Differences From The Play
- All of the characters are sea animals.
- Romeo and Juliet both only have fathers.
- Juliet is the first of the two lovers to be seen in the film.
- Tybalt and Count Paris are absent from the film. Instead, their roles are done by the Prince, who also filled the role of Prince Escalus.
- No thumbs are bitten, or even present.
- Mercutio and Benvolio are Romeo's only companions in the movie.
- Juliet's Nurse is absent from the movie.
- Juliet is the first girl that Romeo falls in love with.
- Romeo knows from the start that Juliet is a Capulet.
- Romeo and Juliet are seals instead of humans.
- Instead of a balcony, Juliet sits on top of a hill by a tree.
- No one dies in the movie.
- Romeo also becomes a victim of Friar Lawrence's potion.
- The families become aware of their children's relationship during the fight scene and not at the end.
- The Prince himself wants to marry Juliet. At the end, he finds another love who is his own species.
- At the party, the Capulets remain unaware of Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio's identities until they all go into the water.
- During the tree scene, Juliet's father calls to her, as she does not have a nurse.
- Romeo and Juliet sing a song together and do not talk during the tree scene.
- Mercutio is a Montague, as in the play he is neither Capulet nor Montague.
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