This week, one day that Ms. James was gone and we had a sub, we watched the two versions of Romeo and Juliet. They were really different!
The old or original version definitely was more of what I would have expected from that time period. The new version, I have to say was not what I expected at all.
I personally liked the old version more, but I also I like older movies. I liked this one more than the other because I could follow where it was in the script. This version also helped me understand the play better, whereas in the new version I got lost and confused easily. Since the original version's costumes and settings showed more of how everything looked and how people dressed in Shakespeare's time, I think this helped in understanding the play and everything that was happening. The newer version I think almost tries to much to be modern and it all just confuses me. I didn't think that the newer version followed the script that well either. I hadn't been able to watch much of the movie before this so I don't know if this version followed the script that well earlier in the play.
I have to say that I liked Romeo better in the newer version than in the older version. But I liked Juliet in the older version more than the Juliet in the newer version.
I hope I will be here to finish the rest of the movies.
3 comments:
I liked the old version, too. At least now you don't hear static all the time like the first part of it we watched. My favorite part is when you see Mercutio with the sheet over his face. Its hilarious.
I love that scene too! Hey, did the class watch anymore of either movies on Friday? I wasn't there and I really hope I didn't miss either one. I like em both but in my opinion the new one is more entertaining.
I didn't even know that was Mercutio in the sheet, I think I had to leave really when we started it. No we didn't watch any of either movies that I know of, but I had to leave early again so I don't know if the class did after I left.
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