The Way We Were

In reply to a post on an unrelated movie on IMDb.

I guess your parents were hoping that you'd understand the point of "The Way We Were", because in some way, it probably related to them, but weren't able to convey it in any other means than having you watch it. The film is actually more difficult and relates to themes that a ten-year-old might find hard to grasp.

Long story short for "The Way We Were":

If memory of the synopsis of "The Way We Were" (which I haven't seen) read from Wikipedia serves me right, then the point of it was that two people deeply in love with one another had to give up a lot to be together in tenuous times, but eventually split for greener pastures to have a life — or what they thought life meant for them at the time — lest they be forced to be much worse off by events and powers beyound their control.

Time moved on and they met again, being in an age past their prime youth. Reminiscing, they realized that they were actually at their best when staying together when young, yet far too many events had gone past, and they had grown too much apart of one another throughout all that time to be like the way they were.

In my view, the movie probably warns people not to break precious relationships too easily, advising them to ponder the merits of a loving relationship further than just face value. The film also suggests that young people (perhaps by their nature) possess lesser amounts of detachment to recognize the gift of love in their midst.