In reality, there are a lot of remakes of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but none of them are quite like Kelly Asbury’s Gnomeo and Juliet. The name itself is pretty bizarre. Gnomeo and Juliet takes the audience on a rollercoaster of different emotions: hatred, hope, happiness, pity, and even anger. Gnomeo and Juliet is very different from the original, but somehow they are still very similar in character’s traits, the fight between the families, and the theme areas.
For one thing, Gnomeo and Juliet and Romeo and Juliet have very similar and different characters. A major difference noticed in the first 15 minutes of the movie was that almost all of the characters were very antagonistic. For example, in the original, Benvolio is a
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The fierceness of their fight was also shown when Mercutio died and Tybalt died. On the other hand, the movies’ feud was very real, and the families were constantly fighting with hardly any stopping. In both the movie and the original, the feud was resolved by the two families realizing, through the death of their children, that their feud was pointless and caused them a lot of pain and suffering. The feud cost them the lives of other family member: Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, and Lady Montague, or friends, like Mercutio. Something that was surprising was that Tybalt still died in the movie. They kept his death, even though it’s a kid’s movie, because his death served an important role in bringing the movie to the main fight, the climax. If they had not kept his death, the Red family (the Capulets) would’ve never gotten angry and kicked Gnomeo onto the street causing him to be “banished”. He didn’t come home until the main fight, which happened because the Blue’s (the Montagues) wanted revenge for “killing” (that’s what they thought had happened) Gnomeo. In summary, if Tybalt had not been killed, they would not have been lead to the climax and then resolution. If they hadn’t done that then they could have kept fighting and kept their feud
Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was one of the biggest love story of all time. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets and the Montague had a big fight that made the families very angry at each other. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. The two couple marry and run away. In the process both of them will die. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet who are the top three people that caused the two to die. The two people that are chosen are Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet. Friar was chosen because he is the one that married Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet was chosen because she is forcing Juliet to marry Paris which is making Juliet want Romeo even more. The third thing
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers who have to risk their lives in order to demonstrate their love and will to stay together, regardless the feud between their families. By the end, the death of Romeo and Juliet finally bring the reconciliation to these two families. It is fate that the two most shall-not meet people fall in love and it love that eventually won against hatred. Since then, there have been many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, whether it was for film, stage, musicals. These different recontextualised adaptions change the original play by many ways, some modernise the language, environment, props as well as changing the original characteristics of some characters. Out of all the different adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, two stood out the most. One was the Romeo and Juliet (1996) and directed by Baz Luhrmann and the other one was Romeo and Juliet Broadway (2013) play version,
A Comparison of the Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet I have been studying the prologue to 'Romeo and Juliet' written by the
“It is sad but so many tragedies can be avoided, if we extend a little bit of love to one another,” (Lailah Gifty Akita). In retrospect, many people can relate to this quote. Perhaps one can relate to this on a personal level. There are similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet and The Notebook.
One of the most celebrated plays in history, “Romeo and Juliet”, was written by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century. It is a story about two lovers that have to meet in secret because of an ongoing family feud. Tragically, because of their forbidden love Romeo and Juliet take their lives so they can be together. In 1997, a movie was adapted from the play “Romeo and Juliet”, directed by Baz Lurhmann. However, as alike as the movie and the play are, they are also relatively different.
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 movie Gnomeo and Juliet (directed by Kelly Asbury) is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. It tells the tale of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet come from two different families with extreme hatred towards one another, both characters fall in love with each other at first sight, and both characters sneak around to see each other.
The Major Differences Between Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet The major differences between the two movies Romeo and Juliet who were
“I told you so,” said the Shakespeare statue in Gnomeo and Juliet after a lawnmower crushed the main characters. He was referring to how the two lovers were going to die, but it turns out that they didn’t! That’s just one example of how different the setting, characters, and plot events are, in Disney and Rocket Pictures’ Gnomeo and Juliet compared to Shakespeare’s classic, Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet is about purity. That´s what Romeo and Juliet are, a story of two young teenagers, against odds, falling in love in an absolutely beautiful way. The 1996 version ruins this purity by having the two lovers die in front of each other. It takes away the feel of originality. The play didn't need extra drama, and neither should the movies. The story line involves, the non adulation of two rebellious youth who decided to fall into a perfect world. Their death is suppose to be a tragic tale, in which fate killed them. This story doesn't need the excess drama of Romeo and Juliet dying in each other's
The movie then continues with the camera focussed on two towers labelled ‘Montague’ and ‘Capulet’ throwing shade at the audience. Romeo had unrequited love for Rosaline, who is mentioned, but doesn’t appear in the movie or the original script. But those feelings are dead the second he sees Juliet. Although the young make some pretty irresponsible decisions, the movie deviates from the stereotype that the young are stupid, and the old are wise. For instance, THE ENTIRE FOUNDATION OF THE STORY – the feud between two families.
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.
Romeo is angry and in need of revenge, which creates an intense fight between Tybalt and Romeo. Romeo wins this battle, killing Tybalt. He leaves in a hurry, only to discover that he would be banished from Verona. The death of Tybalt is absolutely devastating for Juliet. Her cousin was murdered by her husband.
In the 1996 version with DiCaprio, Romeo wore hawaiian like shirts and such. Another similarity between these two versions of Romeo and Juliet is the acting skills. In both versions, there was very good acting while in the other one, the acting wasn’t so great. This may just have to do with the fact that both of these movies are more recent, so our ideas of good acting have changed. Another similarity between these two interpretations is that they are both interracial.
The movie adds a musical twist to the original Romeo and Juliet, which gives the story a lighter look than the original. Instead of bloody fights, the movie puts in dance and singing scenes. The characters are also different because some of them are in relationships, while others even completely change their roles. For example, Bernardo is Maria’s brother in the story, while in the original play Tybalt plays her cousin. The nurse is also not in a relationship with anyone, while Anita is in a relationship with Bernardo and that fact drastically changes the storyline.