200 Love Lessons from the Movies by Leslie C. Halpern

Author:Leslie C. Halpern [Halpern, Leslie C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2016-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Lions Gate Films/Photofest

In The Age of Adaline, an immortal woman (Lively) manages over the years to fall in love with a father (Ford) and his son (Huisman) in a creepy scenario that wisely isn’t explored too much in the film. (For another lesson from The Age of Adaline, see Love Lesson 36 in Chapter Three: Giving Gifts).

Love Lesson 107: Someone else’s opinion doesn’t have to be yours.

Enough Said (2013)

Director: Nicole Holofcener

Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Divorced empty-nester Eva (Louis-Dreyfus) falls in love with sweet-natured Albert (Gandolfini), a huge bear of a man she meets at a party. Although he isn’t the type of man she normally dates, Albert’s loveable quirks endear him to her. Eva’s a neurotic mess; desperate for approval, she works as a masseuse, a nurturing job where she gets continual praise from her clients. One of her regulars, Marianne (Keener), has a damaged shoulder that needs frequent work on it. A well-respected poet with a beautiful home and great sense of style, Marianne complains about her awful ex-husband during many of her massages.

At some point in the dating process with Albert, Eva realizes he’s Marianne’s ex-husband. Now confused about her professional boundaries (perhaps she should inform her client or stop seeing her) and personal choices (maybe Albert is not such a great catch after all), Eva risks losing it all by keeping this dangerous secret from both of them. As she contemplates what to do, she continues to see both of them, often encouraging Marianne to complain about her ex so she can get more dirt. The worst complaints, however, are not exactly deal breakers for most women: He’s a little clumsy in bed, doesn’t use night tables, and employs a strange manner of eating guacamole. Eva’s admiration for Marianne threatens her budding love for Albert. Instead of choosing which one of the two relationships to keep, Eva deceives them both, which guarantees major fallout when the truth is revealed.

The Lesson: If only Eva had more confidence in her own convictions, she could tell them both the truth and disregard Marianne’s opinion as the ramblings of a disenchanted ex-wife, rather than poetic words of wisdom to be analyzed and followed. If she had told the truth as soon as she learned of their relationship, she might have been able to retain Marianne as a client and keep Albert as a boyfriend on the condition that neither speak ill of the other.

Love Language: As tempting as it is to make negative comments about an ex-spouse, ex-lover, or ex-anything, practice saying two kind things for every unkind thing you say about that person.

Love Lesson 108: No one is ordinary.

She’s Out of My League (2010)

Director: Jim Field Smith

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, Lindsay Sloane

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Kirk (Baruchel) works as an unskilled hourly employee at airport security. His family belittles him, his nasty ex-girlfriend flaunts her new boyfriend, and his three coworker friends constantly remind him how average and ordinary he is in comparison to Molly (Eve), the beautiful woman he recently starting dating.

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