"Whatever happens tomorrow,
we've had today." This is a quote from my favorite movie One Day which is
directed by Lone Scherfig and written by David Nicholls. This movie is a
classic love story about two college kids who meet on graduation and become
best friends. Unlike most movies, though, the characters take over twenty years
to realize that they are in love with each other only to be shocked by the
death of the wife of the couple in the end.
This movie is my favorite movie
mostly because of its originality. Most romantic movies show a conflict between
the lovers, a damsel in distress who is saved by her prince, and a quick fix to
the couples problems. But, in the movie One
Day it is quite the opposite. The main characters do not have one large conflict
between them that makes their relationship difficult, but a drawn out sequence
of misunderstandings between both partners and the interruption of life’s
challenges that come between them. This I can relate to in many ways which
makes the movie more interesting to me. Instead of a damsel in distress, the
main character, Anne Hatheway, portrays a strong female lead that shows she is
in no need to be saved by a man, but rather wants to support and be supported
by her best friend. I think that because she plays such a strong lead that it
makes the movie more intense and empowering. The couple in this movie also has
many drawn out conflicts in this movie instead of quick fixes. This movie shows
the couples journey together, and apart, throughout their lives and the
struggle it took them to be together. I think this makes the movie more
realistic and relatable. Overall, the movie One
Day is a brilliant portray of the love between two people that never
thought they’d end up together.
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