#WHY WASNT PARIS DEATH IN THE ROMEO AND JULIET MOVIES MOVIE#
While Carlei’s version is perhaps easier to follow because it is much more traditional (in terms of setting, costumes etc) to what you would expect a Shakespeare movie to look like.
Two Veronas, two rival households, two different versions of the same tragic love story attempting to tug at audiences’ heartstrings. Danes as Juliet states to a dying DiCaprio “I’ll kiss thy lips lest some poison yet to hang on them,” while Steinfeld expresses “Just one kiss, in case some poison lingers on your lips” over Booth’s freshly dead Romeo. The only part of Juliet’s speech that both adaptations utilize are “I will kiss thy lips./Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,” (Shakespeare, V.III.164-165) though both change the wording. The 2013 version included the arrival of Friar Laurence and his discussion with Juliet, while the 1996 version again kept the moment focused on the main characters. While it’s understandable that she had just awakened from a drug-induced sleep, it makes you wonder if Romeo might have been saved if she said something when she woke up, instead of just staring at him while he drinks the poison.īoth scenes end on shots of the two dead lovers on the altar bed, after Steinfeld’s traditional Juliet stabs herself, and Danes’ shoots herself with Romeo’s gun. For example, in both versions there are close up shots of Juliet’s eyes opening while Romeo is starting to drink the poison. There are instances where you can tell that the 2013 Romeo and Juliet may have taken inspiration from the preceding version. Peek-a-Boo! But why wouldn’t you say something, Juliet…? Had Luhrmann stuck to a much more true to the original adaptation, the movie might have been a lot more successful and respected. The latter’s performances falter during the tragic scene, their supposed suffering seeming shallow and artificial compared to what would be expected for lovers that lost each other. The controversial 1996 adaptation, in spite of its change of setting, harbours much better acting, especially on the part of DiCaprio as Romeo and Danes as Juliet, who deliver much more heartfelt performances than Steinfeld and Booth. Carlo Carlei’s 2013 versions, staring Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth is set (and filmed in part, according to the movie’s IMDB page) in Verona, Italy. The Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 adaptation of the play, staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, presents a modern day adaptation of the play, being set in present day (at the time) Verona Beach in the United States.
The scene starts with Romeo killing Paris and ends after Juliet has killed herself. The deaths originally occur in Shakespeare’s play in V.III.72-170. The infamous, tragic deaths of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers Romeo of Montague and Juliet Capulet have been capturing the hearts of audiences of many centuries, eliciting fairly high-budget adaptations even in the 1990’s and 2000’s.
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