Before Sunrise

this movie has been on my watchlist for a while now and i’m glad i took the time to finally watch it.   i absolutely adore how the characters are polar opposites, i think that’s what makes love beautiful. instead of having a partner that views life the same way you do, you have someone that shows you a new way to look at things.  I resonate a lot with celine. if you watch, you’ll understand  i really like how the movie shows the illusion of love at first sight. you fall in love with someone’s first impression, with the version of them that exists on the surface. it’s not until you truly get to know someone that the complications and imperfections begin to emerge. in the beginning, everything feels pure and innocent. the movie shows that part of the reason the characters become so deeply bonded is because they don’t really know each other yet, and somehow, there’s something beautiful about that. they get to experience each other without the weight of expectations, history, or the problems that come with truly knowing someone. before watching this movie, i probably would’ve said that meeting someone, connecting with them so deeply, and then never seeing them again would be depressing. but somehow, the movie changed the way i see that. the fact that they only had a limited amount of time together made them value each other even more. it made their story feel even more special. sometimes, you are simply blessed by someone’s presence, and they are blessed by yours. sometimes i say i believe in fate, and sometimes i say i don’t. but in this case, i don’t think their meeting was an accident. two souls happened to meet for a brief moment, and in that short amount of time, they taught each other something they might never have known otherwise.