6 Years (2015)

What a beautiful movie!

Some things I liked some I did not.

From my favorite movies..

Absolutely the worst movie.

"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires." Francois de La RochefoucauldI think this movie proves this wisdom pretty much. I also don't understand where all the hate towards this movie comes from, but my guess would be, because you saw yourself in it. If all of you are in such perfect relationships and never were in a bad one, then where do all the divorces and break ups come from? Surely not from another planet. The characters are not here to be liked or loved by the audience. They're not children's cartoon characters. They just show their realistic far from pefect story and that's it. Compared to many other trashy and cliché love movies, this one at least got me thinking a little. About distance, what people think love is, big decisions, young love and so on. Sure, you can judge the characters for not being good role models, but they were never supposed to be. And as someone who doesn't like alcohol, you can also be grossed out, but I think it gives the movie a real feel to it. Young people being stupid, very emotional and trying to do the right thing, but failing to do so. That's life. It hurts, it's fun, it's pain.

Anyone who says this is a realistic portrayal of a relationship needs therapy and I don't mean that in a snarky way. If neither of you need therapy then even your worst relationship would never be this insufferable.The girl needs anger management and the guy seriously needs to work on his communication skills. Every single character was unlikable. I work in Austin so the only thing I could relate to was the scenery and hipsters but even then they were too spunky and friendly for Austin hipsters so my brief glimpse of immersion was ruined as soon as they opened their mouths. And don't even get me started on the ending, but I'm trying to keep this spoiler-free to give fair warning to any rational person thinking about trying this movie. Don't do this to yourself unless you need background fodder or you are under 25 with a heightened pain threshold.

This is a movie that surprised me on many levels. I think the acting was decent. The plot wasn't very fast-paced, but in my opinion it was very, very real (personally, I could fully relate to this relationship minus the physical aggression part). It's not a story about partying, or love, or careers. And nope, I also don't think it's a movie about abusive relationships. In the end, it's a story about two children, who are suddenly faced with grown-up decisions and fully unable to deal with them (Spoiler: towards the end, Mel reaches that conclusion, saying she's scared to grow up, and at the end she actually makes the grown-up decision to let Dan go). Mel is deeply insecure (it's all over the movie, like her acting really insecure when he says he doesn't like kissing her after she smokes, then later with the porn, and so many other moments), acting out on her fears and regretting it just moments later. I don't think she's even really aware how much of a problem her anger issues are. Dan is much less insecure, but he's not a great communicator. He says little things that make Mel even more insecure. He has a new life, one that doesn't suit Mel well (his new friends and work), but instead of trying to resolve their differences, he just does his own thing. The circle of doom is easily born from this: her acting on her insecurities triggers him becoming more distant and focusing more on his work and co-worker, which in turn triggers her insecurity, which causes her to act less reasonable, which triggers him becoming more distant etc. Their problems could be resolved, but it requires them to act like grown-ups. Him, to talk about her aggression issues (and not in the middle of a fight) instead of cheating and lying about it. Her, to tell him about her insecurities in an open way and talk with him, instead of keeping looking for confirmations that he loves her. But they are still kids, not mature enough to take a step back and solve the problem, rather than wrapping op in their own frustration.

After waiting a year to see this film, and being excited for it, the wait totally paid off. I'm a huge fan of Taissa, and follow all of her work, I have fan accounts on social media dedicated to her, and the fanbase for her was really looking forward to this film, and enjoyed it very much so. It has great performances by Taissa, Ben, Lindsay, Joshua, and much more of the cast. The film has somewhat negative reviews, but clearly this is one of my favorite films, and I really enjoy Hannah's work. The soundtrack to the film is amazing, it includes songs such as ''Drive'' by LolaWolf, Lindsay Burdge and Ben Rosenfield sing ''Indian Summer'', which was a great cover in my opinion. I really throughly enjoyed the film, and would recommend it to a friend or family member. Check it out if your bored on Netflix or searching for a film to watch on VOD.