Alas ! Its Crazy, Stupid, Love and Euphoria

Alas !   Its Crazy, Stupid, Love and Euphoria

 

 Crazy, Stupid,  Love is a 2011 Warner Bros. Hollywood blockbuster movie starring handsome  prince charming Ryan Gosling and stunningly beautiful Emma Stone in the lead roles.  The lead pair’s onscreen chemistry is awesome.  Emma Stone won many an Awards for her role in the movie and Ryan Gosling was nominated in a few of them including a Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor.   The title is surprising as there is nothing crazy or stupid in the film.  It is a smart, sophisticated Rom-com drama.  If you like romantic comedies, then you will love this movie. 

                                                          Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone

 

Before giving the synopsis of the movie few takes of mine on the romantic love.   A handsome pay packet from a decent corporate job, well accomplished kids and a wife who is a high school sweet-heart or a college mate - from best friends to partners in life - could be dream come true for anybody.   But in this case love becomes sour after learned by him that his partner is cheating on him and has an adulterous affair. 


 

It is said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.  Similarly, the real age is determined by the mindset of a person.  The protagonist in this film is a forty plus debonair who wants to reinvent love after giving the much needed divorce to his wife.  

Falling in love is a great and beautiful feeling.  The love pair with the handsome dashing features often destined to fall in love. The twinkle in the eyes and glow on the face makes falling in love a dazzling and delightful experience.  This is different from the routine life.  The desire to consummate the passion leads to a dream world scenario. 

It is in all likelihood that one must have bitten by love at least once in life.  A beautiful high school sweetheart or even a senior having a crush on you is a sweet memory to ponder all later years in your life. 

It is a blessing that cherished moments do happen in one’s life.  To experience the feeling of living in a paradise or heaven is of course a blessed moment in life.  If you are attracted to a person you take notice of even minor things about that person and develop keen interest to make him or her happy.

          

 

 
 


The puppy love is ignorant about the after effects of it.  That is when a person needs parental guidance and an arranged marriage.  Our parents and relatives often find a suitable groom or bride after considering the social ladder, financial security, family status, emotional stability and personality traits.  A handsome well educated groom or bride with a good character like a Rajshree Pictures heroine, the girl next door and financially well off and well settled in life often finds priority in wedding proposals.
  

A person’s talent and other histrionics often results in developing a fascination towards that person.   The personality truly attracts towards him or her often resulting in love happening.

In a country like India the arranged marriages have been finding the most success ratio.  Money may not be the key factor for persons in love but for a successful marriage financial stability is a much needed shot in the arm to last the euphoria.

Love is beautiful especially the romantic one and to win the love of the sweetheart is exciting and precious.  The love is blind that you tend to forget the economics of life and the negative consequences that you may face if it is not a win-win situation as regards the financial security.

 In most of the epic love stories the lover’s financial status often leads to tragedy. 

 

                

The euphoria you expect after tying the nuptial knot seldom proves ecstatic.  The excitement and happiness out of a wed-lock resulting from romantic love of an imbalanced financial background of the couple, likely to end in troubleshooting after the initial blind, crazy, stupid, love.  Else, a will to accept and adjust the dream and desires in life is a much needed adrenaline shot. 

 

  

The mutual craving for love-making satiates not only the bodily needs but also mental conditioning in a love-laden relationship.

                     

It is a joy to share the marital bliss which shows you the stars in the sky and the dream come true as regards the sexual appetite when satiated.

It is also said that there is a woman behind the success of a man.  A man becomes more productive, energetic and successful with the support of a loved better half in stepping up the ladder of life.

We are talking about the couple bitten by love in general and not the exceptions.

 

                                      

When I Met You, I Found Life…

If I lose you I can’t Live

You are the air That I Breath.

I Love you beyond The Depths Of

Soul…..

Having examined the pros and cons of love affairs, let us find out what the movie has in store for us.

SYNOPSIS –

Crazy, Stupid, Love is an American romantic comedy drama.  The movie got a 4/5* ratings by the critics.

Duration of the film is 1 hr 58 minutes and it was a blockbuster hit when it was released worldwide in 2011. The movie had a production cost of $ 50 million and has  grossed over $ 142 million in the box office.  The movie had a casting coup with a fantastic actor line up of dream cast which made it successful.

It is a Rom-com about the people with good hearts.

 Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is a middle-aged man who learns that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) cheated on him with a co-worker, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and that she wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal goes to a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a womanizer who beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah (Emma Stone) recently had rejected his advances. Jacob takes pity on Cal, and offers to teach him how to pick up women. Using Jacob's teachings, Cal seduces Kate (Marisa Tomei) at the bar. After this encounter, Cal manages to successfully seduce other women in the bar. He sees Emily again at their son Robbie's (Jonah Bobo) parent-teacher conference. The interaction goes well until they discover that Robbie's teacher is Kate, who reveals to Emily that she and Cal slept together. Cal then confesses to sleeping with many women. Emily leaves in disgust and begins actively dating David. Meanwhile, Hannah, a recent law school graduate, is expecting her boyfriend, Richard (Josh Groban) to propose marriage while they celebrate her passing the bar exam, but he does not, instead, offering her a position at his law firm. Offended and hurt, Hannah returns to the bar where she originally rejected Jacob's advances and kisses Jacob passionately. The two return to Jacob's home to hook up, but end up talking to each other all night and making a connection. Jacob starts a relationship with Hannah, and he becomes distant from Cal.

At the same time, Robbie makes numerous grand gestures to try to win the heart of his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica Riley (Analeigh Tipton), who actually has a crush on Cal. On the advice of her classmate Madison (Julianna Guill), she takes naked photos of herself to send to Cal and tucks them away in an envelope inside her dresser drawer. Later, when Emily calls Cal under the guise of needing help with the house's pilot light, Cal decides to try and win her back. Meanwhile, Jacob returns Cal's calls and asks for advice about starting a real relationship and meeting his girlfriend's parents. Jessica's mother, Claire (Beth Littleford), who dislikes Cal, discovers Jessica's naked photos in the dresser drawer and shows them to Jessica's father, Bernie (John Carroll Lynch). Bernie was Cal's best friend before.

Claire made him end their friendship in the aftermath of the breakup. Bernie rushes to the Weaver residence to confront him about the photos, with Jessica in pursuit. Cal and his kids create a makeshift mini golf set in their backyard to remind Emily of their first date. During the gathering, Jacob and Hannah show up at the house, and Hannah is revealed to be Cal and Emily's first daughter. Cal is appalled that Jacob is dating his daughter, and forbids her to see him. At that moment, Bernie shows up and attacks Cal. Jessica arrives and tells her father that Cal knew nothing of the pictures. Then David arrives on the scene to return Emily's sweater from a previous date. Cal, Jacob, David, and Bernie then get into a scuffle which is soon broken up by the police. Cal starts spending time at the bar again and receives a visit from Jacob, who confesses that he is in love with Hannah. Cal replies that he is happy that Jacob is a changed man but cannot approve of Jacob and Hannah's relationship, having seen Jacob's former lifestyle. Jacob harbors no ill feelings; rather, he respects Cal and praises him for being a great father.

At Robbie's eighth grade graduation, Robbie is the Salutatorian and gives a pessimistic speech about how he no longer believes in true love and soul-mates. Cal stops him and instead begins to recount his courtship with Emily to the audience, saying that, while he doesn't know if things will work out, he will never give up on Emily. With renewed faith, Robbie reaffirms his love for Jessica, to the audience's applause. After the ceremony, Cal gives Jacob and Hannah his blessing. Jessica gives Robbie an envelope containing the photos of her to "get him through high school." Cal and Emily have a laugh talking about the events that have transpired the past year when the film ends.

 

The movie when it was on the editing table was over 3 hr duration and was trimmed to 1 hr 58 minutes. Though after the release of the movie many in the audience wished the movie could have been longer.

The movie was primarily shot in Los Angeles, California.  Locations included Westfield Century City mall, Ventura Boulevard, Hollywood Hills where Jacob's house is located, Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Portola Middle School in Tarzana and Grant High School in Van Nuys, which stood for Robbie and Jessica's campuses, El Torito Grill at the Sherman Oaks Galleria and Equinox Fitness in Woodland Hills, which became the sports club featured in the film.

Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film 4 out of 5 stars review as well and said that it "conjures up the bittersweet magic of first loves, lasting loves, lost loves and all the loves in between".

The movie had a superb script and good direction.  Ryan Gosling looked hot in the movie and Emma Stone was ravishingly beautiful.  It is a great date night movie.  Ryan Gosling superficial funnyman at first, and, like the rest of the cast in this terrific film, opens up, and surprises the audience and merits a best actor Award.  The stunningly beautiful actress Emma Stone shines in the role of Hannah.  Steve Carell and Julianne Moore did a good job in the movie as well.

However, the find of the movie is Jonah Bobo.  Jonah Bobo as Robbie is phenomenal in his role, conveying an innocence and naivety that is more mature than possible. He acts like more of an adult and gives the performance a well-rounded other young actors would be incapable of.

Crazy, Stupid, Love is bittersweet, emotionally uplifting and distinctly hilarious movie.  This movie takes the higher road and breathes new life into stale genre of stereo type Rom-com movies.  

In short, the movie is worth a watch more than once.

The love and its mesmeric charms left me drooled in writing few lines in my Blog about the magical ring of exciting happenings after bitten by love creating a heaven on the earth.