Wednesday, December 26, 2007

love actually

i just stayed up past my bedtime to watch 'love acutally' - for maybe the 5th time. i love this movie... love the breadth of it. yes, it's romantic, but it's about the real stuff of love, too, and not just between lovers. sisters & brothers, parents & children, the hard places husbands & wives find themselves, the choices we make, and the people we make them for. it's got enough silliness to make me laugh, and in the end i'm smiling from ear to ear with warm fuzzies all over in my heart.

the truth is, real love - the powerful kind - is a choice as much as anything else...not just the goose bumps & big moments. that's one of the bravest statements the movie makes, particularily in the story of the sister whose brother is institutionalized & the wife who finds the necklace her husband gives another woman.

"If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not celebrate injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. "

4 comments:

Annie said...

I love this movie too! I had to buy it because I'd already paid for it several times over in rental fees.

Mrs. Cooper said...

I love LOVE this movie, too. I've only seen it twice. :-(

Heather said...

have you seen 'feast of love'? well- it's a book too- but VERY good movie about ... um.... love. all kinds of love.
yes- i am bored at work again today. and BK just reminded me yesterday that I haven't blogged in centuries.... so you'll be seeing more of ol' dosser on here. ;)

Marilyn said...

Rae - I wrote about love today too... it has been such a great day. You know... Mum