Book cover for Glimmer ELA

 

I thought of doing the waterfall because in the book there is a waterfall and that is one of the main places. I did the back like that because I saw a few backs of books and then thought of doing it like that. I made that choice and I did not get it from anywhere else. I put the barcode on because every book has a barcode. I put young adult on the binding because it is a young adult book.

B7.2 Romeo and Juliet Movie Reflection

Romeo + Juliet

The movie was pretty good but at sometimes I didn’t like it. It was good because Leonardo DiCaprio was in it. After the party when Romeo goes over it is kind of weird because it seems like she would hear him because he was being loud. But she never did. I thought Mantua was going to be a bigger town but it is just a few little houses. On the way to the party was good because of the lighting and all that stuff. When he meets Juliet it is cool because they see each other through the glass. When Juliet is dancing with Paris it seems like he would’ve noticed that she was looking at Romeo but he never does notice. The actors were really good.

I liked the Mercutio and Tybalt death scenes. They weren’t exactly like the books but they were still good. I thought that Tybalt would’ve shot Mercutio but he stabs him with a piece of glass. Before Tybalt kills Mercutio he was beating up Romeo and then Mercutio starts beating up Tybalt. Romeo gets in between and then Tybalt stabs Mercutio. When Mercutio dies on the sand, Romeo runs to his car and Benvolio chases him. Romeo gets away and takes off. He smashes Tybalt and then shoots him and he falls into some water. It is cool when Mercutio yells there is going to be a plague onto both families because it gets windy and everyone is still standing around. It is kind of cool how they use guns instead of swords.

I didn’t like the ending because in the book he sneaks into the Capulet’s tomb but in the movie everyone knows that he is going and police are shooting at him and he is shooting back. He makes it in and then walks to her. He talks to her for a bit and then puts her ring back on her finger. Just as he is taking the poison in the movie she wakes up and goes to touch him but he gulps it down. She realizes that he is dying and then when he is dead she shoots herself in the head. In the book he takes the poison awhile before she wakes up and then when she sees him dead she kills herself.