What are the differences between 1996 movie Romeo+Juliet and Shakespeare's play?

[Scheherazade]

Read the play again, watch the film. Do your own work and your own thinking.

Someone must have posted this place as a site to go to get other people to do one's homework.

pathetic............

I would think it cannot have been that long since the class read the play as the assignment seems to be a current one. Unless maybe you didn't do it at the time and now it is a make up assignment? Also, I would imagine that if the class watched the film together (and I'd assume that because of the assignment) the class also discussed some of the differences between the film and the play.

You haven't paid attention in class, you are probably doing a long overdue makeup assignment, you want someone else to do your work for you. Pity.

Isn't this question just all too obvious? Of course, you'd have to be familiar with the play to know that.....oh, duh.....

Myrna> I think you have made your point very clearly and repeatedly starting with your very first post in this thread. I really don't see the point of coming here again and again - especially because it is obviousl that you don't want to help or reply the OP's questions.

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[Travis_R]

Am I the only one who thought the movie was actually pretty good? It had great music and a unique twist.

[Dirtbag]

Am I the only one who thought the movie was actually pretty good? It had great music and a unique twist.

It was alright. It was just very like cartoonish and flashy. Aside from that, Talk Show Host is one of my favourite Radiohead songs and Claire Danes was nice to look at... it had some pretty good qualities.

[Paulclem]

I thought it was great for showing up the difference in the 16th C play, or any play really, and how current media - films etc are presented. The stage in the 16th C was all about the words - costumes were recycled and not accurate, sets were minimal, boys were girls, but it was popular and worked really well. This was also no doubt down to the skill of the actors etc, but they needed excellent writing.

The film takes the writing - script - and places it in a modern film which uses al the visual cues and action you might normally get. I fact it is overblown right from the petrol station scene on. I found it rather overwhelming on first watch - I couldn't follow the 16th C script with the visual pyrotechnics, although I appreciated the humour of the capulet's party.

Now i can follow it, after a number of watches - my classes used to study R&J and we used this Luhrmann to contrast how Scene 5 could be presented.

I think Luhrmann may have failed to bring Shakespeare to the young with this production - the contrast in 16th and 20th C styles was too much, but it was an interesting experiment.

[Beewulf]

Am I the only one who thought the movie was actually pretty good? It had great music and a unique twist.

I liked the movie, too. I've seen the play a lot, and worked on it a couple of times as an actor and combat choreographer. My experience has been that in the theatre, there are never enough actors to properly stage the first scene or Capulet's party--two things the Luhrmann film does quite well. The opening fight at the gas station was evocative and provided a powerful visualization of how the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues is tearing Verona apart. I also liked the way Luhrmann used ethnicity, religion, and costume to make the Capulets and Montagues immediately distinct. Several of the actors were very effective in their roles, including John Leguizamo as Tybalt, Harold Perrineau as Mercutio, and Paul Sorvino as Capulet. I thought Miriam Margolyes captured the humor of The Nurse better than in any stage production I've seen. Paul Rudd's interpretation of Paris was fantastic.

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio lacked the creative imagination and verse speaking skills to play Romeo. To some extent, Claire Danes was similarly hobbled, but I was still captivated by her beauty and innocence.