BLUE VALENTINE Review

Considering the prep that went into the relationship portrayed, if anything this is a testament to rehearsing. Or "rehearsing", in this case. Gosling and Williams lived together for a time in pre-production, and it shows in every single interaction we see. This is sort of an acting miracle in that, and also in that it was mostly improvised. A kind of workshop wonder they happened to be shooting.

Amplified by just how complicated most of this subject matter is. Young love turned cold and memorified. Bad decisions made for good reasons. The numerous tasks of everyday parallel lives rendered syncopated: when to do chores, how to pay bills, where to place the only effort afforded to a parent each day. The passing by of partners as parents and employees. Apathies turn to habits, habits to marital annoyances, annoyances build to resentments. And resentment breeds strangers. That unhappiness in the present sometimes only interrupted by totems of past joy.

And that isn't even to mention nurture. That impulsive decision, how did we make that? We either become what we see with small eyes, or fight it so much we end up on the other end. How do we choose? Who is the right choice as a partner in this life? What will bring us the most happiness? The highest fulfillment? Can we have both?

For those that know: please forward on the answer to the human race.

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The above was taken from my Letterboxd review.