ROMEO AND JULIET Romeo and Juliet is a play by Shakespeare. It was written about 400 years ago. The play is about "two star crossed lovers" one Romeo Montaque and the other Juliet Capulet .There is a problem with this their familles are rivals. Baz luthran made an adaptation of this play, he made it more up to date by using the following affects. Sounds and music, The sound and music creates great effects on important …showed first 75 words of 570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 570 total…the thrust" it is Italian. The film would have been a hit to the teenage girls because of romance but there still was a bit of action for the boys , I don't think it would have of appealed to the older audience. Overall I think that Baz luhrmann adaptation of Romeo and Julliet was a great success , he did a great job of making it more up to date and appealing to the younger audience.