Romeo+Juliet in the modern version was amazing. It was different than Shakespeare's original play yet it still uses the old language even though most people wouldn't exactly know what everything meant without looking it up. I noticed the hate/rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets just from the first couple minutes of the movie with the street fight at the gas station. I think that was put there so people would get more into the movie. Baz Luhrmann included things like the lighting colors that people might not noticed like for when the camera is on Romeo, Mercutio, and other Montague side the background is usually yellow and red. For the Capulets it is usually blue like their car in the beginning. At the party the same thing happens when Romeo is at one side of the fish tank and Juliet is at the blue side. It symbolize how they are separated by the different houses.
I think that Romeo acted too fast in the beginning. First he was depressed about Rosaline but then one look at Juliet and then he's in love again. This is just love at first sight which I believe is really dumb because how would anyone know what someone was really like, just by their appearance. He didn't even talk to her until later on. He already began kissing her not even after 10 minutes.
Wow i didn't even realize most of the stuff you said. Good job!
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