Blue Valentine (2010)

I haven't written for a while.  Help me bring back my thoughts. :)

This is a little bit late for valentines, but hey its still February so this still counts. haha!

The story much revolved to a love story that only one person has the love and the other is just for comfort.  I am moved with the sincerity and control of emotions of the guy to the girl, that event hough  emotional pain hits him hard he still manage to have this respect and love for her.  This story portrays the realization that you will do anything for love, even crossing the border of your ego.   Dean falls love at first sight with this girl, Cindy, who has a boyfriend, Jerry.  Cindy as had been implied, doesn't love back Dean as much as he had.  Heartbroken and lost Cindy saw the man and sincerity in Dean that swept her off her feet for a while.  Take responsibilities with her, even claimed the child she was having although not really his.  Geez, he's so in love with her.  Few years after they have been married, Dean had been so sweet and tried everything to make the relationship work.  Cindy, on the other hand, showed the emptiness in her eyes everytime she looks at Dean.  Although she likes Dean, having a lot of potentials and excels in stuff that he does, she still sees the imperfections the guy has.  The ending is a bit depressing, but I am moved that it is the right thing that should happen for the both of them.

The story of the movie is unfortunately true in relationships everywhere.  Its starts with who will it be for you: the one you love or the one who loves you.  A story of how reality bites every person in situations where one loves the other more and no contentment.  You cannot definitely be happy when you're with a person you don't specifically love -- loving for convenience, for other reason, for other bullshits.  This shows how life could just be unfair.  You love a person but that person doesn't love you back.  Instead he/she is in love with someone else.  And a someone else loves you back.  So I guess it is luck for those person who believe in soul-mates and they've found them.

Good movie. There should just be a bit more distinction on the physical appearance of Dean and Cindy on their flashbacks scenes and present ones cause it brings one into thinking which is which.









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OT: I've got a new professor, she treats us like matured people when it comes to discussions but she treats us like kids with our assignments.  Who in college would make comments like happy faces, 'me like =)', in your drawings.  Haha! put on some stamp stars and we're back in pre-school! But hell yeah its cool. haha!  Weird, she uses idioms like 'kiss ass' and 'hell yeah' as side comments to some discussions.  Nonetheless, I like her as a prof, out of the ordinary.