A Different Love
well...i actually cried listening to this song coz it's about lost forbidden love and so freaking touching if you know the storyline of the movie.
It's about the love between a mormon on a missionary trip in LA and a promiscuous party animal who leads a carefree life. Initially, it was just over a bet of $50 to sleep with one of the mormons who are staunch religious believers but just as he was about to successfully seduce the mormon, he got an earful instead on how shallow he was. He changed thereafter thinking what if the mormon was right and he helped out as a volunteer at a shelter for people with AIDs and found out there is more to life than just parties and getting laid. He befriended a guy dying of AIDs over at the shelter and slowly began to fall in love with the mormon who was unlike his other 'conquests' through their friendship but didnt know that he would get the mormon into trouble over a 'kiss'. That poor mormon tried to commit suicide when sent back home due to shame because he..yes..HE...had gone against their religion by being a homosexual. There was also intense pressure for him because his father was the President of their religious sect over their hometown and that he was the only guy in the family so rightfully, he would be the next in line to spread the faith.
Torn between religion and his true love, he decided to end it all but unfortunately, Christian was made to believe by Aaron's mother when he found out his house number that thanks to him, she had 'lost' his son because he committed suicide over him. Actually, he didn't die. He was just sent somewhere to 'cure' him of his homosexuality when he survived the suicide. But Christian's roommate who was an aspiring singer made a music video which was broadcast later on tv which Aaron heard and watched over at the rehab centre. When he heard the lyrics and the message flashed across that this song was written for her roommate (Christian), he found out that Christian still loved him and didnt go on finding his next conquest as thought by Aaron. Before that, Aaron was also informed by his mother later that Christian had actually ran a bet with his friends to 'get' Aaron which made him disappointed coz he thought Christian had really loved him which then spurred him to commit suicide.
But after that song, he ran away from the centre and took a bus to LA to find Christian. But having no place to stay, he went to this restaurant owned by someone he befriended during one of his volunteer work whom he didnt know was also the restaurant where Christian worked. When he went out of the kitchen to send some food and saw Aaron talking to his restaurant manager, he was shocked and dropped the tray. All this while he thought Aaron had died and he could almost not go on with his life. Well, they hugged and reunited back and spent the Christmas together with the small group of restaurant crew. So *sobs*..the movie ends perfectly..but if Aaron had not heard the song, he would never have made it back to LA so in a way the song was darn touching if you think Aaron had actually died.
In case you're thinking me as odd, this is just a movie and it does not reflect anything about my personal life or my stand on sexuality or religion. Even if the two lovers are in a healthy heterosexual relationship and not a homosexual one, if the movie is moving enough, I will still cry buckets. I just like to see how love overcomes it all, between the rich and the poor, between the popular and the unpopular, between the ugly and the beautiful..that kind of thing. It's just like listening to different genres of music too. So yup....Im just telling you how it is.
Yawns..getting sleepy now. Got to hit the sack..at four plus am in the morning.
It's about the love between a mormon on a missionary trip in LA and a promiscuous party animal who leads a carefree life. Initially, it was just over a bet of $50 to sleep with one of the mormons who are staunch religious believers but just as he was about to successfully seduce the mormon, he got an earful instead on how shallow he was. He changed thereafter thinking what if the mormon was right and he helped out as a volunteer at a shelter for people with AIDs and found out there is more to life than just parties and getting laid. He befriended a guy dying of AIDs over at the shelter and slowly began to fall in love with the mormon who was unlike his other 'conquests' through their friendship but didnt know that he would get the mormon into trouble over a 'kiss'. That poor mormon tried to commit suicide when sent back home due to shame because he..yes..HE...had gone against their religion by being a homosexual. There was also intense pressure for him because his father was the President of their religious sect over their hometown and that he was the only guy in the family so rightfully, he would be the next in line to spread the faith.
Torn between religion and his true love, he decided to end it all but unfortunately, Christian was made to believe by Aaron's mother when he found out his house number that thanks to him, she had 'lost' his son because he committed suicide over him. Actually, he didn't die. He was just sent somewhere to 'cure' him of his homosexuality when he survived the suicide. But Christian's roommate who was an aspiring singer made a music video which was broadcast later on tv which Aaron heard and watched over at the rehab centre. When he heard the lyrics and the message flashed across that this song was written for her roommate (Christian), he found out that Christian still loved him and didnt go on finding his next conquest as thought by Aaron. Before that, Aaron was also informed by his mother later that Christian had actually ran a bet with his friends to 'get' Aaron which made him disappointed coz he thought Christian had really loved him which then spurred him to commit suicide.
But after that song, he ran away from the centre and took a bus to LA to find Christian. But having no place to stay, he went to this restaurant owned by someone he befriended during one of his volunteer work whom he didnt know was also the restaurant where Christian worked. When he went out of the kitchen to send some food and saw Aaron talking to his restaurant manager, he was shocked and dropped the tray. All this while he thought Aaron had died and he could almost not go on with his life. Well, they hugged and reunited back and spent the Christmas together with the small group of restaurant crew. So *sobs*..the movie ends perfectly..but if Aaron had not heard the song, he would never have made it back to LA so in a way the song was darn touching if you think Aaron had actually died.
In case you're thinking me as odd, this is just a movie and it does not reflect anything about my personal life or my stand on sexuality or religion. Even if the two lovers are in a healthy heterosexual relationship and not a homosexual one, if the movie is moving enough, I will still cry buckets. I just like to see how love overcomes it all, between the rich and the poor, between the popular and the unpopular, between the ugly and the beautiful..that kind of thing. It's just like listening to different genres of music too. So yup....Im just telling you how it is.
Yawns..getting sleepy now. Got to hit the sack..at four plus am in the morning.
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