Forget Paris

Frankly, this movie was not memorable at all. In fact, compared to all the other movies shown in class, I had forgotten most of the scenes while driving home. Once I had reached, it was completely flushed out of my system. I suppose I found the story very predictable and the acting rather cliche (exaggerated emotions ect). The main character, Mickey had a very child-like sense of humor and innocence about him which made me wonder why the somewhat strong and ambitious Ellen found him attractive in the first place. In my opinion, they were a bad match from the beginning. Sure, it was all fun and games and laughter and romance in the city of love in the beginning. But what was Mickey expecting? A happily ever after in Neverland? Every romantic escapade must come to an end. Thats when life together really begins.

Even as a viewer, their relationship was exhausting to watch. Although both were undeniably stubborn about their views of the ideal relationship, I found Ellen a little more sacrificing compared to Mickey. I mean, she left her job in France to start something completely new and out of her comfort zone only to find herself jobless and alone most of the days. I felt she had every right to feel the way she did. What difference would it had made if she was still in France? Eventually Mickey gave in and took a break from his job but that made him the miserable one. He began to feel desperately unhappy when their free time clashed and he began to see less and less of Ellen.

I never really quite comprehended why he felt he had every right to express his dissatisfaction about his loneliness, when Ellen, once in that position, was viewed as petty and unreasonable? Things got heated up when her father came to live with them. And that too got me wondering. Why was it so unbearable in the first place? He was a sick, old man for goodness sake. Perhaps of Mickey's relationship (or lack of) with his father contributed to his lack of understanding towards the matter. Then came the baby-making problems, which only added salt to injury upon their already foundation-less relationship. Many goodbye's and tears later, they suddenly reunite and join their friends at the restaurant. The only time where Mickey gets epiphanies about his fondness towards Ellen is during games for some reason. And when she's millions of miles away. Like they say, distance makes the heart grow fonder. But not stronger.

My guess? They'd probably broken up 2 weeks after the last scene.