Blue Valentine

Mikey and I saw Blue Valentine today and it was so amazing. Every couple should go see it.  At least any couple who is dealing with problems right now...
It kind of reminds you of the past.
(Little interruption: Kim Kardashian...yes she is soooo beautiful...but from what I can tell from her shows she's not too interesting)
So anyway back to Blue Valentine.... My first impression of Dean (Ryan Gosling) was that he wasn't a bad dad or husband so much...I think he was just stuck trying to take care of his family. Okay...I'll just explain what happens (SPOILER ALERT!)
It starts out this little girl who's seemingly Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) and she's calling for her dog Megan.  Ryan Gosling gets up to help his daughter, they can't find the dog yadda yadda...later they find out Cindy left the door open to the kennel and the dog gets hit by a car. It's obvious there's tension between the two.
They drop their daughter off at Cindy's dad's house and reluctantly go to a hotel together for the night.  Dean does this as an attempt to reconnect with Cindy.  They end up in a cheap futuristic themed room with a rotating space bed....(Yeah I thought it was pretty bitchin' too)
Cindy doesn't feel like having sex, yet Dean does and attempts with Cindy.  Cindy reluctantly tells him to do it and Dean gets angry and falls asleep in the bathroom.  Cindy wakes up in the morning and goes to work.
Dean gets this note from Cindy and drives drunk to Cindy's job two hours away.  This ends pretty badly as everyone at Cindy's job hates Dean and thinks he's total drunk (which he pretty much is)  Dean tries speaking with Cindy trying to reason with her as I believe he knows she's trying to move her job.  Dean is frustrated gets into a bad fight with her at the office and everyone tries to intercede. Dean ends up knocking the lights out of the head doctor from the office.
This all ends with Cindy losing her job and going to grab her daughter (Which you find out isn't Dean's after all but Dean takes care of the child as his own)
It goes all sorts of ways as you see both sides of the story... There's Dean. this alcoholic blue collar worker...who is fighting pretty hard to keep his relationship and family together.  Is he trying to hold on to the love of his life or just the stability that Cindy holds? You don't want to put a damper on his character because in the flash backs he's so lovely.  So excited to start his life with Cindy...already aware he isn't good enough for her. Possibly thinking he will be able to live off her? Who knows...coming from someone like myself who is pretty skeptical of men now.
Then there's Cindy who's just incredibly bitter.  Thinking about possibly cheating.  At least you get an air about her that says that.  As someone in her position in a sense it's like that.  You see other men who are more successful and it's like they have this draw. It doesn't matter how much you love the man you're with. She doesn't care that he's trying to support the relationship in an emotional way. She's obviously the bread winner. I can relate to that because it's hard with finances.  It just isn't enough some times.
So anyways Blue Valentine definitely see it whether or not you are in a relationship.  It's pretty educational and delves into the lives of two American people as a couple. What happens to us as individuals when we grow up and live real life. You cannot live on love and fresh water....
Sad to say...
Movies like that make me miss and long for first dates and falling in love