Regret and Love
My favorite movie of all time is The Last Unicorn. It tells the story of a unicorn who hears a rumor that she is the last of her kind and sets out on a journey to find the truth.
Unicorns in this story cannot feel regret, and they cannot feel love.
During her journey, however, a magician transforms her temporarily into a human woman. As such, she falls in love...
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Once, I can't remember,
I was long ago,
Someone strange,
I was innocent and wise,
And full of pain.
Now that I'm a woman,
Everything is strange.
Once, when I was searching
Somewhere out of reach,
Far away,
In a place I could not find
Or heart obey,
Now that I'm a woman,
Everything has changed...
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LADY AMALTHEA: (to Lír) Don't let him change me. The Red Bull has no care
for human beings. We may walk out past him and get away.
SCHMENDRICK: If we do that, all the unicorns in the world will remain
prisoner forever except one, and she will grow old and die.
LADY AMALTHEA: (to Lír) Everything dies. I want to die when you die. I'm
no unicorn, no magical creature! I'm human, and I love you. Don't let him!
Lír, I will not love you when I am a unicorn.
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PRINCE LIR: I wish I could see her just once more, to - to tell her all that's in my
heart. She will never know what I really meant to say.
SCHMENDRICK: She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in
books written by rabbits. Of all unicorns, she is the only one who knows
what regret is - and love.
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In the end, she turns back into a unicorn and leaves the one she had loved, but she is forever changed.
The music is beautiful. The entire soundtrack can be found on Youtube. Here.
Unicorns in this story cannot feel regret, and they cannot feel love.
During her journey, however, a magician transforms her temporarily into a human woman. As such, she falls in love...
-------
Once, I can't remember,
I was long ago,
Someone strange,
I was innocent and wise,
And full of pain.
Now that I'm a woman,
Everything is strange.
Once, when I was searching
Somewhere out of reach,
Far away,
In a place I could not find
Or heart obey,
Now that I'm a woman,
Everything has changed...
-----
LADY AMALTHEA: (to Lír) Don't let him change me. The Red Bull has no care
for human beings. We may walk out past him and get away.
SCHMENDRICK: If we do that, all the unicorns in the world will remain
prisoner forever except one, and she will grow old and die.
LADY AMALTHEA: (to Lír) Everything dies. I want to die when you die. I'm
no unicorn, no magical creature! I'm human, and I love you. Don't let him!
Lír, I will not love you when I am a unicorn.
-----
PRINCE LIR: I wish I could see her just once more, to - to tell her all that's in my
heart. She will never know what I really meant to say.
SCHMENDRICK: She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in
books written by rabbits. Of all unicorns, she is the only one who knows
what regret is - and love.
-----
In the end, she turns back into a unicorn and leaves the one she had loved, but she is forever changed.
The music is beautiful. The entire soundtrack can be found on Youtube. Here.