As excited as I'm finally sees "Blue Valentine" (in limited release today), I know it will come at a price to pay attention to two of my favorite stars, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. After all, the film is a devastating portrait of a love story not-so-fairy tale, so I know I'm in for some emotional wallops. Naturally, this is not the first time filmgoers attended the trials and tribulations of couples finally convicted. In fact, some of the best movies of the past 20 years have been love stories without a happy ending. The pairing of Ryan and Michelle and her onscreen strangeness in "blue Valentine" led him in thinking about other movements in which the characters, unfortunately, have their hearts trampled upon.
"Romeo + Juliet" (1996): is the tragic love story to end all tragic love stories (not to mention the one that started it all), but it is still very painful for us to swallow those moments in which (Leonardo DiCaprio) of Romeo and Juliet (Claire Danes), confronted with the idea of not being together, outside of itself. The worst part of all this? Had they waited only a few seconds, they could have lived happily ever after. Of course, so they never really would Romeo and Juliet ...
"Titanic" (1997): going in this movie, you know definitely there is no such thing as a happy ending in store. But our hearts as which sank the ship when we saw that Rose (Kate Winslet) let go of your love Jack (Leo, again) in the icy waters. We are sure that made his deepest love story, but couldn't have found some way to both fit into that floating debris?! Our hearts can have gone, but they definitely haven't recovered from that one.
"Moulin Rouge! (2001): Christian (Ewan McGregor) tells us within the first few moments about the fate of his beloved Satine (Nicole Kidman), but it is hard to not keep the hope that his love (and amazing duets) will help them overcome their disease and tragic death, premature. We continue to be awed by the lavish sets and numbers this classic musical, but when Christian cries out of their amor fallen almost want to benefit of the poor guy who's never been this confusion between him and the Duke to everyone.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): this dramedy trippy (which just so happens to be my favorite of all time) made us think about a lot of things, but we still can't shake the idea of the possibility of erasing your ex of his memory. When Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate, once again!) to make one another and then turn desperately try to hold the memories and make things right again, who has never been in a relationship difficult held in conjunction with them.
"Brokeback Mountain" (2005): it is difficult to find a film more impregnated of grief than this. The Oscar winner dazzling reminds us not only the incredible loss of talent that Heath Ledger, but also gives us a devastating tale of love that could not be, and all those affected by it. There is no way to not get choked up watching Heath, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams all trying to navigate the complicated love between Jack and Enis. Oh and one last scene? Cannot even think about it without ripping.
"The Break-Up" (2007): tarifa by far the most joyful on our list, this comedy starring former real-life couple Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, doesn't pull surprises (Hey, it's right there in the title!). Of his characters Gary and hilarious and petty arguments Brooke for those moments of all-too-familiar of letting go of someone who has hurt you and/or realizing that hurt someone, this is the rare case that we want the title of a film deceived us.
"Revolutionary Road" (2009): OK, Leo and Kate, what you are doing to us? Don't know what is done or said, but hopefully you'll make a movie where a couple not spectacularly and shocking collapse as unhappy suburbanites Frank and April Wheeler. This adaptation has some heavy-duty stuff that, not unlike "Blue Valentine," says a wedding dissolve slowly and painfully.
"(500) Days of Summer" (2009): is there anything worse than being in love with someone who doesn't like you back the same way? No tone (the adorable never Joseph Gordon-Levitt) when he falls for the summer (Zooey Deschanel) This comedy well written, true to life. They may not have a happy ending together, but the movement was a bittersweet reminder that sometimes we have our hearts smashed to make them full again.
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