Gnomeo and Juliet

While researching Romeo and Juliet I remembered the kid’s movie called Gnomeo and Juliet that was based on it. As you can guess, the movie is about gnomes, but with the plot of Romeo and Juliet. I decided to see what I could find out about the similarities and differences between the play and the movie, as Gnomeo and Juliet is one of  the newest adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

According to jmunch929, there are similarities in Gnomeo and Juliet and Romeo and Juliet. Gnomeo and Juliet is set in Verona Street with two neighbours who dislike each other. Each house has it's own set of garden gnomes which are respectively coloured red or blue. When the occupants of the house leave, the gnomes come to life. The gnome sides both hate each other like the two houses. Jmunch929 also describes some differences. Tybalt's character has become a cruel and hated old man. Friar Lawrence also gets a remake, becoming almost irrelevant and playing almost no role at all! In Gnomeo and Juliet they even removed Lady Capulet and Lord Montague.

Bricastro’s website first describes one similarity between the movie and the play. Gnomeo and Juliet still fall in love at first sight and secretly meet with each other. He then describes how there are many differences. Gnomeo and Juliet the love is very childish in comparison to Romeo and Juliet. Gnomeo and Juliet also get married after the feud is over where as Romeo and Juliet get married behind their families backs. On top of that the movie contains absolutely no death, even the suicide is changed. Near the end of the movie there is an all out war and in that, Gnomeo tries to save Juliet from being hit by a lawnmower as she was glued to a castle. As he was trying to save her the lawnmower hits the castle, self-destructing. In all of the smoke the two families think Gnomeo and Juliet have been killed and end the feud, the families then discover that Gnomeo and Juliet are alive and start to celebrate.

Gnomeo and Juliet is a great kid's movie and has  good messages, funny dialogue and cute animations. Although it strays from the Romeo and Juliet story, it is still a great movie and get's most of the intended message across, even when there are characters missing. During my investigation, I found the two useful websites helpful to gain more insight on the comparison:

Compare and contrast of Romeo and Juliet and Gnomeo and Juliet By jmunch929

Compare and Contrast "Romeo and Juliet" and "Gnomeo and Juliet" By bricastro