This is not a chic flick, this is a collection of stories about love. There is a difference! Chic flicks are female based fantasies about what female/male relationships should be, they get some things right, and other things wrong, just like the rest of us. From my perspective true chic flicks make human relationships to simple, complexity is a more realistic picture of these stories.
This movies should help us ask good questions about sexuality, friendship, what kind of love is important, and the connections between fantasy and reality. Since Christmas is approaching it a good commentary on the contemporary ritual that we have created. This movie epitomizes the title of my blog by engaging viewers with the idea of storied living and how love enters into people's lives and how they flesh out love in their life, in funny and sad ways.
November 23, 2004
Love Actually - 7
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Romantic and realistic, that's difficult to achieve.
Romance and reality can fit into the same movie because while the audience is giddy with joy for the sake of one couple, they are preparing to throw their pop corn at the dissolving holds of another. It defies the typical romantic comedy by forcing the watcher to consider what comes next, because happily ever after simply isn't a possibility.
This was such a good movie. I agree with anonymous. You wanted to cheer for the couple that makes it and forget about the rest but the whole thing really makes you think. We put so many unrealistic expectations on love. I really liked the story about the man in love with his best friend's wife and had the guts to tell her. Wow! Love doesn't always work out and this movie showed both sides.
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