Blue valentine(2010)
Like the movie title suggests,the movie is not really a
happy one (that’s why people have what you call Monday blues),so let me tell
you right off the bat, if it’s a love story that starts well and ends well with
a storyline that is every girl’s dream, you’d be better off watching The Vow
instead.
The theme of the movie is a simple one, that is a
relationship which has turned sour. As such,whether the movie is deemed successful
or otherwise relies heavily on its main actor and main actress . And
fortunately for us, there is a lot of chemistry going on between Ryan Gosling
and Michelle Williams. The movie tries its best to portray a relationship that
is deemed as a normal one, that is your average guy coupled with your average
girl. I personally think that Ryan Gosling is a little bit of a distraction
here as he’s a little too good looking to make you feel that hes ‘ordinary’ .
Michelle Williams ,though, fits in her role excellently. Coupled with her
decent acting skills, she’s the main star in the movie. You could see
bitterness, rage, hopelessness all portrayed by her without a sliver of doubt
that she’s faking it.
The plot is a straight-forward one without any twists, and the outcome is guessable from the start , but it’s the execution of the movie which makes it brilliant. We move to and fro from the past and the present to sharply contrast the dynamics between Ryan and Michelle. We would see that what was deemed as cute in a partner’s eyes eventually turns to become a point of annoyance in the same partner’s eyes. We would see what was shrugged off by each partner when they were in a sweet stage of relationship eventually comes to haunt them after the romantic notion comes off. We would see how a thorn in the past could be such a point of frustration as to rip the whole relationship apart.
It is only deemed fit that at the final scene, the movie flashbacks to the point which Ryan and Michelle felt was the happiest moment of their lives. The blatant difference between now and then and the notion the past is long dead will strike you hard and you will know the feeling of bittersweet (if you haven’t experienced feeling so after seeing a movie). That’s the beauty of this movie, you are still sucked into the story although you know how it’s going to end. You still root for the couple to be together although that’s almost impossible. And that is not an easy feat to accomplish for a movie, for a plot line that is as plain as it is. My verdict?Watch this.
The plot is a straight-forward one without any twists, and the outcome is guessable from the start , but it’s the execution of the movie which makes it brilliant. We move to and fro from the past and the present to sharply contrast the dynamics between Ryan and Michelle. We would see that what was deemed as cute in a partner’s eyes eventually turns to become a point of annoyance in the same partner’s eyes. We would see what was shrugged off by each partner when they were in a sweet stage of relationship eventually comes to haunt them after the romantic notion comes off. We would see how a thorn in the past could be such a point of frustration as to rip the whole relationship apart.
It is only deemed fit that at the final scene, the movie flashbacks to the point which Ryan and Michelle felt was the happiest moment of their lives. The blatant difference between now and then and the notion the past is long dead will strike you hard and you will know the feeling of bittersweet (if you haven’t experienced feeling so after seeing a movie). That’s the beauty of this movie, you are still sucked into the story although you know how it’s going to end. You still root for the couple to be together although that’s almost impossible. And that is not an easy feat to accomplish for a movie, for a plot line that is as plain as it is. My verdict?Watch this.
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