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How did you like the love story? CONTAINS SPOILERS

posted 19 years ago by stuffic
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I like this film a lot. The cast, the music, the look and feel of it, etc... However, I thought the "love story" aspect of it was a little lacking.

- Nina and Darius are attracted to each other right off and start a lust thing.
- They're falling in love, but neither wants to admit it to the other.
- Nina has trust issues with Darius because she saw him with another girl and he gets calls in the middle of the night.
- Darius is determined to show no vulnerability, due to pride and fear, which ultimately pushes Nina away, and they break up.
- A year passes, and both realized that they had found love and let it go, and life's too short for that.

OK. A solid, simple love story. But not very satisfying as love stories go, IMO. Still a very enjoyable movie, though.

BTW, this leads me to a question: If Nina had not come back to Chicago for a photo shoot, wouldn't they have continued to let pride get in their way?

"This is war, Peacock!!"

[–] doitwithlove88 11 years ago

Love is about being in the right place at the right time. They were soul mates. If she had not gone back it wouldn't have been a movie lol. I would like to believe she wouldve gone back anyway. The look on her face when the woman hands her, her itinerary shows that desire was still there. Who knows?