The Love Affair Movie Review and Reflections

Last night, I watched The Love Affair starring Richard Gomez, Dawn Zulueta and Bea Alonzo, some say the movie was or at least one of the characters were gutless and the others are bizarre. Personally I’d say they are not gutless and they are not bizarre, it is the normal reaction of normal people when in love as love can be bigger and weirder than you think, or what you hear or what you read in books, especially if you are put in the same situation.

Before I go deeper in my personal thoughts, let me just talk a bit about the movie (no spoilers as there’s nothing to spoil, the story plot is something you have heard, seen and read everywhere before). I am here to commend all the three stars in the movie who did their part very well. Their acting is so real and convincing , you can see the emotion especially in most of the sensitive parts of the film. The feels is there. The movie was well edited. Movies such as this, simple yet most can relate to it. You know someone who was in that shoes one time or another.

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Now, let’s talk about The Love Affair. Love is funny. Love is curious. Love makes one happy but also love makes one cry. You only get hurt by someone you love.

Relating to the movie, I’ve been in the shoes of the characters in the movie.

Everyone has a family, some have the broken setup, some the ideal one. It takes love, care, will-power and respect for every member of the family to keep it intact. It takes effort from one member to the other to keep close contact and bond with every member of her family, even if they are living together in the same roof or not. Blood alone does not bond you with your family you have to work for it too. Blood does not make you close, it takes effort from every member. You only get what you give.

I was someone who was used to cheat on someone, I did not plan it, it just happens. I was in love. Or was that vulnerable one who wanted to be loved and needed love. The attention was addicting. When something makes us happy, we want to hold on the feeling for as long as we could, even if we know it is not right anymore. Friends and family won’t matter when you are in that high feeling of love. The you and me against the world concept is all that matters. You think love will prevail, but if it is not the right kind of love, eventually it will fall apart. You will get hurt and angry. The time period for waking up in your dreamy world of love is unsure. For how long you will be in the denial stage, nobody can tell but you. You yourself alone can help you wake up. The process is long but you will thank yourself once you move on and realize it was not the kind of love and life you wanted.

I’ve also been the one who was cheated on by someone I love deeply. It hurts and it cuts like a knife. The wound is hard to heal, it takes time, years, and maybe even forever to forget. The ironic thing about betrayal is that it is done by someone you know, someone you trust, someone you love. When the trust is broken, it is hard to put it back together. Like I’ve always said, it is like Humpty Dumpty, you can’t put it back together again, like an eggshell, once it’s broke its forever broke. It is hard to love someone you cannot trust anymore. Forgiving someone who was unfaithful to you takes time. Forgiving is also not the same as forgetting. You may forgive the person but you can’t forget what he/she did. You can try but the ghost of the dishonesty is there forever. There will be trigger points that will remind you of it. It takes guts to forgive and forget and move on with the same forever. Or you can move on to the next one, which will also be hard to do because you will have trust issues. Maybe that was my Karma for being a part of someone cheating someone. I’ve paid the price. I think I’m even now.

But then again, don’t take it from me. I am not an expert, I am just experienced.

Watch The Love Affair so you will get a grasp of what I am talking about. The movie is R16. There a cameo of GrabTaxi in the movie! Thanks NJ Torres for inviting me,  too bad didn’t get to catch up with Dawn Zulueta, she looks so flawless in the movie!

Sorry for the emo!

Stay gorgeous everyone!

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