Romeo and Juliet's balcony scenes that are either really funny/romantic/creepy/???

Balcony scenes.

There's a ton of them and boy do they like getting creative.

1. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

This one is actually really nicely done. I'm not a huge fan of Romeo and Juliet, and the text version of this helped cement that. I mean, you meet a girl and a few hours later you're trying to scale her house to see her. Dude, you like don't even know her birthday.

Regardless, this one handles it pretty well, with Romeo awkwardly scaling some vines near a pool and then shadowing the oblivious Juliet, making for a humorous scene to start and still have it come out romantic. I literally don't know anyone who hasn't at least cracked a tiny smile at Leonardo DiCaprio hovering over Clare Danes as she speaks to nobody about how circumstances cause painful love.

Visually, the pool provides an analogy of rebirth as they both fall in, willing to denounce their names for the sake of love. The motif of water in its entirety (so far) has been mostly to show the viewers how it brings about a purity between the two, whether it be pure love or pure clarity.

This one's pretty good.

2. Romeo & Juliet (1968)

This opens up with Romeo being kinda creepy as he tries to stealthily make his way through the Capulet grounds, spying upon the unknowing Juliet who stands on a...ramp or something?

(I think his speech about Juliet and astrology is kinda weird, I mean you combine his expression with "I wish I were a glove so I could touch her cheek," and I don't know, I just get uncomfortable about that.)

Juliet then loudly proclaims her love to the air and he's all like "SHE SPEAKS!" and then gets closer and we hear her talk about "What's in a name?" which is actually a pretty good speech that gets cut off by him running up and yelling "I WON'T BE ROMEO!" And she has a natural reaction at first but then turns around and realizes it's Romeo.

I just...I don't really like this one too much. Romeo really comes off as just a "stupid teenager in love" and it just feels like there's a big disconnect between the pair. The scene doesn't really show them as a pair, just two disjointed people who speak of each other at a distance that lends itself very well to jump cuts every time it's their turn to talk.

Not a huge fan.

3. The Royal Shakespeare Company

Now this is a very expressive Romeo, he's really good at projection and showing emotion without it getting obnoxious.

Juliet seems just like a statue at the start. Maybe its for the audience to be forced to have Romeo's perspective. Pretty cool. Although Juliet seems much older than she should be.

I like the way they talk, it has a good rhythm.

Juliet seems pretty aggressive when Romeo first reveals himself. It was loud enough to make me flinch.

Suddenly she transforms into like this sorta "Ooh it's Romeo time to be flirty." That was way too sudden.

There's not really a lot to say about this, honestly. The lack of music/visual/sound effects really stands out, and it makes the entire thing hinge on the actors.

4. Gnomeo & Juliet

I'm a sucker for Disney.

Also Juliet's comment about "Why do you have to wear a blue hat? Why can't it be red [...] or green [...] or purple..." Was pretty funny.

I like how a lot of the fluff from the balcony scene is toned down into a pretty digestible manner. We don't really need to listen to Romeo Gnomeo talk about how he uh, wishes he was the paint on her porclain or whatever. Plus Juliet's really straightforwards and just says what Shakespeare wrote, but in more understandable language.

I haven't seen the movie in years so I have no idea what that ending was about, but it was pretty cute. Maybe that was the movie's way of depicting how they're forced to part for the night?

It's not bad.