Seriously--it's virtually non-stop in this movie. I'm no prude but Ali MacGraw's character had a mouth like a sewer. When she died at the end all I could think was, "Good! No more swearing!" There's probably enough in this movie to earn the film an R rating today.
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Your comment made me curious so I did some searching. I found a list of movies and the number of F UCKS used. Oddly enough, Love Story isn't on the list. So that tells me there aren't enough F UCKS to get on the list. Even odder is the fact that I don't recall a single F UCKS being uttered when I watched it, other than my own as in Why the am I watching this but that's a separate issue.
So with that being said, can you cite any examples of swearing in Love Story?
Where did I say that she said *beep*? She didn't but she kept saying stuff like god damn or ass quite a bit. Maybe it's just me but that sort of language seems way out of place in a sappy love story. Also I've read articles in magazines that, at the time of its release, some people complained about the language.
shareSo your idea of "too much swearing" is saying 'god damn' and 'ass'? Are stuck in some sort of back to the future 1950's time warp? Even in 1970 'god damn' and 'ass' weren't all that bad.
It's not like she said "I want to take you in my ass" or "God damn, you really stretched out my ass last night." If she had I might see where someone may have gotten their undies slightly bunched up but that's not the case. Honestly you come off sounding like an 80 year old spinster.
Love how you automatically mix sex with swearing. I actually usually have no trouble with swearing. I've sat through movies like "Chasing Amy" (where it's non-stop) without caring. HOWEVER "Love Story" is supposed to be a throwback to those stupid syrupy romance movies of the 1940s. You know about those right? The ones with NO swearing? It's jarring to hear McGraw's character (who we're supposed to care about) casually throwing out profanity. Of course her lousy acting and terrible 70s hairstyle didn't help. And I sound like a 80 year old spinster? I'd rather sound like that than the sarcastic judgmental jerk you clearly are.
shareIt's funny, I watched this the other day and didn't even notice. I think it was more that women swearing wasn't as common on film, but I live in near Boston and some of the ladies I worked with came across like insane dock workers. That is to say they got the working-class female demographic right (for better or worse)
shareThat's odd. I work and live in the Boston area also and none of the women I work with swear at all. However, in the context of the movie, McGraw's swearing comes across as jarring. I grew up in the same sort of neighborhood her character did and none of the women I knew swore ever.
shareMine was Charlestown in the mid-90's, most of them were pretty, well...rough. I suppose it's related to the area and upbringing. I've met women who would spell out anything beyond Hell and others that would call a cashier an a**hole to their face.
I had a boss in '88 who would tell a lady to watch her language if she said "God - dammit." I'm his age now and it's like a free-for-all.
OK--I grew up in Arlington in the 1970s-1980s. If any kid was caught swearing in my neighborhood their mouths were (literally) washed out with soap. I was taught to believe that a woman NEVER swears. That's the just the way I was bought up. It was just a little surprising to hear a woman swearing (albeit minor swearing) in a sappy love movie.
shareYou're right; it was gratuitous and pointless.
shareIt was an attempt to show how tough the character was. AM doesn't have the acting chops to pull it off, so it came across as irritating and unnecessary.
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