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This film is addicting in its own way...

posted 15 years ago by payback122
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Anyone else find it that way?

I watched it back to back in one day and it was lovely. Just... it's so therapeutic and has this beauty to it that really seems sort of healing.

[–] Prom_Queen_Carrie 14 years ago

yes! I rented it and had to send it back. But after it was gone I so missed it. Got it back again. Now I can watch it on Netflix's instant section. There is something about the film that is so romantic but not in an obnoxious hollywood way, in a dreamy way that sweeps you up.

"I'm f'ing busy-or vice versa" -Dorothy Parker

[–] persona_non_grata 14 years ago

Tell me about it! I watched it again the next morning after watching it for the first time. I don't want to see another Ben Whishaw movie, so he will stay John Keats for me forever.

[–] scarletminded 14 years ago

It's probably because it's very poetic and innocent vs. all the violent, overly sexual, action movies the modern age produces. :) Seldom are films made that are romantic in the strictest terms, contrast this with No String Attached and you'll see what I mean. That film will fade and this one will get more lovely with time, like a poem.

[–] zumbinis-1 14 years ago

I just stumbled across the last half our of Bright Star on cable TV yesterday. I came here to read comments about it, as I often do after viewing a film I have strong feelings or questions about.

I knew about Keats dying young, and about his love for Fanny. I'm glad to see the love became mutual, which was unclear to me when I had tried to read his poems and some of their letters within the last year or two, without getting very far.

I want to see the rest of the film, as many of your comments have been so complimentary towards it, and I have enjoyed some of Jane Campion's other works, as well as other British period dramas in recent years. I have not had a great deal of success in romantic relationships in my own life, which both draws me to films like this and drives me away from them at the same time.

Like someone else in this thread has said, "I wish I could change history." For John and Fanny. For myself. Maybe someday, I'll have a real life relationship that mirrors some of the best of theirs.

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[–] poisoivygoth 14 years ago

It's the most beautiful film i've seen, i think. And I wish I could change history.

*I wish i could change my username. I was 14 (in 2002) when that email address was made.*

[–] z_amy 14 years ago

it's so therapeutic and has this beauty to it that really seems sort of healing.

There are not too many movies I could watch over and over, but this is definitely one. There is a simplicity and grace in so many of the scenes.

[–] au-grad 14 years ago

I agree. It seemed dull at first, but then I felt almost hypnotized by it. The music and the use of light was entrancing. When it was done I restarted it from the beginning just to keep the mood going. I never read poetry, but I might stop by the library to pick up something by Keats.

Oh and I wonder where I could get some butterflies to hatch in my house or yard.