Movie Review - Bright Star

Only a couple of weeks ago I took the rare opportunity to enjoy a leisurely, popcorn enhanced Sunday Matinee at the Theater. My choice of such luxury, over finishing laundry and making a quick trip to the grocery store... Bright Star.

Although my sister was the one who chose to write her high school senior English thesis on the genius of John Keats, I have never had a greater appreciation for the romantic writer than now. Based on other reviews and the context of the story itself, I knew I had to take time out of my very busy, and important life to experience this work of art.

Not only did I gain a greater appreciation for this long dead poet, but Jane Campion truly captured the time and place, on the fields of Hampstead Heath, all of what the audience is privy to takes place in this area of London. And what a visual pallet. It was beautifully dreamlike as Keats climbs a tree and lies within the limbs to find the sensual imagery he wanted to convey to the rest of his audience.
The rest of the story takes place in this visual perception of quintessential Regency.

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