Romeo and Juliet are about two families in Verona, Capulet’s and Montague’s have been having a feud for a couple of years. Then one day the Capulet’s are throwing a party and Romeo from the Montague's and a couple of friends decide to crash the party. And at the party Romeo meets the love of his life Juliet, then he falls in love with her and after a few words of talking Juliet falls in love with him also. They get secretly married by Romeo's father figure Friar Lawrence, with Juliet's mother figure the Nurse. Then one day a duel breaks out between Juliet's cousin Tybalt and Mercutio. Mercutio ends up losing and dies. Then Romeo got upset and killed Tybalt. And Romeo's punishment by the Prince of Verona is that Romeo is banished from Verona. Then since Juliet's father Capulet didn't know about Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage he arranged her to marry Count Paris. In order for Juliet not to marry Paris and to stay faithful to Romeo Friar Lawrence made her a poison which made her dead for a couple of hours. Friar Lawrence plans to inform Romeo of the plan so that he can pick Juliet up after her burial and escape with her when she recovers from the poison, but the news of Juliet's death reaches Romeo before the Friar's letter. In sadness Romeo drinks a poison and kills himself by Juliet’s side in her tomb. Afterwards Juliet wakes up a little while after Romeo kills himself and stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. After both families find them dead they settle their feud.
The things I liked about the movie were the good actor's. You could tell that Romeo and Juliet were in love. But were afraid of loving each other. Like during the Balcony scene Juliet seemed a bit nervous but Romeo didn’t care he wanted Juliet. You can also tell how strongly Capulet’s and Montague’s didn't like each other. I thought the character that played Tybalt Michael York did an amazing job showing that he didn't like Montague's like at the Capulet's party and Tybalt saw Romeo and he was getting really pissed off about seeing Romeo there, and he really wanted him out of the party.
One of the things I payed attention to in the movie was how the play was different from the movie. I followed along ehile watching.The movie was different from the book in a couple of ways; they didn't show that much stuff that the actual play had. They switched a lot of stuff around in the play and in the movie. Some examples; immediately following the fight between Romeo and Tybalt (and Romeo's quick exit), both house lords and ladies and the Prince arrive on the fight scene. But in the movie after that scene is Juliet and the Nurse's grieving, the scene is instead shifted to the steps of the prince's palace. Another example is when Juliet's arranged marriage to Count Paris is scheduled for a Thursday, but after Juliet's "repentance", an overjoyed Lord Capulet moves the wedding day up to Wednesday. In the movie the day doesn’t change. Another example is when Juliet has a lengthy speech, before drinking the sleeping potion. But in the movie Juliet has one line that says ,"Love give me strength" before drinking the potion. Another example is in the play Friar John cannot get Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo because he finds himself thwarted by quarantine, in the movie and instead returns the letter to Friar Laurence. Balthasar, galloping on horseback to tell Romeo of Juliet's "death", passes the unhurried messenger on the road. Later on, as Romeo and Balthasar ride back to Verona, they pass by the messenger, who is fixing the cargo on his donkey. Also they don’t give Friar John a name in the movie. And he has no line.
Another one is in the play after hearing of Juliet's "death", Romeo buys a vial of poison from a apothecary before riding back to Verona. But in the movie the scene was eliminated and was replaced by Balthasar and Romeo riding to Capulet’s' tomb; though it is daylight as they ride back to Verona, its night when they arrive. Where Romeo got the poison from isn’t clear in the movie. Another example is at the entrance to Capulet's tomb following Juliet's funeral ceremony, Romeo is intercepted by Count Paris, who tries to arrest the Romeo, but Romeo draws on Paris and kills him. But in the movie the scene didn’t even exist. Another example is near the end, following Romeo's and Juliet's suicides, Friar Lawrence was arrested and brought back to the tomb by the Prince's Watchmen, and then he reveals to the Prince, both Lords and Lady Capulet the truth of Romeo and Juliet's clandestine wedding and his other plans. The Friar is not seen or heard from again after fleeing in terror from the tomb, and the news of the secret marriage is never shown in the film, though both houses automatically know about Romeo and Juliet's marriage by the time of the double funeral.
Another example is in the play in the tomb, we learn through Lord Montague that his wife died of a broken heart upon learning of her son Romeo's banishment. But in the movie Lady Montague is still alive in the final scene at the church. The last example is that the play end’s in the Capulet’s tomb when they realize that their feud has gone on for too long. The final scene (the double funeral) unfolds at the steps to Verona's church. After the Prince’s talk of both families, they exit, without reconciliation by the two fathers. The way they show the families stop fighting is when they go into the church side by side.
the entire movie was great. J
nice to see you really did some reasearchy on the old time classic romeo & juliet.
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