Shakespeare's well-known play 'Romeo and Juliet' was modernised by Baz Luhrmann and made into a substandard film, that is relative to a modern audience. Baz has done this by changing selected setting's such as the petrol station fight, whilst also changing the costumes of the characters to be more modern and modifying the interpretation of the characters from the original play.
Baz Luhrmann has attempted to modify the play 'Romeo and Juliet' by changing selected setting's throughout the film. Early in the film viewers witness a fight between the Montague's and Capulet's, this scene has been drastically modified so the audience is able to relate to it. During the original play the fight is set in an old town square, Baz Luhrmann has changed …show more content…
In the original play, Mercutio is seen as a normal, intelligent man who is friends with Romeo and a Mercenary for his family. Whereas in the Baz Luhrmann's 'modern' interpretation, he is viewed as a crazy, unintelligent crossdresser that seems to have lost his mind. The Queen Mab scene has been ruined by the modern interpretation of Mercutio as he no longer tells a 'highly imaginative' Queen Mab speech, but instead acts like a fool and sets a mood that greatly contradicts Shakespeare's amazing poetry. This 'modernisation' creates a less relative, incomprehensible Mercutio and Queen Mab scene.
In conclusion, Baz Luhrmann has modernised Shakespeare's famous play 'Romeo and Juliet' to make it relative and understandable to a modern audience. He has done this by changing selected setting's, whilst also changing the costumes of the characters and modifying the interpretation of the characters from the original play. Although Baz Luhrmann's modernisation of Romeo and Juliet was successful in making a more relative and modern version of the play, scenes such as the Queen Mab scene and the character have been murdered in the process by Baz
Baz Luhrmann has attempted to modify the play 'Romeo and Juliet' by changing selected setting's throughout the film. Early in the film viewers witness a fight between the Montague's and Capulet's, this scene has been drastically modified so the audience is able to relate to it. During the original play the fight is set in an old town square, Baz Luhrmann has changed …show more content…
In the original play, Mercutio is seen as a normal, intelligent man who is friends with Romeo and a Mercenary for his family. Whereas in the Baz Luhrmann's 'modern' interpretation, he is viewed as a crazy, unintelligent crossdresser that seems to have lost his mind. The Queen Mab scene has been ruined by the modern interpretation of Mercutio as he no longer tells a 'highly imaginative' Queen Mab speech, but instead acts like a fool and sets a mood that greatly contradicts Shakespeare's amazing poetry. This 'modernisation' creates a less relative, incomprehensible Mercutio and Queen Mab scene.
In conclusion, Baz Luhrmann has modernised Shakespeare's famous play 'Romeo and Juliet' to make it relative and understandable to a modern audience. He has done this by changing selected setting's, whilst also changing the costumes of the characters and modifying the interpretation of the characters from the original play. Although Baz Luhrmann's modernisation of Romeo and Juliet was successful in making a more relative and modern version of the play, scenes such as the Queen Mab scene and the character have been murdered in the process by Baz