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The writers use a trope called "Love at first sight", I hate this trope. I made this clear in my review for Hotel Transivania, and just to repeat what I said, it's a poor excuse for 2 or more characters to rush into a relationship despite barely knowing each other. I refer to the romance between Phillip Carlyle (High School Musical, Zac Efron) and Zendaya (Dune, she has a name in the movie, but it's so profoundly unimportant, that I only knew it when I googled the cast list). Zendaya plays a trapeze artist, and after the song The Other Side, Zac and her exchange a fleeting look. He looks as her like he's just seen a masterpiece of art and she looks at him like Tuesday, and we're meant to think that this is a kind of love that can "Rewrite The Stars", I just had to slip a reference.

On the specific song "Rewrite The Stars", to me, this is a rather boring song. one reason is that the radio has oversaturated the market with songs like those. And another reason is that the song uses "Be Mine" a lot. I feel kinda uncomfortable when someone says the phrase "Be Mine." As I feel it, in a sense, dehumanises the person it refers to, saying that the person being talked to is an object to be romantically owned. And it's inverse, "I'm Yours." too.

Back to the romance, I feel that the romance didn't really add anything to the characters other than they were in love. I'm not one for romance by any means, but I do think about the subject occasionally, particularly in relation to stories. I feel that if you want to have characters fall in love, don't just make it smoochy kissy fun times, tell us who the characters are with the people or person they care about. Sure it can be fun to see 2 (or more, can't forget about poly relationships) cuddle, smack lips and hold hands (I definitely don't mind that, just ask me first!) But show the audience more than these characters like touching each other, unless you want to say something with that.

I had mentioned the song The Other Side, I also have feelings about that too. The song is basically the main characters getting drunk and making big financial decisions. Now, I might've been a bit tipsy but I've never been drunk before, despite that, I know you shouldn't make big decisions while inebriated.

Now this isn't a bad idea, just done poorly. P. T. Barnum wasn't the good guy underdog the movie said he was. In fact, he was prone to scam his audience. I feel that this morally dubious side of Barnum could've been shone in this song, where he tricks the love sick Carlyle into supporting his Grand Traveling Museum while a little drunk and a little bit more impulsive than what he would've normally been. And the movie could be devoted to exploring Barnum's tricksy nature.

I seem to be pretty critical in my review so far. There was one thing I admired about the movie, which was the choreography. I'd like to get in touch with who ever did it as a guy who wants to make their own music.

So now you have it, the story of a morally shady circus leader and his love sick protégé who seems to fall as soon as he locks eyes. Need I say more?