Tybalt: the perfect bad guy...

"…talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell…" I believe this is one of the sentences that best describe the character I am going to talk about: Tybalt, Juliet's hateful cousin who is always angry and hates Montagues with all his heart, a man who will never stop or hesitate until he gets what he wants. I would like to talk about him because in my opinion he is one of the main characters who is best represented in the movie. Even though the setting of the movie changes I think the essence of the character is the same, making a very interesting character who is willing to kill everyone who gets in his way.

First of all, I think it's very important to mention the fact that the whole movie uses the original dialogue from Shakespeare's masterpiece; this makes the movie really boring in some parts, but I think that this can also be taken as a good point because in some moments the dialogue makes you understand the true feelings of the characters, for example, Tybalt, who in every dialogue talks about how much he hates love, peace and Montagues. It is good because it makes the history even more dramatic and the characters can show what they think in a very clear way. Even though, they are some problems, because some dialogues refer to things that make you think you are in the XVI century, for example, when they are fighting and they mention swords, when they are referring to guns. It was a good idea to keep the original dialogues, but maybe they should had changed just some of them to make the movie more interesting.

One of the main reasons that I like this character is because Tybalt is the most archetypical bad guy from every movie; the way he walks, the way he is dressed, the way he talks, even the way he looks at his enemies… everything. He is the archetypical bad guy who will be causing trouble the whole movie. Tybalt is trying to kill Romeo since the time he discovers Romeo is at the party were he meets Juliet, after that, he kills Romeo's best friend Mercutio. He never has mercy of anybody or anything, many times this kind of characters are very selfish and hedonist, and this is just the case. Every single action of this character is to make something bad or evil, he never has a feeling related to love or peace, the only thing he thinks about is war, death, revenge and killing Romeo. His is always angry, even if he has no problems or he is in a party, were he should be having fun, he just thinks about bad things.

Finally, the way he looks like is just perfect, since the first time you watch this guy you know his is the bad one. Maybe he doesn't looks like the Tybalt many people imagine when reading the original play, but when you look at John Leguizamo dressed like a gangster and with a huge gun and a funny haircut, you understand that you can't trust this guy. As I said before, his attitude is the perfect one, and even if you haven't read Romeo and Juliet, you can understand that Tybalt hates Romeo and his family and that he is ready to do anything to destroy them. The characterisation is really well-done and despite some exceptions it is the same person of the book. He is always dressed with formal suites (dark colors) which gives him a more serious appearance, in the other hand, the Montagues are always dressed very casual, like if they were going to the beach or to a party. 

In my opinion, I think the movie is really bad, even though they tried to adapt the original play into the movie by saying exactly the same, the change of setting really affected the movie. They tried to make an action movie from a tragedy, and it looks ridiculous, in some parts it even seems a parody. Even though, they achieve to remain the essence of most of the characters and in my opinion they did a great work with Tybalt, because he is the archetypical bad guy, the way he express his feelings and the way he looks like.