Valentine's Day

Valentine’s day!!!

There is something gooey about this day. Well, it is obvious, since it surrounds love, the most coveted of the pursuits in life. And so, I thought that I too shall be a part of this sharing and expressing love and I went to the movie, valentine’s Day and guess what? I loved it. If someone wants two hour break from a nervous break down, they can watch this film and they would not regret it. It is sweet, it is romantic, it is touching and it is filled with fun. But, if that is all, I would not brag about it so much! It also pointed out – how sometimes when the love is staring right at your face, one tends to ignore it and run around, trying to find that Mr or Miss Perfect.

Though there is just too much of stardom in the movie and I personally felt that not all the characters had their share of role, there is a central theme to the movie that surrounded a florist and his best friend. The movie succeeded in showing all forms of love – the budding, the blooming and the fruition. One moment, though, caught my attention completely. When Reed (Ashton Kutcher) finds out that his best friend was being cheated by the guy she loves, he tries to let her know that she was doing a mistake. The initial reaction, when a friend thinks that his/her friend is trying to do a mistake by being with a particular person is mostly to talk through the situation and let them be. They just allow them to go on their road, saying that they are there, when the need comes. Somehow, it is so good to see that the guy actually tries to tell her, “… no one believed that we (he and his girlfriend) could work it out, including you and no one told me about it. And today, when she left me, here I am, standing with a huge pain in the gut, because no one could speak their mind to me. I don’t want you to end up feeling this way”…
Only a person, who has fallen down and through no fault of his own, finds himself being surrounded by this inexplicable pain, can understand what it feels like to be hurt by the person you love. It struck me then, in the middle of the movie, that, we give so much of importance to friends and despite that importance, we often put them in the boundaries. Sometimes, those boundaries are drawn by us and sometimes, those are just the boundaries they are comfortable to work around with. And then it hit me, that she did what everyone confronted with the point, “your love is not good enough for you”. She felt sorry for her friend and went on, anyway, to meet her boy friend, only to find out that her friend was right all along. I was thinking, this is exactly the way everyone behaves, when confronted with the reality that the person they love is not really worth the love or the wait or the tears! And when the reality sinks in, finally, one needs to do an open heart surgery, if only with a heart-shaped cardboard box and a baseball bat!!!!

The movie had its moments – but it left me laughing, most of the time, with its wit and humour and above all, with its classic lines, that keep one rolling off the seat! But, it conveyed the point too – love does not always come in the most convenient of packages. If one wants it in their lives, they need to earn it and respect it and above all, accept it for what it is, without restriction. And when in love, you need to make a world with that love – else, you will find yourself watching the layers of it being stripped away and you being left alone. After all, love is the centre of one’s deepest happiness and grief. But, then, love is a fairy tale – mostly fitting the classic beginning, the difficult middle and the happy ending… if one dares the pain – the fairytales often come true. So, the happiness follows the grief, after all.

And, as a fitting ending note - here is Taylor Swift's fairytale love... Loved this song - as the scroll went by:

Today was a fairytale
You were the prince
I used to be a damsel in distress
You took me by the hand and you picked me up at six
Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale
I wore a dress
You wore a dark grey t-shirt
You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess
Today was a fairytale
Time slows down whenever you're around

But can you feel this magic in the air?
It must have been the way you kissed me
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale
You've got a smile that takes me to another planet
Every move you make everything you say is right
Today was a fairytale
Today was a fairytale
All that I can say is it's getting so much clearer
Nothing made sense until the time I saw your face
Today was a fairytale

Time slows down whenever you're around
Yeah yeah

But can you feel this magic in the air?
It must have been the way you kissed me
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale


Time slows down whenever you're around
I can feel my heart
It's beating in my chest
Did you feel it?
I can't put this down

But can you feel this magic in the air?
It must have been the way you kissed me
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way
But can you feel this magic in the air?
It must have been the way you kissed me
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale