The opening prologue of "Gnomeo and Juliet" features a ceramic garden gnome — indeed a character in the movie itself — on a stage reading a snippet of "Romeo and Juliet," the work on which this animated film is based. He's dodging "the hook," which keeps trying to snatch him off stage. Eventually a trap door seals his fate, and the movie can begin.
Gnomeo and Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet
The opening prologue of "Gnomeo and Juliet" features a ceramic garden gnome — indeed a character in the movie itself — on a stage reading a snippet of "Romeo and Juliet," the work on which this animated film is based. He's dodging "the hook," which keeps trying to snatch him off stage. Eventually a trap door seals his fate, and the movie can begin.