An Education, set in 1960's London, is the story of 16 year old Jenny who's father has put her on track to be the top of her class with the goal of attending Oxford University. however, beautiful and brilliant, Jenny is interested in other things such as French culture, art, literature, and music, and her world is changed when she meets the charming, wealthy, and much older, David who shows her an exciting lifestyle of fancy restaurants and clubs, art auctions, and spur of the moment trips to Paris. wrapped up in the world of David, Jenny begins to learn about life, love, and the options and choices life presents. i don't want to give too much away so i will stop there. Carey Mulligan gives an amazing performance as leading lady Jenny. the movie offers humor, sadness, and an education for all who view it.
it is hard for me to talk about this movie because for some reason viewing it was a seriously profound experience. i just had a new feeling about it that i have never had about a movie or gotten after viewing a movie. the story demonstrates how relationships with all people, boyfriends, parents, teachers, etc, are not something out of fairytales. so many movies give people the false hope about personal relationships and are often left unhappy because of it. i used to be like that a lot but in the past few months i've really been working on accepting relationships and people as hard work and although they can be very confusing and even painful, we are left with the choice of whether they are worth it or not. with my new form of optimism i'm finding that they are usually more worth it than not.
Music: A Sunday Kind of Love - Beth Rowley
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You're definitely right that relationships are hard and take lots of work. But I'm glad that you believe that they're worth it, because I also fervently believe that people make life worth living.
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