Prime.

We literally ran from Ateneo to Powerplant because we had to catch the 2:45 screening of Prime. Our class was from 1-3pm... We looked really funny, t'was like a scene from Amazing race.
"Go, go, go!"
Universal says:
"Prime" is a sophisticated, character comedy set in New York City about Rafi (Uma Thurman), a recently divorced 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan, and what happens when Dave (Bryan Greenberg), a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, falls in love with her. "Prime" looks at love from everyone's point of view -- friends, relatives and in this case, Rafi's therapist (Meryl Streep) -- and follows all who come apart, and some who pull it together, when two people fall in love.
The film was depressing. There were a lot of times when I almost cried. There were a lot of things that reminded me of my past. They were so similar that I felt like it was the film's way of mocking me. I could relate to Rafi when she encouraged Dave to believe in his talents and to stop from feeling like he's not enough. I could relate to her pushing Dave to be the best that he can be for himself.

"I Love you... and i will figure it out."

I nearly fainted in nausea when I heard Dave say that "though I'm new at this and that I'm still trying to know my way around relationships... I love you and I will figure it out." I wanna be able to figure it out. There are a lot of things that I dont understand, and maybe I will never understand them. Still, my journey to figuring it out continues.

Dave: [lying in bed, making love] I want to make a baby with you.
Rafi:I can't. I can't do this to you. You don't want to.
Dave: You want to. It's what you want so I want it.
Rafi: But you don't. You would regret it.
Dave: I want to give you this gift.
Rafi: I know. And it's the sweetest gift anyone has every given me. The fact that you are willing to do this for me shows how deep your love goes. That's the gift I'm taking from you instead.
Totally heart-wrenching. They didnt end up together. I think the ending was perfect. Sad but appropriate. The last scene was when they bumped into each other a year later... They looked at each other and in both their eyes, there was acceptance that their story's finished. Finality. Sighs.

"Sometimes we love, we learn and we move on."

Some stories are meant to end on a sad note. In fact, most of our stories will not end the way we would want it to end. And when finally the ending that we've been waiting for comes, that's when we will start appreciating all our Almost Love Stories.



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