Definitely, Maybe is my favorite movie because it follows Ryan Reynolds through a series of serious relationships that he goes through in life and how each relationship has shaped him. However, when he goes through his divorce, he is forced to question everything he believed in about love. It takes a very in-depth heart to heart with his daughter Maya for him to find that love was with him all along – in his best friend. WHOA Spoiler alert. Get over it. You should still see the movie though.
The movie is hopeful in that it sort of explains how you don’t have to find love now (maybe you might,) but there’s always a chance of it happening later on in life. That doesn’t mean you’ll exactly meet the love of your life later – you could already know them. So before I even saw the previews of “One Day” and heard Anne Hathaway’s attempt at an accent, I started thinking about this concept. A lot. I took a walk with one of my best girlfriends and asked her if she ever wondered what it would be like to have some sort of a journal, recording, etc of all of the men that came into her life. I told her, “Wouldn’t it be interesting to see what stages these men entered and left? What if they returned later on in life or what if they were cut after it had run its course?” It would take a lot of work to get that information down – not to mention exhausting – and I’m not saying that because I’ve got some numbers. That’s not it at all. This is not meant to sound pretentious in any way at all. I don’t think it matters how many people you’ve enountered or how little, but it’s exhausting to record the relationship you’ve had with each person in extreme detail. At the same time, it’s a learning experience.
The fact of the matter is that this plot line happens every day. It happens when we least expect it. And while I know movies are fictional, I think that there are some people that do find love in their best friend first instead of the other way around ie) loving someone who will later on naturally become your best friend. Let’s hope it doesn’t take 20 years!
I decided to write this post after being inspired by The Frisky’s “I Fell in Love With My Best Friend,” which go figure was sponsored by “One Day.” Regardless, it’s still something I believe in.