“Rachel Getting Married”, “The Last Kiss”, ” Dan in Real Life”, “The Story of Us”
For some reason I am inexplicably drawn to these types of movies and in particular certain scenes within these movies If you have seen these movies then you can probably detect a common them that runs through them all. Yes, they are all dramas, but more than just dramas about certain events or places, they are dramas about everyday life and all the ups and downs that come from living it. They display the raw brokenness of what it means to live in a really F-uped world and with some broken ass people. I like that. I like the drama, the hurt, the show of almost raw emotion that is on display. I like the fact that these movies don’t hide the reality of life behind some glossy Disney-fied veneer of “everything is going to be all right.” Cause sometimes everything isn’t all right..sometimes life is hard and sometimes, most times, there is an undercurrent of sadness that runs through our existence that these movies seem to slightly capture. Maybe it’s the melancholy part of me, but I almost enjoy living vicariously through the characters and the story. Maybe I recognize that my life is not full of much drama and there is a part of me that wants to experience the raw emotions and passions usually involved when you both love and hate something or someone. Or maybe I should just stop reading Ecclesiastes and Job. HA!
