Before Sunrise

i got lost in all of this again and just like "woke up" in the last 5 minutes. shit is crazy. i have kinda different feelings from last time tho. i feel like their differences and polar opposite-ness comes through way more on a rewatch. Ethan Hawke is also kind of a dick sometimes which i did also think the first time. but yeah i did think that these two aren't really an amazing match in all honesty. but i think that is intentional and fits in to a bigger theme of the movie, which is that everything is so finite. i think i didnt pick up on this the first time because i was so absorbed into their romance, but this time i was really paying attention to their actual conversations and their thoughts about these massive, deep topics. a message that kept coming up was about how finite everything is, how time stops for no one, and so how we therefore need to seize any opportunity in front of us. i think that's what this movie is really about. living life to the fullest. making unforgettable memories. Jesse says it himself, everything is driven by a sense of competitive drive - him getting Celine off the train, getting the wine bottle, etc. it's all a sense of accomplishment, which is then amplified by this fairy tale idea of one single night which really should not be happening at all. it's really just in our nature to want to seize it and make the most out of it, even if there is zero chemistry between you and this girl/guy.  I'm not saying they had no chemistry, but i think a rewatch definitely does make you realise more that these guys are kinda just going along with the romantics of this IDEA and that these 2 people wouldn't necessarily get along so much if they actually knew each other.  i love this movie even more now because it's given me entirely different messages to when I first watched it. these 5 stars mean something completely different to the 5 stars i gave it when i first watched it. Linklater absorbed me into the atmosphere again, i love him. amazing movie, really perfect in a lot of ways.