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Comparing West Side Story And Moonrise Kingdom

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West Side Story and Moonrise Kingdom are two movies that were both heavily influenced by William Shakespeare’s movie (Romeo and Juliet). While the two films are similar in terms of the general plot and character rolls, West Side Story sought to present the story in a more relevant context while Moonrise Kingdom produced a story in a very unique way.
West Side Story, which came out in 1961, makes several adaptations to the original play to make it more relevant and relatable. This story takes place in New York City around the time the film was released. Instead of starring at Romeo and Juliet from clashing families, the movie has Tony and Maria, affiliated with rival gangs. Tony is a member of the Jets, formed of gangsters born in the United States. Maria’s older brother is the leader of the Sharks, a group of Puerto Ricans.
The hostility between the Jets and Sharks are operated by territory disputes. …show more content…

This story takes place on the fictions New England island of New Penzance. Where we meet our two main characters, a 12 year old orphan named Sam Shakusky attending to a Scout summer camp called the Khaki Scouts and Suzy Bishop, also 12 years old living on this island with her parents, Laura and Walt. Moreover Moonrise Kingdom focuses on the forbidden love story of this two characters during this whole film.
Sam and Suzy are both very intelligent and mature for their age, they met during a summer in 1964 during a show in a church and maintained their relationship along the whole movie participating in writing each other letters. Not only but also their relationship became more romantic over the course of this movie, both of them made a pact of reuniting themselves and running away together with the goal of reaching a quiet cove on the island they are in. However they were apprehended on this act and separated by Suzy parents Captain Duffy Sharp, and Sam’s pears the Khaki

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