Although not a fan of romance type movies, I did enjoy watching Bright Star, admittedly the fascination had a lot to do with John Keats. I’ve been a fan of his since I read a book of poetry (I believe it was titled) Keats and Shelly (cover to cover) at eight years of age.
My father collected old books, and had an outstanding collection of books from the 1800s, and earlier, amongst those books was poetry by John Keats. I inherited an old copy of Shakespeare’s works (from my dad) , that even includes Shakespeare’s will — but that’s another story.
Also I was blown away by the costuming in the film. I’ve done my share of clothing design, and was especially impressed by the crochet designs of Sophie Digard, so beautiful!
John Keats was young when he passed away — twenty five if I remember correctly (from tuberculosis) a death sentence in those times. The movie largely focuses on the romance between him and Fanny Brawne. It’s a beautiful tale of romance, and I enjoyed it immensely.
But please know this Mr. Keats… in your correspondence with Fanny Brawne, when you wrote…
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
Sorry babe that sounds like a cop-out to me, plan to spend the rest of your life ‘filling me with delights’. Three days, please you must be joking! You’d be getting off way too easily! I don’t think so! 
Happy Valentines Day!
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Thanks for sharing this romantic video, to be honest I never knew about this until I have browsed your site. I have to admit I really love watching romantic , dramatic movies, I never knew before that this was written in a book. I think that this movie is perfect for this month specially this valentine.
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Opal Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 5:55 am
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Hi @Kate Brown Wilson,
It’s a great movie, you should check it out.
Keats has always been one of my favorite poets.
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Very romantic! Can’t help falling in love again. It’s truly perfect for Valentine’s Day. Take care!
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February 28th, 2012 at 5:55 am
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@Angel Collins,
Indeed it is, glad you enjoyed it.
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The story of the english symbolists, Byron, Shelley and Keats os such a lovely one. I just can’t wait to see this movie, it must be really a nice one!
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Opal Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 5:57 am
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Hi @Julie,
I hope you like the movie; Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron… truly amazing poets!
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I love reading the works of John Keats. Okay, I may be a fan of literary greats of the Romantic Period so I am bound to be biased.
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Miss ya!
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February 28th, 2012 at 6:00 am
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Hi @Jennifer,
I’m slowly starting to resurface. It’s bad when I don’t even open up my RSS feed reader. I dread to see how many new posts are waiting for me to read.
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This is another great piece by John Keats and the movie is definitely beautiful and inspiring. The center of the attraction of the movie are the butterflies.
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