Wednesday, February 16, 2011

BLUE VALENTINE (2010) D

To me it looks as if this (movie?) was put together as a showcase for the actors. That is, a vehicle actors can use to sell their skills to people who put up the money to make movies. It had no story. No beginning, no middle, no end. No theme, no plot, no dialogue, no character development, no dramatic tension . . . but the acting was good. (Reason it did not get an F). Sandy and I were both waiting for something . . . anything . . . to happen.

It's about two unfortunate young people who meet, do not talk, have sex, make a baby, get (shotgun) married, fight with each other and separate. It also appears that the naive girls hooked up with a mentally limited guy. I'm not sure that was planned in the script. A set up for failure

This would be an excellent documentary for college students to show what happens when people don't think about what they are doing. A little too raunchy for high school.

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