To envision a modern day movie from a play that was made over 400 years ago is a very hard task. But with Baz Luhrman's unique style of directing he has pushed the boundaries of what you can do creatively in a movie.
The Setting: I thought that he discovered a exquisite way of finding the right setting for each scene. He creates the perfect effects on to each person's emotions and helps you follow the story with plenty connections to modern day society. Also in the beginning of the movie all of the beach scenes was when a hurricane hit the golf of Mexico causing the sky to look so dark and scary when Mercutio ends up being killed. Lastly Baz Luhrman finds out new ways to shape images that are filmed throughout the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
I can't go on without saying how define he mad each character be! You could really tell what each characters purpose was and what the characters felt throughout the entire movie. Also Baz Luhrman made each shot of when Romeo and Juliet where together he made everything focused around them! Which was a very good way of describing there love. Very focused in on each other.
Baz Luhrman brought reinventing Shakespeare to a totally different level! It just goes to show that something that is redone isn't always worst than the original and in this case Baz Luhrman's version in my opinion is better than Shakespeare!
