"Romeo and Juliet" -a compare/contrast essay comparing the balcony scenes in the movie productions of Baz Luhrman and Franco Zeffirelli

Compare/contrast: Balcony Scene There are many things that make the balcony scenes in both the Franco Zeffirelli and the Baz Luhrmann productions so prolific. First, in the Zeffirelli production (1968), the setting was at evening with Romeo behind an overgrown garden and Juliet upstairs in what appeared to be an old hillside stone villa. This setting worked for me because the scene showed the reality that the other movie lacked. In this particular scene I …

…both scenes turned out to be very different, but had the same objective: to emphasize the affection that the two star-crossed lovers felt for each other. All four actors showed a fine performance each in their own ways by keeping the same intentions in mind. Although both scenes seemed as if they were completely opposite, they both portrayed the same great quality that this scene needed to be successful, and overall, they were both triumphant.