Shakespeare in Love Review

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

06. 03. 1999 (South Korea)

123 min- Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: John Madden

Writers: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow (Lady Viola) , Joseph Fiennes (Will Shakespeare) , Geoffrey Rush (Philip Henslowe)

Shakespeare in Love is a story about the greatest writer, William Shakespeare. When he moves to London and performed his plays, he had many difficulties to perform his plays. He met a beautiful lady Viola and they fell in love at first sight.

    I love this history film, so enjoy so much this film. Watching the film was helpful for me when I was in Stratford-Upon-Avon and understood him in real. My faviourte scene of the film is about performing play the Romeo and Juliet. Through this scene, I can feel performers’ feeling and see the backstage and how the play works. Above all, their pure lover cannot be together at last. It is very sad and beautiful.     

West Side Story Riview

West Side Story (1961)

23.12.1961(japan)

152min- Crime, Drama, Musical

Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

Writers: Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Arthur Laurents (book),

Stars: Natalie Wood (Maria), George Charkiris (Bernardo), Richard Beymer (Tony)

  West Side Story (1961) is based on a William Shakespeare’s play which is called Romeo and Juliet.

It is a story about an American boy, Tony, falls in love with a Puerto Rican girl, Maria. They have a conflict to have the power in the West Side in New York.

  I love to watch the film in ways of directors screen methods. In the first of scene, he uses the red colour and only music with flat image to increase viewers interest into the film. And the technique of singing makes me as if I were in the theatre. My favourite scene is the wedding part of Tony and Maria. They look bright and lovely, and I feel I want to marry ,too. This film is difficult for me to understand how the director uses screen tools ,but it is deserve to watch and enjoy the whole time of the film.  

Romeo +Juliet Essay

Are They Truly Happy for Their Choice?

           The film Romeo + Juliet (1996) is a love story of a young couple who have a family conflict. The director makes this original play Romeo and Juliet in modern ways. Marriage has been important from the past until now. It is the same with the young couple in Verona though they fell in love at the first sight. I want to talk about a symbol for their marriage of love and tragedy.

           Marriage is a symbol for love. At the party of Capulet, they fall in love at first sight, and that night, they swear their true love for god’s words even though their love is difficult and fragile. Music also represents for happiness and love with gentle, sweet music. At the scene of swear of their love in the pool at Capulet’s, the director uses sweet music to develop their feeling of love. In another scene of marriage in the church, a choir implies for true love using lyrics. A wedding costume also implies their true love using a white wedding dress and loads of candles. Love can overcome everything and cannot break true love. Juliet forgives Romeo’s murder of Tybalt and show the greatness of love.

           Marriage is a symbol for a tragedy. Their marriage is a tragedy because of Romeo’s immature behaviour. Protecting their love, they finish their lives by taking a poison and using a gun. Setting by loads of the cross in the church seems to be in the cemetery, so it implies they are in the place of death. Also using music like a requiem emphasises their broken marriage by death.

           Marriage is the most precious thing in your life, but it could be a tragedy at the same time. Marriage presents everything that people can feel all like happiness, sadness, angriness, and so on. Their love is immature and fragile, so they are finally dead for love. However, the passion of love is the strongest to protect and show the love they have. In this film, marriage is not always happy. You sometimes have to go through the dificulties and conflicts in your life. However, marriage is virtuous. You can make a happy life with your love.

References:

Luhrmann, Baz, dir. Romeo+ Juliet. Perfs. Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes. 1996. Twentieht Century Fox Flim Corporation.

“Romeo + Juliet (1996)”. Internet Movie Database. 19 Mar. 2011.

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