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Romantics

  • From the movie The Romantics.
  • "Romanticism/Romantics" refers to the literary, artistic, and intellectual movement of the late 18th century. The dialogue below refers specifically to English Romantic poets like John Keats and Lord Byron.
  • Dialogue between a guy and girl who are in-love with each other. Yet it is the night before his wedding to another woman. The group of friends in the movie call themselves the "Romantics" and their purpose of being together is to inspire each other.
  • A descent film, though I really dislike Katie Holmes
Guy: "The Romantics weren't writing about love, they were writing about religion."

Girl: "Then I don't know the difference."

Do we not talk about love in the same way we talk about religion? With the same emotion and even the same language? Does it not require the same dedication, faith, etc. Are love and religion, in a sense, the same? The girl in the dialogue implies that she interprets the Romantic poetry she has read as being about love. She applies it to her own life. She feels and is effected by the poetry. It inspires her.