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Post by jeffersoncody on Mar 30, 2021 8:24:02 GMT
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Mar 30, 2021 11:37:17 GMT
Such pap. I recall when the book came out - EVERYone was reading it and crying.
The film - ugh! McGraw couldn't act for love nor money.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 30, 2021 17:48:50 GMT
Such pap. I recall when the book came out - EVERYone was reading it and crying. The film - ugh! McGraw couldn't act for love nor money. Yeah, everybody read it and cried. Except me. One writer pointed out Oscar Wilde's comment about Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop: "It would take a heart of stone to read about the death of Little Nell and not laugh." He thought the same thing was true about Love Story. The movie was even marketed on the basis that it will make you cry. There were even reports of people crying while they were standing in line to buy their tickets. Even more is that silly catchphrase "love means never having to say you're sorry." In the video O'Neal speaks the truth when he says, "I've said 'I'm sorry' a lot in my life." Right. THAT'S love.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Mar 30, 2021 17:57:56 GMT
Such pap. I recall when the book came out - EVERYone was reading it and crying. The film - ugh! McGraw couldn't act for love nor money. Yeah, everybody read it and cried. Except me. One writer pointed out Oscar Wilde's comment about Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop: "It would take a heart of stone to read about the death of Little Nell and not laugh." He thought the same thing was true about Love Story. The movie was even marketed on the basis that it will make you cry. There were even reports of people crying while they were standing in line to buy their tickets. Even more is that silly catchphrase "love means never having to say your sorry." In the video O'Neal speaks the truth when he says, "I've said 'I'm sorry' a lot in my life." Right. THAT'S love. I was very young when it came out, and everyone was raving about it. I picked up a copy expecting a great story. And was so disappointed. It was such crap! 
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Post by marshamae on Mar 30, 2021 19:24:27 GMT
This is one of many popular films which I saw After it had jumped the Shark. It’s wave of popularity was waning, the song had been played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played....
So I never experienced it’s magic, and I already thought Ryan oNeal was a s($#tweasel . The only film I ever liked him in was Barry Lyndon, because his character was as lacking in moral fiber as Ryan himself. I would hate to be able to look back on a time when I was charmed by such a jerk.
Another much better film where I missed the curve was the Graduate. By the time I saw it I already knew the funny lines. My friends had acted out the best scenes and wailed, “ you have to see it” so I was less than charmed . But seeing the Graduate now, I am impressed with how successfully Mike Nichols caught that moment when we flounder after graduation. The cast was sensational, and if I don’t get the high glee people felt on seeing it the first time, there is still plenty to enjoy. Not so with Love Story...
Btw, I disagree about Ali McGraw. She may not be a great actress but she was very good in Goodby Columbus, perhaps a film better lined up with her personality and experience. It is a perfect slice of the life I grew up in, the families I knew and it still charms me. I identify more with Neil, the outsider who fits in with a few sharp edges.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Mar 31, 2021 21:50:41 GMT
I don`t like this movie.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Apr 3, 2021 12:42:29 GMT
This is definitely a case of you had to be there. It was certainly marketed well at the time. It's mostly cringey now, but there are a few bright spots in there. That theme is legendary.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 7, 2021 0:40:07 GMT
I was in infancy when this came out--I have never seen it beyond clips--I heard it referenced for years like the Sting, that it was featured in box office reports and the song. It's weird to think of this era before the blockbuster techno-film came along.
In the case of the Graduate, they had a 30-foot-tall cut out image of Dustin Hoffman in London's cinema district--I saw it in another movie--they showed the marquee. In the same movie there's a little torn up poster of Christopher Lee from a Dracula movie in an alley.
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