Shopgirl

Last night, Branwyn and I, both avid fans of Jason Schwartzman, went to see his latest movie.
There is many things I could say about this film and for a moment I don't know how to go about it. Is it that it was funny? Yes it was, it was really funny in a quirky way.
Is it that it dealt with ideological notions on the part of the girl that gripped my attention, as I am so heavily into idolising stuff? Perhaps.
But it was the sad quality that it had in every moment that won me. ( sad quality being an elusive and yet indescribable cognitive concept discovered by me and as yet not researched deep enough)
But maybe it was the fact that this film gave conflicting message on love. That love means nothing and everything, depending where you choose to invest it, and how people know themselves best and no matter how much you think that you will make a difference in their lives, you will only make a difference should they chose to have their life differently.

It is and it isn't a love story, that is what makes it so great. It had polarity.
Story went something like this: girl meets a boy. Boy has problems. She says something to him that changes his life and yet is simple, almost ordinary. But it said at the right time and he listens. They connect.
At the same time, desirable bachelor woes her with gifts and special gestures. She falls for him. He tells her he doesn't want anything serious. She interprets that is because he travels a lot and that with time it will settle into a routine.
And it does. He does fall in love with her and throughout the whole film you have a feeling that is enough. After all, the "He is just not that into you" book proclaims it is just that easy.


But he knows she is too young for him and in the end, despite the love, he still thinks that.
Which brings me to the fact how people seem to think that love comes easy these days...it doesn't. It is a careful balance of components that we hold dear, which may or may not come together at some point.
Maybe it is about that moment when you connect with someone, when their words change you. You cannot count on those moments, they happen and are random and one never knows when and by whom they will be given.

The point of this movie, I guess is the issue of love. It will change some, transform them into better people, give them inspiration to succeed, to fly...and to some it will mean nothing.
And there is nothing one can do about the latter, however hard you try and however much they love you.