Nurse prides herself for raising Juliet (Act I, scene iii, 16-48). She even feels as though she is above Lady Capulet because she breast-fed Juliet, something that Lady Capulet would never do. The Nurse has essentially raised Juliet and helped shape her into the teenager she is now. The depth of this relationship causes the Nurse to have a maternal relationship with Juliet, which is in contrast to the cold, impassionate relationship Juliet has with her actual mother. The Nurse regards Juliet as her daughter, especially

Of the two cinematic portrayals of the climax, in Act II, scene i, of Romeo & Juliet, the Luhrmann version from 1996 is superior to the Zeffirelli version. When comparing the two one can notice that there are many differences, and similarities. While these two films are telling the same story, it is the differences between the two that lead to Luhrmann’s 1996 version being superior. Due to its more dramatic settings, and character interactions and actor

Romeo and Juliet is a very well known book that is loved by many. There numerous movies done on Romeo and Juliet like Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version and Gnomeo and Juliet. There are many apparent differences like using guns instead of swords and using gnomes instead of people. Although there are many similarities, the differences between Luhrmann’s movie and Gnomeo and Juliet compared to the play Romeo and Juliet are evident. The similarities between the movie and the play only go down to the plot and language.

On this online encyclopedia, there is a page dedicated to Romeo & Juliet filled with various resources and information; one such source being an essay on Zeffirelli 's and Luhrmann’s version of Romeo & Juliet by Bryan Aubrey. In this essay, Aubrey compares the two films

The movie West Side Story is a reiteration of Romeo and Juliet but when you compare the Original movie and West Side story there are many differences. First of all and the most noticeable is the setting, West Side Story is set in New York City in the 1950s and is also a musical so very different than Romeo and Juliet. Tony and Maria meet each other in the exact same way, which is there love at first sight at the dance party but the things they worry about very different. Romeo and Juliet get married so they can officially be lovers but then Juliet's parent make plans for her to marry someone else which is illegal for them but Tony and Maria don't have to worry about that, they don’t even ever plan to get married. Religion plays a much larger role in Romeo and Juliet and because of Religion's role there are problems that arise, Romeo had to Marry Juliet or else there love would be a sin but since they got married Juliet couldn't marry Paris. Going back to the characters, Romeo as a very idealistic view of love but Tony knows who he loves and that is Mary. Another difference is how Prince Escalus wants the fighting to end between the families and is not biased towards anyone but Lieutenant Schrank does try to stop the fight but he is biased towards the Jets and since he is prejudice he basically lets the Jets continue fighting. Another difference was that Tony did not kill himself unlike Romeo, Tony was shot by Chino because Chino liked Maria also but after Maria did not kill herself she instead grabs a gun a threaded the two gangs because she

The nurse viewed Juliet as her own daughter, she only wanted her happy. In the text, the Nurse states

From the beginning, the Nurse was the perfect matchmaker, informing Romeo of Juliet's identity. The nurse also agrees to meet with Romeo and find out the plans for Romeo and Juliet's wedding and even went out to get a rope ladder to allow Romeo to sneak into Juliet's room. By doing so, she was essentially expressing her advocation for the relationship. Though as previously stated, the Nurse then curses Romeo's name in Act 3 scene 2 saying “There’s no trust,/ No faith, no honesty in men. All perjured,/ All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers./ Ah, where’s my man?—Give me some aqua vitae.—/ These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old./ Shame come to Romeo!”. But soon after, the nurse begins reconciling saying she will make sure they will be able to say goodbye to one another, proving her indecisiveness and inability to stand with one opinion. This is not the only time the Nurse suggests Juliet should forget about Romeo. In act 3 scene 5, after the Capulets find out that Juliet is not willing to marry Paris the Nurse says, “Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,/ That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;/ Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth” the nurse continues, “As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart,/ I think you are happy in this second match,/ For it excels your first: or if it did not,/ Your first is dead; or 'were as

The honoured and remarkable play of Romeo and Juliet and its updated version as a movie that is modernized have some similarities and differences between both. Firstly, the most obvious similarity is the language used in both, as the movie uses the script from the play word by word. Secondly, a difference that is changed in the screenplay due to the difference between the weaponry of both time frames, the swords used in Romeo and Juliet's play are replaced by guns in the screenplay. Thirdly, despite the ignorance of some scenes , the plot remains the same, including Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet to escape the marriage from Count Paris. Lastly, the Prince of Verona from the play is replaced by a Chief of Police, as due to the difference in

I believe that the (1961)‘West Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins, the director of ‘West Side Story’, having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare, but that’s not the only reason, if it is one, to acknowledge it as superior to Zeffirelli’s film. Each director has used divergent ideas in their techniques, so different yet only to provoke from their audiences the same response. Therefore to determine which

Roger Ebert, quoted Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet stating “The success of the film depends upon Whiting and Miss Hussey…They are magnificent”. The leading actors incorporate Leonard Whiting in the role of Romeo, and Olivia Hussey essentially as Juliet.

The Zeffirelli(1967) and Luhrmann(1996) men who both filmed different versions of one of William Shakespeare's best plays in the the world. Both versions of Romeo and Juliet may be very similar but also different in many ways. One of the similarities that I found in both movies of Romeo and Juliet is their dialogue I found this to be similar because in both movies they used the same dialogue for example “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”(Act I, Scene I).Another thing that I found similar in both movies was Juliet’s cousin Thibault is still a big, scary, rude, man. So there were some of the similarities of the two versions of Romeo and Juliet.

Also, in the new version Romeo seems to be more mature than in the old version. We see this a lot throughout the movie, but mostly in the balcony scene. When Romeo is kissing, hugging,

How many times have you caught yourself watching the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet and just thought, how in the world could something like this ever occur in Shakespeare's time? Probably, more than fifteen times, speaking from experience. Many people, when watching movies, look for many things. They look to learn something, they look to cry. People look to feel emotions, it is part of being a human being. Another thing people look for, especially in movies that are not cartoons, is reality and relatability. The 1968 version presents reasonable scenarios, how love and relationships really went in Shakespeare's time, and how they really lived.