Romeo and Juliet
...e in Europe, whereas Luhrman’s began at an United States gas station. Luhrmann’s movie started out fast paced, loud and exciting which immediately drew the audience in. The setting of modern time allowed me to better relate to the characters; although the wonderful and extravagant costumes in Zeffirelli’s film were beautiful. In the beginning scenes of Luhrman’s version we first meet our families. The Montague’s seem like typical American kids having fun with music and wise cracks. Then we meet the Capulet’s who seem classier and more serious. This was a great way to show the differences in personality of the two families. In Zefferelli’s film the only obvious difference was their attire colors; the Capulet's wore black and blue and the Montague’s wore yellow and red. The music used in Luhrman’s film was music that I am familiar with therefore; it helped me set the mood for each scene. The soft music set the tone for romantic love and the action scenes seems more intense and energizing with the music. In the scene where Romeo returned to Juliet from Mantua, the use of policemen, marksmen and helicopters showed the true significance of a banishment order and what a risk Romeo took by coming back to town. Feuding between the families was more evident in Luhrmann’s film with the frantic people, use of guns and shouting to demonstrate anger. Even though the original Shakespeare film words were changed very little in Luhrmann’s version the use of facial expression and changes in tone by the actors made the script very understandable to an audience of today’s generation. Shakespeare would have preferred the fight scene with Tybalt and Romeo in Luhrman’s version. The action is intense as Romeo crashes his car into Tybalt's car. They make their way out of the wreckage and rain starts pouring down. Romeo gets a hold of Tybalt’s gun and purposefully shoots Tybalt with sheer anger for the killing his best friend Mercutio. Although Zefferelli’s had the same outcome, the killing of Tybalt seemed accide...