Romeo and Juliet at "3 metros sobre el cielo"

Hi everybody!

I probably shouldn’t be writing about Romeo and Juliet; because the deadline was yesterday (I’m really sorry). But it was until now that I watched this “romantic” movie called Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo.

I am pretty sure you're wondering what this movie has to do with William Shakespeare’s play.  Surprisingly enough, 21st century romantic movies share most of the elements, symbols and imagery that are  present in some plays written by Shakespeare.

When watching Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo,  it's possible to young Hugo (leading character) who belongs to a rich family, just like Romeo. The first time we see Hugo, we realize that his feeling are a mixed of hatred and sadness and alike Rome he es associated with "darkness". 

Hugo and his friends decide to crash the party of another wealthy family, "invade" the house, and it’s there where he meets young Baby, just like in Romeo and Juliet. 

In the party, Baby is wearing a white dress, which comes to represent purity and coyness. It’s also posibble to see the water imagery, showing transparency in twhat is going to become their “love”.

There are many more examples that make me think of a sort of adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. We see Hugos’ best friend dying, just like Mercutio, as well as the opposition of certain family members to the main character's relationship. 

Some other aspects, up to a certain point, do resemble Hamlet. For example, Hugo is called “H” which might be an allusion to Hamlet himself. Hugo saw his mother cheating on his father, which is the origin of him being a rebel and mad at everybody. 

Well this is more or less what I got from the movie, and maybe I got it all wrong, and making this sort of connections is just craziness, but I do see that some intertextuality is present here, and it's just interesting to see that today's “entertainment” mirrors in certain ways that of Shakespeare’s society. Maybe, we are not too different from the man of the 1500's. After all, our lives still revolve around some of the same issues. 

One last thing, my dear classmates, do not discard movies just because. If close attention is paid to little details, great analysis can be made. Besides it's always fun to mix some pop-culture with Classics. So give it a try and see how raising media awareness might be helpful for dealing with topics like this 

Thanks for reading!

Ya’ll have a good one =)

P.S. If you don't like the movie feel free to post!