Tuesday, February 17
Does His Art Ever Matter?
On Valentine’s Day my guy and I went to see, He’s just not that into you. This movie appears to be a normal romantic comedy, not to be given a second look. I just happen to love romantic movies and also movies with a lot of comedy. My guy thought it would be a great idea to give me the best of both worlds on Valentine’s Day. This is how he worked, give her what she wants and no problems. The only problem was I had no interest in a movie about why guys, rudely reject, stand up, and never return a phone call. Needless to say this has never been an experience of mine personally. Nonetheless, I sat through this movie, which gives all the elements of a normal girl likes boy, boy is disgusted by girl, and girl cries telling boy he is heartless. All the while boy realizes he is and boy goes after girl. That was the movie in part; this movie gave actual perspective and depth. There were so many different types of relationships all revolving around friendships. This movie was inspiring because not only did the typical love story happen, but the atypical relationship surprises and gives revelation in one.
The atypical relationships are the great ones where boy and girl date for years never to be married. Seven years pass, without a marriage proposal, all of your friends are married and your younger sister announces her engagement. The typical response is girl asks boy why she has yet to be asked when everyone around her has. Is there something wrong with girl’s relationship? Boy responses with, no I don’t believe in marriage and sooner than later boy and girl break up. Typical, the atypical, is for girl to realize that her friends husband cheats on her with Miss Yoga instructor and girl’s sister is pressuring her fiancée into a speedy union. All of which are dysfunctional and unhappy, but girl cannot see past her own selfish desires to know that, boy is actually the man of her dreams. Boy is the man who only wants her to realize that he will not propose on the basis of a timeline or because everyone else is doing it.
The art in this is somehow to know when something is for you, it is the man being allowed to be himself and propose marriage on his terms. Sometimes women don’t always no better, as I did not know that the movie I was taken to see would enthuse me. Art is the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works. When we left the theater, I began to ask my guy did he like the movie, he responded with it was way better than the Sex in the City Movie. He was right, this movie was far better than that movie in which I dragged him to see with me because the show was all about women self empowerment. The question that I was left with after our conversation is has the feminist movement cost some women the art of male inspiration. Never to call oneself a feminist, however empowered enough to do for myself, after that movie I could not help but to look at my guy and wonder am I guilty of depriving myself of his art?
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About Me
- MerCedes
- Buckeye, Arizona, United States
- Four years ago I was asked to write an all about me, I was sixteen years old and thought of my life as a blank canvas. I believed I had deep thoughts and dreamed beyond the horizon, I jump through hoops, ran past dreams, into the arms of me. I depended on air to help me breathe, while I trusted in god to provide that air for me. You tell me I can’t and I show you I can. That’s me, defiant of all odds in the pursuit of greatness. So far I have become the young woman I dreamt of being, only with life’s hardships and too many sufferings that followed me. I always find it interesting how people want you to some up your life in a page or two, when you’ve lived twenty pages; I guess nothing is fully inclusive. My father says that he has forgotten more now than I could know at my age, I presume that’s the point, to write an about me is suppose to be the great highlights of your life, from the many people you’ve known, loved and befriended. I love to think of my life as a blank canvas, a work of art never to finished, always willing, and able to add more. I feel comfortable ending this about me as the last, all about me is a canvas I'll spend a lifetime painting creating and contemplating.
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ReplyDeletehi! i totally enjoyed your analysis. you write beautifully. hoping to drop by now and then.
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Blake, and I'm in your group for this unit. It is nice to make your acquaintance. You have a well thought-out analysis of the movie and explained it pretty well. I actually almost saw the same movie valentines day, but unfortunately my girlfriend and I were late, so we saw Friday the 13th instead, it was really romantic. Nice blog, I would just work on making it more fluid, read it over and arrange a few things so it's a little easier to read. Can't wait for your next post.
ReplyDeleteHi there!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Reata!
Your blog was very interesting... I have one question though, does your boyfriend ever drag you to places that you don't want to go? lol Don't feel guilty, if he wants to go with you wherever you want to go, let him. I like the fact that you connected the movie about relationships to your own relationship. It really shows that the movie really inspired you to take a look at your relationship. Watching that movie and then analyzing your relationship has inspired you to write about the factual memories you have made with your boyfriend. I guess that was the purpose of reviewing the last movie you watched. Good job!
Hi Mercedes,
ReplyDeleteYou write very elegantlly! I like how you summarized the movie with just girl and boy yet I was able to differentiate the different relationships in the film. I have not seen this movie and I know would like to.
I think that I fall in the same shoes as you and your boyfriend, maybe pressuring him to get engaged with me will only push him away or make our engagement torture. LOL!! Any how I loved you analyzes.