Romeo and Juliet

This is American film made in 1996. The film is a modernization of Shakespeare’s play and a modern work.

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Romeo is a Montague and loves Juliet who is a Capulet. Both the Montagues and Capulets don’t like each other. Romeo thinks about Juliet every day and his friends cheer his love.
One day the party of Capulets was held. Romeo went to the party to meet Juliet. They fell in love even though Juliet dances with Paris. When Romeo returns home, he wants to meet Juliet, so he goes outside of her room. Romeo is going to marry Juliet and he asked Lawrence to hold a wedding ceremony. They finally got married.
But Tybalt doesn’t forgive Romeo and Tybalt calls on Romeo but he isn’t here. Mercutio fight with Tybalt and Tybalt kills Mercutio. Romeo then kills Tybalt. And Captain Escalus Prince banishes Romeo from there. Juliet is very sad and thinks about him every day. However Juliet’s father orders her to marry Paris but Juliet doesn’t want to marry him. Juliet’s father says that the marriage ceremony will be held soon and Juliet’s mother doesn’t help her.
Juliet goes to meet Lawrence. Lawrence advises her to drink a temporary poison. It’s a poison that makes one sleep just like when one dies. So Juliet drinks it and fall sleep. However, the letter which explains about poison doesn’t reach Romeo, so he goes to church where she sleeps. When Romeo reaches church, Juliet isn’t awake yet, so Romeo drinks a poison and he dies. After that Juliet awakes and she is surprises to find Romeo is dead. And Juliet is sad and kills herself by using Romeo’s gun. After all, Montague and Capulet are reconciled by Romeo and Juliet’s love.


When I watched this movie, I thought that it is a heartrending sorrow. Both Romeo and Juliet love each other but they had to die. It’s so sad. But this movie is modern work, so I thought that it watch easily. I want to watch the old version.338