Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Romeo and Juliet: the Movies.


I like both the old movie and the new.


The Old: the old movie is very interesting and makes a lot more since than the new one. In the old one it is based on the story and that is it. It is not confusing, but it is somewhat boring.

The New: the new movie is very entertaining. I like this one a lot because it is modern (except the speaking) and we can relate. The man who directs this movie is the director of Moulin Rouge. In that movie it reminds me of Romeo and Juliet in a lot of ways. In Moulin Rouge the couple Christian and Satine must hide their love from everyone who works at the Moulin Rouge because they can't fall in love. At the end Satine dies of a deadly disease and before she dies she asks Christian to write a story of their love. It takes place in France in 1899. This is a lot like Romeo and Juliet so I found it somewhat interesting whenever I made the connection. And when he made the movie Romeo and Juliet he used a lot of modern music which is like what he did in Moulin Rouge.