love, love, love...

Rylan 2022-04-20 09:01:13

Love stories always start like this and end like this, but it's a little more humorous and a little darker than a single-plot romance.
Romantic stories always make people willing to believe in love. But the struggle of believing or not believing in love is like balancing "ideal" and "reality", testing how we judge and choose. Ideal love eachother, no complaints, no regrets, willingness; realistic love matches, ability, appearance, character, wealth, status... As a basis for judgment, it also disturbs our minds.
Perhaps because there are too many complicated factors in reality, pure love must be placed in a situation where life and death are separated.
There is no answer, love is never right or wrong. So even the stars are envious of human love. Even geniuses may not be able to win in love. Because it only depends on your heart.

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Extended Reading
  • Tremaine 2021-10-21 15:30:21

    I was waiting to see the A list before it was released, but it was delayed for so many years. The typical Gaiman story, unabashedly cruel and more childlike, is a bit like an upgraded mirror mask. The theme is good over the wall, the stick over the wall, the eternal life over the wall, becoming the king, winning Bai Fumei, and reaching the pinnacle of the universe. (I really want that steampunk pirate ship that catches lightning! And the gay captain who can play the piano, dance and put on makeup!

  • Russ 2022-03-23 09:01:21

    A comedy wrapped in a magic coat, too many laughs! PS. What's not ideal is Claire Danes' bad performance in this film

Stardust quotes

  • Septimus: [briefing his men] Now remember Captain Shakespeare has a fearsome reputation.

    [cuts to scenes of Captain Shakespeare painting a heart on his face and then dancing to the Can Can, dressed in a frock and a feather boa, intertwined with scenes of Septimus's men attacking Shakespeare's crew only to get overpowered]

    Septimus: [enters the cabin and sees the Captain in drag] What the hell is this?

  • Yvaine: You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.