This review is long overdue since I saw this movie almost a month ago, but I have been meaning to write a review for a while. Blue Valentine follows Cindy, and Dean as they navigate through the shambles of their marriage. They have made sacrifices to be with each other, but instead of those sacrifices strengthening them it destroys them.
The movie is amazingly well acted. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams have you convinced they are living the demise of a marriage. Anyone watching this movie can see some part of their self being portrayed if you have experienced the pain of losing someone. Depending on how receptive you are to watching the destruction of two people, you will either like the movie or you will not. I personally liked the movie, and feel if I went back and watched it again I would understand even better the overall intent of the movie. This is not about two people who can overcome everything to make love work. Instead the movie is about how sometimes things do not work no matter how much one person wants it to.
Dean is the idealist, who has the idea that love will conquer all. He thinks Cindy needs to relieve the moments that once made their relationship have the spark, but she has been crying out for something different. When his marriage is falling apart he attempts a few ways to convey he wants to make it work, but he does not showcase what Cindy needs from him, which is security.
Cindy has experienced bad relationships, and it seems she sets herself up to know the brutalies of being someone will eventually happen. She has emotionally shut herself off from Dean, and we never see her make the attempts Dean does, because that is not what she is looking for. She has became the provider of the family, and feels she is the only one capable of being an adult. It is heartbreaking to see two people who still want to communicate, but feel numb to even trying.
The movie is not fun to watch, and it is not supposed to be. It has every awkward, and hurtful moment that breakups include. Whether it be awkwardly trying to be physically close to someone, or chasing after someone's affection. The ending is not very satisfying, and I feel like there should have been more closure. This movie is not like other movies. Instead of portraying a whole story, it gives you a snaphot into the middle of someone else's problem. This makes the story a little less impactful, because I was not able to grow with the characters the same as if it had been told from beginning to end.
The movie should have definitely received more glances for it's acting, because the emotions these actors had to convey were probably the roughest, and most difficult to relive. This movie is not to teach you how to make a relationship work, or how to move on from a broken one. Blue Valentine is instead about what happens every minute of the day, which is the feeling of heartache.
The movie is amazingly well acted. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams have you convinced they are living the demise of a marriage. Anyone watching this movie can see some part of their self being portrayed if you have experienced the pain of losing someone. Depending on how receptive you are to watching the destruction of two people, you will either like the movie or you will not. I personally liked the movie, and feel if I went back and watched it again I would understand even better the overall intent of the movie. This is not about two people who can overcome everything to make love work. Instead the movie is about how sometimes things do not work no matter how much one person wants it to.
Dean is the idealist, who has the idea that love will conquer all. He thinks Cindy needs to relieve the moments that once made their relationship have the spark, but she has been crying out for something different. When his marriage is falling apart he attempts a few ways to convey he wants to make it work, but he does not showcase what Cindy needs from him, which is security.
Cindy has experienced bad relationships, and it seems she sets herself up to know the brutalies of being someone will eventually happen. She has emotionally shut herself off from Dean, and we never see her make the attempts Dean does, because that is not what she is looking for. She has became the provider of the family, and feels she is the only one capable of being an adult. It is heartbreaking to see two people who still want to communicate, but feel numb to even trying.
The movie is not fun to watch, and it is not supposed to be. It has every awkward, and hurtful moment that breakups include. Whether it be awkwardly trying to be physically close to someone, or chasing after someone's affection. The ending is not very satisfying, and I feel like there should have been more closure. This movie is not like other movies. Instead of portraying a whole story, it gives you a snaphot into the middle of someone else's problem. This makes the story a little less impactful, because I was not able to grow with the characters the same as if it had been told from beginning to end.
The movie should have definitely received more glances for it's acting, because the emotions these actors had to convey were probably the roughest, and most difficult to relive. This movie is not to teach you how to make a relationship work, or how to move on from a broken one. Blue Valentine is instead about what happens every minute of the day, which is the feeling of heartache.
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