A perfect example of everything to adore and fear about the concepts of love.
This is such a refreshing Romance that thankfully grants an example of the real and well made artistic level of a “chick flick” ruined genre. Blue Valentine is equal in some ways to the brilliance of "Before Sunrise" for its intricate portions of personality in an elegantly paced love story.
Although Blue Valentine acts out in two different times of the entire relationship on show, one being its bloom and the other an inevitable withering of love. I mentioned "Before Sunrise" as in some small ways Blue Valentine had made me think of "Before Sunrise" and its sequel being spliced and edited together in a Tarantino way but with many different, far more heartfelt outcomes.
Aside from the utterly poetic visual orgy that Blue Valentines cinematography displays, the thing that really makes this film stand out in a way most overly hyped Romance films seem to lack is an on screen relationship you find yourself being charmed by. Here you can truly understand the reason to love one or both of the relationships characters and despise them as the much as those involved.
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams make these characters weave a romance with some real volume behind every miniature act and expression. And for a fair comparison Gosling even though always an actor I enjoy, has gained a romantic fame with "The Note Book" a film that to this date I still see no real aspect of a well-told or well-woven love story with any hint of the said volume to a relationship that Blue Valentine provides.
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