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Summary: a heart-breaking movie...
Review: LOVE STORY is a simple-plot movie, but so sad one. this movie's final scene was so moving that I could not help weeping and the Francis Lai's score was absolutely marvelous.. truly beautiful one! I could say that this movie would have not been successful if there wasn't the Lai's music.
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Summary: The Music Made This Movie
Review: I saw this film in the theater during its original release, and found that although the story was good, the soundtrack was fantastic. I went out the very next day and bought the LP, and nearly wore it out over the next year. Since I had an Akai reel-to-reel deck, I also bought it on a pre-recorded reel in 1972, and put away the LP. The Oscar for best score went to Francis Lai for this soundtrack, and deservedly so. Another album came out during this time entitled 'Francis Lai plays Francis Lai'. I'd never really heard any other music by this French composer before 'Love Story', but bought the album and really enjoyed the tracks from previous movies, including 'A Man and a Woman', and I believe also 'Rider on the Rain'. I wish I could remember the other tracks, and also wish I could find it on CD. I no longer have the LPs due to their being stolen during a military move in the late '70s. Anyway, listening to the 'Love Story' soundtrack instantly invokes the emotions associated with the film, so much so that it makes the film seem better than it actually was. It's not often that the score of a film soars above the acting, but this one does. Anyone who enjoys this soundtrack should also check out other albums by Francis Lai.
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Summary: Great Classic but...
Review: Oh yes, this story to many older generation is the starting point and the beginning of love stories drama. The story of this movie is very touching but for now a days the acting is not all that.I recommend reading the book. But still it is "the" classic love movie of all time..!
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Summary: Sure it drips of syrupy sappiness but you'll still cry
Review: Yes, even the slightest piano tinkle resonanting the hauntingly memorable musical theme will instantly take you back to the moment you saw this for the first time. I was a silly pipsqueak of a high school freshman when I first saw this classic tearjerker, and fell for every single sickening, cliched, contrived, overwrought gimmick in the predictable screenplay, over-ambitious music score, and less than subtle acting on behalf of Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. But guess what? There are times when we need to watch films just like this--a film in which we allow ourselves to willingly be led by the nose and heartstrings and force ourselves into a good cryfest. This is precisely what has granted this piece of 1970 cinema its endurance. We know it's obvious ("What offends you more Father, that she's Catholic, or poor?"), we know it's preachy ("Love means never having to say you're sorry"), we know the outcome from the very first sentence ("What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?"), yet none of that matters. With all its flaws and lack of being original and clever, Americana has had a thirty year love affair with LoveStory. Don't watch it as high art or even great cinema. Watch it because you want to feel something. And hey, the score did win an Oscar, after all. You'll catch yourself humming it for weeks afterward. See it with someone you love.
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Summary: This Is My Favorite Movie Of All Time
Review: I have seen it countless times since if first came out in 1970 and was so thrilled to finally get my personal video of it this Christmas. If you love a love story, this is the penultimate one. Oliver, the Harvard jock,and Jennifer, the poor and smart-mouthed music student from Rhode Island, touch the deepest parts of our hearts. Theirs is the love story that we all want---two people completely dedicated to each other. They survive class differences and parental disapproval because they love each other. How wonderful to see the heart-warming snowball scenes when their love is so obvious to viewers. Of course, it is in the end, a tear-jerker that requires unlimited tissues. The couple that has it all can not overcome the one thing that is out of their hands. You'll laugh and cry and be touched for a lifetime. This is the greatest movie. Don't miss it.
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Summary: Sob story
Review: I can't believe all the stars I'm seeing here. Did these people think they were writing about "Casablanca" by mistake? "Love Story" is its own bad joke, surpassed only by "Lovely Story," Burnett and Korman's intentionally hilarious sendup on the old "Carol Burnett Show." MacGraw pouts instead of acts, Segal inserts hip (1970) profanity instead of characterization, and O'Neal amazingly walks away from Milland at the end, when the last line of the novel (in which Oliver cries in his father's arms) was what pushed weepy readers over the edge. I've read that the snowball-fight montage was inserted after the rest of the film had been shot because the filmmakers realized that the two brats who were their main characters needed a shot of humanity. Too little too late. O'Neal himself said it best a year later in "What's Up, Doc?" when Streisand said to him, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." He replied, "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard." (If I had to say something nice about the movie, I'd admit under pressure that the counterpoint of Lai's score with the music emanating from the practice rooms where O'Neal is looking for MacGraw was a nice touch. But I'm not really saying it.)
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Summary: My Mom's Favorite Flick
Review: My mother absolutely adores the movie "Love Story." It is her all time favorite movie. So, whenever it is her birthday or a special occasion of any sort, we pop it into the VCR and watch it together. It has even grown to be one of my favorite movies. I am not someone that watches a lot of love stories, but this one sure is a great one. I like it better every time I see it...even if it does make me misty eyed. :-)
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Summary: feel like a good cry?
Review: Few movies have ever made me cry; this is one of those movies. "Love Story" wonderfully combines humor with heart-felt drama. Sure, Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw were not the best actors, but their chemistry makes up for lack of acting prowess. This movie conveys genuine emotion without becoming overly sappy. A must see for the hopeless romantics :o)
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Summary: MY FAVORITE "LOVE STORY"
Review: WOW ! I CRIED & CRIED & CRIED THE 1ST TIME, THE SECOND TIME, THE THIRD TIME & ALL THE OTHER TIMES... IT IS JUST THE BEST "LOVE STORY" EVER & IT'S TOO BAD WE CAN'T SEE MOVIE LIKE THIS ANYMORE. A MUST SEE...
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Summary: One of the best that stood the test of time
Review: A simple and humerous love story with a sad ending. 30 years after its production, it remained one of the best film of its kind. It also remained as the best story that Erich Segal has written so far. The music is great and fully deserved the Oscar.
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