The Proposal

[Originally the couple (Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock) had done this to trick the system (laws and governments) otherwise Margaret Tate(Sandra Bullock) would be deported.]

So it is time for another sappy romance up here.  Even thought it has some of the classic blunders that I dislike in romantic comedies, it does highlight some really great things.

Notice that Andrew (Ryan Reynolds) has something he needs to say for the good of them both.  He is uncompromising in his statement of the truth.  She is free to reject him at any point along his speech.  Andrew realized that love is not something that you plan, it happens.  Yet it requires choice.  This is a big point to this clip.  Love is a sacrifice, a chose to be made.  It does not mean that everything is going to be fine, or that the fairy tales happen.  It is a choice made for the good of the other.  Andrew is talking about the love that he has for Margaret, that it is worth struggling for, and embarrassing himself if she says no, worth being scared.

Notice that Margaret said she enjoyed being alone, it was more comfortable.  We were not made to be comfortable..."our hearts our restless until they rest in you, O Lord." -St. Augustine.  Love is a risky business though as C. S. Lewis states, "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."  It is this fact that makes the act of Andrew, and the acceptance of Margaret so powerful.  Love moves us, it changes us, it is scares, we have to make the leap of faith.