Monday, February 13, 2012

project 102: blue valentine

Learned about the movie while perusing the pages of W Magazine. While I like Michelle Williams as an actress, dating way back during her Dawson's Creek days (pro-Jen Lindley here because I super detest Joey Potter), I didn't really follow her career and watch her movies. The article was a joint interview with co-star in the movie, Ryan Gosling. Not because it's Valentine's Day tomorrow but the article was pretty effective which led to this pseudo review. Hehe.


Love conquers all. Apparently not, according to the movie. Maybe because they didn't really have a foundation. It all started with a one-night-stand-ish thing when one thing led to another, et voila, girl got pregnant and boy stood by her. Though in fernez to the boy, he was already smitten with her the first time he saw her and even until the end I am convinced that he loves her very, very much.

But can you blame the girl when he started looking like this

then he ended up looking like this


He looks creepy, no? 

So aside from that superficial reason, I guess Cindy (Williams) fell out of love that easily because she lost respect for him. Okay, it's sweet when Dean (Gosling) told her that he doesn't have any goal or ambitions nor he never really thought that he'd get married one day and have kids but now that he has a wife and a kid, it's all he ever wants to be right now- a husband and a father. But would you really want to be with someone who doesn't have dreams and aspirations? One thing I learned (from observations), love will not keep you alive but money will. 

Another reason why Cindy may have resented marrying Dean was she wasn't able to pursue her own dreams and ambitions as well. She wanted to become a doctor but that has become a distant dream. She felt she had so much potential, that she could have been a good doctor but having a child, getting married got in the way. 

Well, I don't really respect guys like Dean who doesn't have goals and ambitions but he is a good person and I feel he genuinely loves his family. Science says that love only lasts for a certain period of time and then it fizzles so after that love becomes a decision. And effort, imho. But when you're both a hindrance to each other, maybe it's really time to let go so they can both reach their full potential. 

It's ironic how everything began and ended with tears, an embrace and a kiss.

It's a beautiful movie. Sad but beautiful. Not really what I need on a gloomy and rainy Monday but feeling depressed for an hour and a half is well worth it. 

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