{"id":8282,"date":"2012-05-27T21:44:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T19:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=8282"},"modified":"2012-06-11T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T09:46:54","slug":"forget-me-not-will-not-be-forgotten-any-time-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/forget-me-not-will-not-be-forgotten-any-time-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Me Not: Will Not Be Forgotten Any Time Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Forget Me Not starring Tobias Menzies and Genevieve O'Reilly. 2010 movie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

London.<\/p>\n

Will (Tobias Menzies) is a musician who is barely holding on to life. He has a horrific problem, but we can only guess what it might be.<\/p>\n

Eve (Genevieve O’Reilly-Jamie Lapidus\u2019 from Episodes<\/a>) is a bartender who wants to do something more with her life.<\/p>\n

When Will saves her from a drunk, they start hanging out – at least until Eve gets to the party she needs to go to. But their potential \u201cBefore Sunrise\u201d story is at times interrupted by Will\u2019s uneasiness, and making Eve question his intentions. If he doesn\u2019t like her, why isn\u2019t he leaving? And if he does like her, why doesn\u2019t he make a move already?<\/p>\n

But we, as the audience, know that Will has a lot to deal with, and his indecision comes from the fact that even though he really likes her, he doesn\u2019t want her to get involved in his issues. Because as it is made clear to us from the first moments of the film, Will isn\u2019t exactly a big fan of living at the moment\u2026<\/p>\n

Forget Me Not ISN\u2019T Before Sunrise. And it\u2019s a good thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really loved Forget Me Not. It\u2019s not Before Sunrise<\/a>, and it is not trying to be.<\/p>\n

On many levels, it feels even more real. Let’s face it – the biggest issue of the characters from Before Sunrise was that they lived in other continents. Boo-hoo.<\/p>\n

Now, while I love Before Sunrise (and Before Sunset<\/a>) to bits, it is totally Jesse and Celine\u2019s fault (or blessing-depends on how you interpret Before Sunset) that they choose to leave things to fate.<\/p>\n

Will\u2019s problem\u2026well\u2026it is not like he wants to die for his gothic beliefs. It\u2019s not like he is depressed because his wife left him or something. He knows that his future is worse than bleak, and he is going to lose a lot before he dies a natural death. So a part of him wants to take fate into his own hands\u2026a part of him well\u2026can\u2019t decide on the timing. And Eve is just the perfect distraction from that awful future.<\/p>\n

Can two people really fall in love in the course of a day? Probably. Celine and Jesse made us believe it. Eve and Will made me believe it. The question is, how much realism can you handle in a romantic movie?<\/p>\n

Who should watch it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pretty much everyone who has a thing for a heart-felt romantic story that doesn\u2019t have an escapist feel to it. If you are a cynic, you\u2019ll like the fact that love, in this film, doesn\u2019t come at the right moment or bring happily ever after. If you are a romantic, you\u2019ll like the fact that love can happen-even at the worst of times.<\/p>\n

Shit happens. Life can suck, but it isn\u2019t without its beautiful moments. I guess whether you can empathize with Will or not depends on\u2026.well, it really depends on your ability to empathize. After all, even the most cheerful and larger-than-life people can become suicidal when they realize life as they know it is about to be over, and we are not talking about losing your job here.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur memories make us,\u201d as Will says. So the best you can do is to make the best of now by making as many great memories as you can. \u00a0And love for 24 hours is better than no love at all.<\/p>\n

So see the movie, but be prepared for its depressing and truthful moments-even though the message is, ultimately, whatever you make it.<\/p>\n

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Written by Mark Underwood, & Rebecca Long, and Steve Spence. Directed by Alexander Holt and\u00a0 Lance Roehrig.<\/p>\n