The Last Kiss
Dan and I are really big Zach Braff fans so we follow all of the projects that he does. His most recent, “The Last Kiss,” is no exception. I have to admit though, I really kind of wanted it to be. Dan was looking really forward to seeing it, but me - not so much. He suckered me into it on Sunday and while I really had a hard time with it, I didn’t hate it like I thought I would. So much of the movie was very personal and very real to me. I spent a few hours reading reviews the night before we saw it trying to talk Dan out of seeing it. The majority of the reviews were really kind of down on the movie - that it was so depressing, to avoid seeing it “unless you think all relationships (especially marriages) suck,” that it gave a very dim outlook on relationships. So of course I bought into that and fought like hell to not have to go. I think the reviews were wrong. I think it gave a very real outlook on relationships. And, no, I’m not a pessimist who thinks relationships suck. It covered many different kinds of relationships - at different stages. Almost every one of them was relatable. Simply put, it just showed how they’re not easy, how they have to be worked on and in a constant state of up-keep to make them last. And really, I think if it were easy, we’d get bored quickly and have nothing worth fighting for. I think to have something, someone, worth fighting for makes a difference. I have yet to meet anyone in the perfect relationship that doesn’t have real problems and real issues. Sure, they may not be on the brink of divorce types of issues, but no relationship is without flaw. Yeah, it was a real relationship-downer because each one was in a different state of falling all-the-hell apart. But, and it’s quite possible that it’s just because I am a pathetic romantic-optimist, to see the way things worked out - that things were working out one way or another – left me without the bitter taste I had expected to have going in. To be able to think, at the end, “Just open the door, it can someday be okay again,” well, I think that’s hope. And any movie that ends with hope is okay in my book. And it had Zach Braff… C’mon!