Okay I seriously really enjoyed this movie. My friend Aprile recommended it to me but then took back her rec two days later when she realized the movie has an obvious parallel to my life that may or may not be helpful.
I'm glad I watched it anyway. There were so many plot twists, I actually didn't know what was going to happen, the whole time. Like there were so many moments where I was like, Wait, what? But they were believable moments that totally made sense after they were shown.
I'm trying to figure out what the point of the movie is though. I think the point is..
Oh should I tell you what the movie's about first?? (If you haven't noticed, I don't really write movie "reviews," I just kind of use movies as a prompt to get me writing about something.) Well basically it's about how people get these timers implanted that tell them how many days, hours, minutes it will be until they meet "the one." And pretty much everyone has them, except for the few people that "don't believe in it" or whatever, even though the timers have been proven a hundred percent of the time. They're supposed to help you avoid heartbreak, divorce, etc.
But I think the movie's point is that the natural way is best because even the people in your life that weren't the one were still important. They may have left a scar, but it's a "good scar" or whatever.
I'm not sure I totally believe that. Like, yeah, I think the natural way is best, no timer for me. But I don't think that means we should jump into every relationship (and yes the main girl did jump into a pretty obviously unworkable relationship - I mean, it could have worked, but it would have been really hard / weird). I think we should meet people and move slowly and if it seems like they might be the one, continue to move forward. If not, we should back off slowly, or quickly (but that's hard sometimes).
I don't think the main girl was being smart. I think she was sort of depressed, and then a cute guy hit on her, and then he played his music, and yeah, that'll get you. So I'm not judging her. (I'm DEFINITELY not judging her.) But I'm just saying for future, when you're depressed, like go to God or something. Or do something you love to do to get your mind off guys or call up a good friend or something, something that's not drugs or the wrong guy. That's what I learned.
But if we're not talking about learning and we're just talking about entertainment, yeah, of course I wanted her to end up with the kid. He was super cute, and we (the audience) really grew to like him! (Except for those few obvious moments when we're like, Dude, you're talking about random girls' boobs in front of her, not cool.) He was cool though. And he did have some pretty cool views about life that sort of shook up the main character's beliefs (slash sort of ? changed them, but not really right cause she still ended up with the timer guy). I don't know. The message isn't clear, but I don't think movies' "messages" need to be, I mean it's a movie, not a sermon, and we the people should be the ones to figure out the truth about it. Yeah?
So I'm telling you: don't make quick decisions out of desperation or just for the experience. Live what you believe. Well first believe something awesome (read: true), and then live it. And watch the good things come from that, cause those stories are the best (and usually with less scarring).
