Hello I Must Be Going...

Love is not a prize you get at the carnival for squirting water in a clown's face the longest. If someone loves you, they just love you.

 

A quote from this movie I just finished watching on iTunes. I never get the chance to watch movies all the way through since having kids, and unfortunately it seems when I do rent one I end up feeling a bit disappointed. I was an avid indie movie watcher. I spent at least one night a week watching 2 or 3 of them, often twice, sometimes even 3 or 4 times. Since meeting my hubby and stepson I compromised a lot, and you could catch me with them at the movie theater watching all the latest blockbusters. Many of them were worth it to see, and when you have a better half and child integrated into your life...you enjoy what they enjoy because it makes them feel good. Kind of like watching the same episodes of Dora and Diego over and over with terribly sick toddlers.

 

My hubby has watched a fair amount of "my style" movies too. He likes action, fighting, kung-fu, not a lot of dialogue...but still he found amusement in Welcome to the Dollhouse, Lars and the Real Girl, even thumbs up'd Away We Go with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph...we have both compromised for one another.

 

Yet now with a 3 year old and almost 2 year old, we are lucky enough to watch a five minute blooper reel on You Tube that my stepson begs us to check out with him on the daily. My hubby and stepson get to watch some of "their style" movies when I am putting the munchkins down, but normally by then I am too pooped to even think of watching a 2 hour movie. But sometimes miracles happen.

 

Keoni and Noa fell asleep early, and momma got to watch an amazing movie, only an hour and a half on my computer in peace and quiet with no interruptions. And I loved it. Really loved it. I felt a connection with all the major characters in the story, each storyline, and even in the end it didn't disappoint.

 

It delved into the depths of relationships and love between different persons and families. Such a mess of topics to tackle, but the writer and director and actors did an amazing job of recreating the complexities of relationships and what love truly is. I don't want to give too much away. Please watch it if you haven't yet. A little sweet, somewhat sad, humorous, and often relatable to anyone that has struggled in life, relationships, love, or with their own immediate family. It's called Hello I Must Be Going... 

 

This movie restored my faith in independent movies, and reminded me to research a bit more. There is a world of excellent independent movies still being made, but this now sort of mainstream momma just needs to look beyond Iron Man, Fast and the Furious and Jackie Chan.