The keyword of this movie is transformation, both physical and mental, physically for the lovers, while mentally for Phillips and the preist, who both done wrong things before, and got redemption in the end. The only one main character who didn't change is the bishop, who sold his soul to evil power and drives crazliy by his own desire.
Also, the movie combines fantasy with philosophy perfectly. The curse makes the lovers live a one-half life and fate to be "Always together, always apart" and let the curse broken on the eclipse moment implie philosophy of life, time, opposite, day and night, exchage, ect. One funny thing is that most of the philosophical words are spoken by Phillip, who was once a thief, which sounds ironic and bitter, but showing that some wise and brave mind may hide below the disgraceful surface, which the ashamed history may be caused by unforced power, like pover…
