The Break Up

Today was the first weekend I've not had to work since I came back from Vietnam and apart from the usual jog at the beach, spending time playing my guitar and reading the Bible, I decided to do what I like to do when I've free time! I rented a VCD from Eastpoint - from a shop named My Vision Pte Ltd.

I wanted to watch a romantic comedy because they are mindless and entertaining. I toyed with the idea of renting Bend it Like Beckham or something really insipid like Just my Luck. But I succumbed to the recommendation of a friend and got "The Break Up". She (who shall remain unnamed) said it was a good movie.

First disc. I fell asleep halfway. Ok maybe it wasn't the fault of the movie. I was sleepy.

But seriously towards the end of the movie, I was just feeling really annoyed at these two adults who didn't seem to know the meaning of the word communication. She tries to make him jealous by going out with all sorts of unattractive men. He rejects her one attempt at reconciliation by not turning up for the date without even a good reason. She doesn't tell him properly that all she wants is for him to show that he appreciates her. He plans a strip poker party at their condo to irk her to death.

Oh c'mon. Am I being harsh?

I was annoyed all the way until the scene where she finally had a quiet moment on her own in her bedroom and broke down in tears. He comes in, sees her crying and later confesses it was the worst moment in his life because all he wants to do is make her happy yet he does all these things that make her unhappy. And by the time he is willing to give it another shot, she has no more heart to continue trying. Then I got sad.

I got sad because the characters themselves professed that they would have done a thousand things different if they had to do it all over again. I guess that means, amongst other things, no trying to make the other jealous, no stoopit poker parties. And above all, I got sad because both had the heart to love the other, but at different times. So in the end they broke up and led separate lives.

If only they had communicated....