Love Story - the movie

Interesting fact
As the name suggests …….Love Story is the saga of two young lovers with a tragic end when one dies in life threatening illness ……Before I start with the movie …….i would like to share some interesting fact associated with the movie. Writer Erich Segal actually wrote the screenplay first …….and the authorities at Paramount studios liked the screenplay and decided to make it into a film. Later when the film was completed, Segal was asked to write a book based on the screenplay as a part of publicity of the film …….this is quite unheard of but true. The book was a runaway success and so as the movie.
Plus point
Love Story was released in 1970…….even if you watch it today , you will definitely find it contemporary. The biggest plus of this movie is the background music and no wonder that Francis Lai scored an Oscar for that. Its so melodious that you just cant help but hear it even if you are not musically inclined.
The movie
Starting with the movie now ……..its the story of two young lovers , Oliver Barrett IV and Jennifer Cavalleri. The boy is super rich and will be going to Harvard for his law degree and this girl is from a poor family who’s dad is a baker , she is going to study music at Radcliffe. Both were deeply in love and decided to get married . This idea was not very welcomed from Oliver’s family’s side so he snapped all the ties with his father.
Both got married ( the verse Jennifer recites when they were getting married was awesome ……..i don’t remember it exactly but it will definitely touch you deeply )
Later when they were doing good , both 24 year olds decided to start a family and it is where it was discovered that Jennifer is suffering from life threatening illness and has very less time in hand ……She finally dies but her death brings the father and son together ……..this is one task she couldn’t do when she was alive but her death did her incomplete task!

The performances
Most natural performance has definitely come from Ali MacGraw ……..when you are watching the movie , you wouldn’t realize that this is some actress playing the part ……..she has portrayed Jennifer with much of ease. Ryan O’Neal has also performed very well ……..specially the scene when he comes to know that his wife has very less time to live ……..other have also done their job well ……..

All in all a good movie to watch when you really don’t feel like watching the usual movies of the present era ………it’s a timeless story with some really crisp dialogues and a very touching opening quote :
What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me?
Well the movie says “Love means never having to say you're sorry” which is quite true in most sense ……..

So a definitely must watch for the ones who like romantic movies and what possibly can go wrong with a movie that was nominated for 7 Oscars and got one for music too .......definitely time well spent !