What do you think about “Romantic”?
I hold that regret is a kind of romantic.
It is said that Roman Holiday is a ROMANTIC love movie. Why would they say that? From a certain angle, the unhappy ending, Ann and Bradley scattered ultimately, creating their romantic story.
If I were Ann, Bradley would be my romantic and sweet secret deep inside for a lifetime, though I didn’t have him. Whenever I think of the most romantic day of my life, It would occur to me that having fun in The Mouth of Truth with him, drinking in sidewalk café with him, looking in shop windows with him , dancing on the boat with him. Isn’t the recall filling with freedom and excitement romantic more than a lifetime of company?
Just imagine that Ann and Bradley had a blessed marriage, which leading their adoration for each other into chore and concrete reality. In that way, would the film is engrave on audiences’ soul like right now? I doubt that. It is the imperfection that makes the plot romantic.
No one said the best love lasts forever. Love someone with regret is even more a romantic experience. Someone has done a survey: “Who is the one having your most unforgettable and romantic moment?” Being startling, the large majority of answers were not “my wife/husband” as people expected. It’s their first love instead.
The person you once had but missed occupied our definition of romantic. In addition, the most romantic thing is the time we shared with the one we would never have again. In other word, deficiency makes romantic.