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CTyankee

(65,462 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:11 PM 6 hrs ago

Just saw "Love Story." My reaction to seeing this old weeper is "not bad."

I hadn't seen it for years and it became known as a banal love story, a "weeper," with no redeeming virtues, especially with the line "Love means never having to say you're sorry." And the old class difference with Harvard and the Ivy League.

But I found it a fairly good movie. The script was awful, IMHO, but the feeling I had after the film was over was that it accomplished what it had set out to do: connect with the audience. Altho poor Ali McGraw, having that famous line, really did herself no favors, I got it in the context of the entire movie. Ray Milland, playing her father, was especially good, I thought.

Anyway, my 2 cents after seeing this movie. YMMV, of course.

Tell me your thoughts...

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Just saw "Love Story." My reaction to seeing this old weeper is "not bad." (Original Post) CTyankee 6 hrs ago OP
I think I resent being 1 of 100 million Jennifers born after that. GPV 6 hrs ago #1
I was a teenybopper when it came out and loved it😍 rainy 5 hrs ago #2
Didn't Ray Milland montanacowboy 5 hrs ago #3
Yes, wasn't that great? CTyankee 3 hrs ago #4

GPV

(73,102 posts)
1. I think I resent being 1 of 100 million Jennifers born after that.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:23 PM
6 hrs ago
seriously, 3 in my teensy class alone.
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