Love Actually

Love Actually
Lauren Brooks
So in our discussion of Babett’s Feast we learned about different types of love and there is no other movie full of different kinds of love than Love Actually. It is by far one of my favorite movies about love and one of the most realistic portrayals of the subject. I love each and every couple and there is no possible way in which I could ever pick a favorite. But even the stories that don’t have a happy ending are still amazing stories.
There is a particular story of a father dealing with the death of his wife and then raising his 11 year old step son. And to top it all off his son is in love???? He just lost the love of his life and his 10 year old son finds the love of his life with ironically the same name as his Mom. Now I love the way the father handled the situation. He was so cute the way he pushed his son to go after what he wanted and to believe in love. He supported his stepson unconditionally and refused to not take his stepsons problem seriously.
Despite the cheesiness of the movies old pop star song “Love Is All Around”, it really is all around. You see it everywhere, but especially at this one place which is best explained from this awesome quote from the movie.

Prime Minister: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinions starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion love actually is all around.