Hey Guys,
I was watching "Love, Actually" yesterday, and I started thinking why don't we see more movies like that? What I mean, is why is it that so many movies contain violence? I think "Love, Actually" was the first movie I'd seen in quite a while that didn't contain any trace of violence. Why is it that people find violence so appealing? (myself included I'm a huge "Die Hard" fan and I've seen Transformers at least seven times) Furthermore, I can't remember the last time a movie was spreading a message of love instead of just mocking it, like the thousands of fluff filled romantic comedies that hit the cinema every few months (case and point 27 Dresses). We feel that violence is treated more seriously in movies like "The Departed" or "American Gangster". Films like those win Oscars because people are aware that these movies are set firmly in the real world. Love, on the other hand, is often sensationalized in movies like "Titanic". Love stories like "Atonement" often receive attention because they tug at our heart strings. We want Leo and Kate to be together. We don't want to see Leo sink to the bottom of the ocean, but I don't know that we take them seriously as people. We feel that, in the back of our minds we don't believe that love actually works like that, yeah it's makes us sympathize with the characters but then we forget about them and carry on with our lives. All we're saying is maybe there should be more films like "Love, Actually". Films that entertain but also show all levels of love. I mean, how many movies do you see with a couple like Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson?(as they are in the move) They're not crazy in love, but they are comfortable and they raise their kids and live their lives. They're not Leo and Kate, they're just ordinary people. We see many different types of violence but only one shade of love. Those are our thoughts. we'd love to hear yours. Take it easy guys.
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