Compare and contrast the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli version and the more recent Baz Luhrmann version.

After watching both Baz Luhrmann's and Franco Zeffirelli's versions of Shakespeare's tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet," one would not be hard pressed to find contrasting differences. Franco Zeffirelli's is set in the Renaissance era and Baz Luhrmann's in modern times. We will embark on a voyage through the anomalies in setting, costume and omission in both versions and contrast and compare the two. We will also distinguish the difference in depictions of Mercutio and Friar Lawrence …

…better is the book had been read before seeing the story. What's lost in this one is perhaps, an in-depth look at some of the characters. In Luhrmann's, we lose the language, needing pictures to translate. Each of these movies grab the book by it's neck and wring what it can from it, as to what will keep the audience there. The fight scenes and love scenes in both are what seem to be cultivated.