Un amour infini...

I was just a young teenager when I snuck into the theater to see this one. This was the first "Love Story" I really ever watched, and I was touched. I was snatched away into the world of Jade and David, and seduced by the emotion and feelings. By the end, when the movie reaches it's climax, I was in tears. My heart was breaking for each of the charactors. Yes, I was young and emotional, but this movie made an impression on me and gave me my first lesson in Love. I snuck in two more times, just to feel those tears again. I Loved it!

I was a teenager when I first saw the movie sometime around the middle of the 80's... And a few days ago a I heard Endless Love from Whitney Houston - it was totally overwhelming. The first thing that came to my mind were the first pictures of the movie and the FEELING <- all with capital letters because this movie is not about the highest level of film-making but it did show emotions in their fullness - and it could have been the goal and I think this very movie did reach its goal. Why am I saying this? Almost twenty years later I just heard the song, the main theme and the first thing I could visualize was the movie, the passion, the emotions everything the movie wanted to demonstrate - and I think it did, really did.

Awful for many viewers. Boring for others. The worse Zefirelli. and, maybe, the critics are more bitter. But, in this case, Ihope, significant is to discover the good details. Sure, it is not a great film. But a decent one. For music. For performances of lead actors. For drops of authenticity. And, maybe, for the courage of viewer to not compare "Endless Love" with "Romeo and Juliet" . This is all. an imposible love story. two beautiful young actors. And a not the most inspired film.

I never saw 'Endless Love' when it came out, and not when it came to video, and then to DVD, and then to streaming. Now it is offered by amazon Prime so I can see it on amazon instant video.

In the years since this movie came out, it probably aged badly. Sex in movies got raunchier. Now, watching this movie, the erotic scenes seem sweet in comparison. And, after all, this is Brooke Shields naked with one of the best-looking naked men on the planet - Martin Hewitt. He looks like a younger and fresher and more perfect Mark Ruffalo. All I can think when I watch him watch a woman is: male hormones!

I enjoyed watching this movie for the first time, being older, having all that distance from today and the time the movie was made (1981). I feel like the hippie parents were very similar to parents of my high school acquaintance. Most of all, I remember how young love is different from older love - not better, not worse, just different.

The movie showed this. The acting is far from 'wooden.' All of these actors have gone on to other (sometimes better) things. What a treat to be able to see they so young, fresh, and skilled in these roles.

Based on the praised novel of the same name, this film deals with the obessive love between two teenagers during a span of about 5 years. With all the talent behind this, including the director, Brooke Shields, and the source of the material you would think this would be a terrific movie, but don't be fooled. It is awful. The two leads are OK, but the rest of the cast just hams it up in a most embarrasing way, the script is really lumpy, the editing perfectly awful, and the direction nowhere near as good as the directors previous efforts (which include Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew). Some people may find it good on a so bad its good level. Others beware. My rating: 3 out of 10. (because the title song is excellent)