Blue Valentine

Relationships, so say they suck, some say that it's the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to them, some say that it's not worth it at all and others think of it as a cross they have to carry for all their lives. If you ask me, my answer would be much more complicated than the blurbs I wrote earlier, so I guess we will keep that for another day. What matters now is thus movie right here called Blue Valentine. A movie that in my opinion attempts to answer some questions regarding this issue of love and so on.

Despite the fact that I began this post by portraying this film as some sort of romantic film and so on, it doesn't end there it actually runs much deeper. In short you could call this movie a typical boy meets girl story which goes bad. Nothing special some might say and they'll probably be right. The thing is what's always been interesting in relations going wrong is not the fact that they go wrong, but the reasons why this happens. Indeed, the reasons can range from the most intricate to almost nothing. Just have some sort of retrospective of your "relationship timeline" sure you'll find some crazy stuff without even having to look in the details of each relationship, right? Well, Blue Valentine is not about crazy, rather about reality and when I mean reality, I'm talking about the sad reality of most relationships. The reality in which most people all so often tend to fail when it comes to mutual understanding, respect and love.

As in most posts about movies I can go on boring you out with the amazing performance of the cast (Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are indeed great as a couple) or go on spoiling the plot for which these days is a taboo on its own and guess there are what we call trailers for that. I would rather go on exploiting the excellent issue being set forth I this movie that of surviving marriage and keeping the flame as bright as possible. Indeed, this film is about the way people give up on their relationship, the way people sometimes tend to forget the way they fell in love and everything was bright and crystal clear about the way they think of each other, the way they perceive each other and of course the ways they respect each other. In Blue Valentine, this is all shown and presented in a way that really works.

So, if you guys are in for a moving experience without the touchy feely aspect of such movies, Blue Valentine is highly recommended. Looking forward to your thoughts about the movie, romance and marriage.