Movie 3

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a too famous story all over the world. It was written by dramatist, William Shakespeare more than four hundreds years ago. It’s famous as a tragedy. It has been played by many actors. A movie, Romeo and Juliet which I watched this time, Romeo was played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliet was played by Claire Danes. It was released by 20th Century Fox in 1996, directed by Buz Luhrmann.

Romeo and Juliet fall in love each other at a party. The love is forbidden. Romeo is the house of Montague, Juliet is the house of Capulet. It is an enemy between the Montague and the Caplet. Juliet is pushed to marry the house of Capulet, Paris by her parents. Romeo’s friend, Mercutio is killed by Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Romeo swears vengeance on Tybalt, and Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo is sent into exile by the crime. Friar Lawrence tries to join Romeo and Juliet, so tries to reconcile the Montague and the Caplet. He offers Juliet a drug, which will be in suspended animation briefly. She takes it. People have the mistaken idea that Juliet is dead, and then she is laid in the Caplet’s crypt. While she is sleeping, Friar Lawrence sends a letter of the plan to Romeo, but Romeo doesn’t receive by an accident unfortunately. Romeo who knows Juliet’s death goes to the crypt, so he kills himself by taking poison next to Juliet. Juliet who wakes out of sleep sees Romeo who is dead, so she shoots herself with a gun. After that, the Montague and the Capulet regret their shameful struggle.

I have watched a movie, Romeo and Juliet which was released in 1968. In the movie, Romeo was played by Leonarl Whiting, Juliet was played by Olivia Hussey. Compared with DiCaprio version and Whiting version, DiCaprio version is modernized. For example, some characters wear aloha shirts, high-rise buildings stand not castles and duels are performed with guns not swords. Lines are almost same.

In the story, we can also here many romantic words. A beautiful love is described in. The story is a very tragic ending. I thought that a struggle lead all to a tragedy. The Montague and the Capulet had to realize their error as soon as possible.