The movie Get Over It featuring Kirsten Dunst can be compared to the Shakespearean play A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the movie, the plot is based off around a complicated love triangle, which can be better portrayed as a square. The story line begins with a boy, named Berke Landers, who faces a terrible breakup and does all that he can to get back his "first true love." In this depiction, Berke can be seen as Demetrius who tries all his hardest to win the love of Hermia, though she loves Lysander. Additionally, Berke can also be symbolizing Helena's eagerness to get what she wants. Berke is a high schooler who involves himself in the school theatrical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to win back his love, where he ends up falling in love with someone else, Kelly (played by Kirsten Dunst). In this situation, the movie faces similar plotlines as Berke is Demetrius who finds his true love of Kelly who is Helena, as she loved him earlier, but he did not feel that it was right due to complications with his best friend, also known as her older brother. In the end of the movie, the play wraps up similarly to the actual script, however; as Berke plays Lysander and decides that his true love is Helena in real life, he drifts apart from the script of falling in love with Hermia, named Alison (Berke's first true love). At the end of the play, the love triangles complication is solved after the continuous intertwining. In the play and the movie, both have formed and encompassed the universal theme of romance, but to actually appreciate romance not for just looks, but for the personality and character of a person. The play by Shakespeare highlights this moral value and the movie helped to depict the scene in a real-life scenario. One important aspect of the movie was the song "Pocket Full of Dreams." This song was song by the actress Kirsten Dunst, amplifying the intimacy and the full respect of what is to be called as a "true love" relationship. This song has a powerful meaning which caused for the turning point in the play within the movie and the change of heart for Berke to love Kelly. Overall, the depiction of the movie was relatively similar to that of the original play and allowed for a visual understanding and a more relatable situation to children of this current generation.
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