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If one believes that destiny can bring to people together and are a hopeless romantic, then the film Serendipity is a must see. The movie was release on October 5, 2001, directed by, Peter Onelsom, and written by Marc Klein. In it stared such talent as, John Cusack (Jonathan), Kate Beckinsale (Sara) and Jeremy Piven (Dean). (imdb) Serendipity is around two strangers whom had a brief chance encounter. Destiny seems to step in and keeps Sara and Jonathan, apart until they can see the signs. Hence, the meaning of Serendipity, which is when someone finds something that, was not expecting to find, an unfortunate accident. What a wonderful romantic comedy of two individuals that captivates the viewer, as they fall in love, signs leading …show more content…

As a result, you get this feeling a contention between the two of them through the big screen. Meanwhile, as he looks at her freckles she states, “It's the curse of the English, I'm afraid.” Jonathan replied, “Those aren't just freckles. If you look closely, you can see Cassiopeia (script-o-rama).” In this scene Sara asks Jonathan about Cassiopeia, so he begins to tell her this story of how in Ethiopia that there was a queen named Cassiopeia who thought she was the most beautiful woman in the entire world, she was relentless vain. He goes on to tell Sara the one-day the queen really messed and offended the gods. It goes on that the sea god punished Cassiopeia by placing her in the heavens; upside down on her throne to be struck for eternity with her skirt around her shoulders and is now the queen is constellation in the sky. She looked at him and asked, “That what you got that from a bunch of English freckles in the shape of a throne.” Jonathan tells Sara that, “The moral of the story was that the queen Cassiopeia made one tragic mistake and paid for eternity (script-o-rama).” After this Sara starts to explain how she believes in destiny and in letting, the Universe decided their fate. Beside Sara, believe that signs will lead them to their ultimate destiny and she explains this to Jonathan. Sara wants him to understand how important it is to let fate and the signs bring them back together again. What a wonderful movie as it is

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