While the famous storyline of
Romeo and Juliet makes appearances in much of modern culture, one particularly current similarity that I noticed is to the movie
Avatar, by James Cameron.
A trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVdO-cx-McA
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| A movie poster |
This movie is most directly related to Shakespeare's play in the love between the main characters, in the former case namely Jake and Neytiri, and in the latter, Romeo and Juliet. What strikes me as being additionally analogous between the two stories is the situation of conflict acting as a barrier to love. Just as how the fight between the houses of Montague and Capulet creates difficulty for the possibility of their children's love, the fight between the humans of Earth and the Na'vi of Pandora causes major problems for Jake and Neytiri's relationship.
I myself really felt strongly, in experiencing each story, the concept of love amidst a much larger hatred, and the pain and sadness that comes from the unfairness of such circumstance. It is a very deep theme, and so I understand greatly why it has lasted for so long, and why it will continue to.
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