Blue Valentine Link

We search for because it asks the terrifying question: Can two people who genuinely love each other still fail?

is not a film you "enjoy." It is a film you survive. It is a horror movie for anyone in a long-term relationship. It strips away the Hollywood tropes of "soulmates" and "happily ever after" and replaces them with the terrifying truth: Love is not a feeling; it is a series of actions. And if you stop taking those actions, the feeling dies. Blue Valentine

The final shot is devastating. Dean walks away into the literal fireworks of a Fourth of July celebration. Cindy is left crying on a curb, holding their daughter. The fireworks—a symbol of explosive love—pop overhead, indifferent to the human wreckage below. We search for because it asks the terrifying

The film cuts between them falling asleep in each other’s arms in the past and sleeping back-to-back in the present. This is the thesis of : We are watching the same people slowly become strangers. It strips away the Hollywood tropes of "soulmates"