Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is a romantic film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. This film shows the life of a married couple Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) going back to when they first met and got married to years later when Dean is fighting for the love that isn't there anymore. 

Dean and Cindy meet in a home while Dean is helping an old man move into one of the rooms and he notices Cindy in one of the other rooms with her grandmother. He asks her out, but she denies him. A few days later he notices that he had kept the old mans necklace with a picture of his wife so he goes back to the home to return it and finds out he had passed away. On his way home on the bus he notices Cindy once again and even though she continues to deny him they end up spending the whole night together, getting to know each other. Cindy and Dean then are forced to rush into marriage when she finds out that she is pregnant from her ex-boyfriend. Dean tells her that he will be responsible for the child that is not his. Years later the film shows the couple with their five year old daughter which Dean has an amazing relationship with. Dean tells Cindy that they need a vacation to they go to a motel where it is very obvious that Cindy does not love Dean anymore but he still wants to fight for what they used to have not only for them but for their daughter also. Towards the end of the film Cindy makes it  very clear to Dean that she does not want to be with him anymore and wants a divorce. 

One of the reasons why I like this film is because it's not like most romantic films. It doesn't have a happy ending and doesn't have a perfect couple or most things that other films have. It shows something that many people go through, which is rushing into marriage with out thinking about the future, or losing the love you once had for someone. It's not an ordinary romantic film. I like the way the film first starts off in the future, goes back to the past, and then ends with them in the future once again. I think that's something I would like to do with the film that I am currently making.