This film modernizes the play. It replaces swords with guns, and horses with cars. It adds action to the last two acts of the play. It show the police following romeo to the church. It has a fight scene where romeo takes a hostage when he is surrounded at the church. There are even helicopters in the sky. Romeo locks the door behind him after he makes it into the church where he kills himself next to Juliet. Then Juliet takes out a gun and kills herself. Additionally, in the second balcony scene in the movie it makes it obvious that Romeo and Juliet had sex whereas in the play it did not do that. The film created a more action packed environment. The motion leading up to the death was bravery and heroicness. The play leaves the audience with sadness that Romeo and Juliet die. Yet it was not the graceful sadness which I imagined in the book. It was more of a disgraceful sadness in a way. The prince talked about the two houses in a shameful way. Although there was the image of star cross lovers, and the houses feud ending. The guns ruined the gracefulness of the play for me. There is something insincere about killing with a gun whereas killing with a sword is more heroic, especially when killing yourself. A movie shouldn't edd the the flick of a trigger, it just ruins the whole movie.