Blue Valentine (2010)

I strongly recommend this movie especially to whom always believe to find their true love. There is nothing like that. In this film, this couple is really good match and have a love marriage. But after a while they can't endure each other. It's also just 5or 6 years. Don't you think that it is quite short time to hate each other for lovers? Of course, there are great metaphors and this depressing story is worth to watch. It is quite deep. Highly recommend to lonely cowboys! :)

Derek Cianfrance was a documentary filmmaker. Blue Valentine was his second feature film. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are Dean and Cindy, a young couple very much in love, who after a few years, seem to hate each other's guts. Cianfrance's utilises documentary instincts to tell a realistic love story that is both heart-warming and heartbreaking.Dean and Cindy had their classic meet cute, and went from dancing and singing in the streets together to arguing with each other with annoyance and contempt. They had such a rare spark, and laughed so easily together, and yet now, they just don't seem to get each other anymore. Cianfrance, and fellow writers Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, presents Dean and Cindy's story in two alternating points in time. The past – bathed in warm light, which represents the more romantic, happier times, to the present – that uses cooler and darker colours to reflect the loss of love.I was extremely impressed by Gosling and Williams exceptionally strong performances. They each have to play two different versions of themselves – and portray two images of their love. Externally, apart from Dean's obvious hair loss and glasses, the differences are minimal. On the inside, it is difficult to tell. But Gosling and Williams does a splendid job showing the changes through their interactions. They lived with each other before and during filming – their comfort and familiarity with each other really seeps through on screen.The contrast between the before and now is handled masterfully. The last scenes where Dean and Cindy cries in each other's arms, with Dean's 'I love you so much…' to Cindy's 'I can't do this anymore…' is incredibly real and relatable. Cianfrance cross-cuts this with the scenes from their wedding ceremony, in direct contrast. It is saddening and you really have one response: how?Blue Valentine doesn't attempt the answer the questions of why things went wrong. It gives the facts as it is, and it is open for interpretation as to the causes and the why. My interpretation is that they didn't try to follow each other in their growth, and keep up with what each other needs. Even they don't know how they came to be like this. And that is the most tragic part.

It is a raw realistic contemporary intense devastating romantic drama. It adeptly shows the mysteriousness of falling in love and getting separated. The movie dances between the past and present brilliantly portraying the two aspects. It shows how easily promises can be made against all odds and similarly how easily they can be broken despite trying so hard. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams have done a good job in portraying two lovers as two different personalities in two different situations and time period. Director does a good job in putting together a good story in a realistic environment. The cinematography has been kept deliberately simple and realistic due to to the tone and style of the movie. Music is average and does not add a lot to the movie. The movie is a realistic romantic drama and viewers who have gotten used to enjoying typical feel good happy ending movies will not like it. The movie works at different levels and makes you think after you've finished watching it. It builds up an atmosphere of confusion, helplessness, frustration and finally devastation very effectively and thus leaves you pondering after the movie. The movie is recommended for viewers who like watching realistic drama and would like to watch how the two aspects of the falling and breaking in love commences, propagates and culminates.

This film is a hard pill to swallow, it gives us the exact way a relationship can go and it portrays it very well. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams gave the best performances of that year and certainly one of the best I've ever seen. Is this movie a good Valentines day movie to watch with your girlfriend or boyfriend? no, but is it a good, tense drama about how far can a relationship go? yes. This movie goes through the past and present, what this movie handles so well by the perfect direction of Derek Cianfrance is relationships, getting to know our characters, their character development, how Ryan Goslings character goes from nice boy to alcoholic and a scary person to be with, and Michelle Williams suffering from his actions. The script also by Cianfrance is amazing it captures the development, feelings and the struggles of our characters. The movie is shot very well the movie really looks beautiful. Overall it is another masterpiece in Derek Cianfrances belt of success, this not a Valentines Day movie it will make you think two times of your relationship.