Love With Your Heart Not Your Eyes

The adaption of Romeo and Juliet that I picked was, "Warm Bodies." This was directed by Jonathan Levine, and the movie came out in 2013. It took place in a land where zombies took over and the man couldn't love the girl. The girl was not a zombie but the boy was. They fell in love when they couldn't. The girls father was the lead of the zombie hunters and would never accept the fact that they were in love. He would be angry just as Romeo and Juliet's father would be. This love was considered to never be able to work, because it wasn't allowed. Not only that but it seemed unreasonable and wrong. A zombie could never love a human and they could never live in harmony. Just as a Capulet could never love a Montague. They would always have a family feud that would lead to death every time they came in contact with each other. Romeo and Juliet were not allowed to love each other, because of the differences among their families and their parents hatred towards each other.
     The language in this movie was modern and the set was modern times too. It was designed to show what modern day society would look like after zombies took over. It was depicting and old run down society where the zombies lived in. the building were buildings you would see in everyday life, one major building giving this away was the mall. One scene took place here and there was clothing stores, changing room, mirrors, etc. Modern day technology, it looked like the 21st century just run down. This is unlike when the actual play of Romeo and Juliet was taking place in old times. Which had castles and other buildings that are not like modern day society. Romeo and Juliet was more fancy because of the times it was taking place in. It was defiantly more classy and set up in the play of Romeo and Juliet then "Warm Bodies."
I enjoyed this screenplay, because it made a very modern and fictional adaptation to Romeo and Juliet. I never thought to relate this movie to Romeo and Juliet to "Warm Bodies", but they do have many similarities. The main theme of forbidden love. After re-watching "Warm Bodies," I was able to understand the concept of Romeo and Juliet better. Although, "Warm Bodies," was a a lot more fictional then Romeo and Juliet, they both hold similar concepts. They still had many of the same scenes including the balcony scenes. Also, I realized the characters names were similar, for example, the boy's name was R and the girls name was Julie. There are many other names that are similar too. "Warm Bodies" put a fun and upbeat twist to Romeo and Juliet, that people can understand and translate into relatable language.
     "Warm Bodies," although was a great adaptation was cheesy. The idea of a zombie loving a human is unrealistic because zombies don't excuse. So, it is in relatable in that way. No one can relate to loving a zombie, although just like Romeo and Juliet, they can relate to this idea of young love. Or love that is not allowed because your parents won't let it. Many people can relate to the concepts that both Romeo and Juliet had. "Warm Bodies," and Romeo Juliet have a lot in common.

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http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/