http://raptr.com - One of the reasons Leaving Las Vegas is so heart breakingly haunting is that the unconditional love between Ben and Sera blossoms against a backdrop of desperation loneliness and self destruction. Bens only plea to Sera is that she never try to stop him from drinking. This is not a lesson movie like When a Man Loves a Woman where the triumph over alcoholism forms the central dynamic. Instead Leaving Las Vegas is about passion that flares brightly for a moment before being extinguished. The audience understands when Sera says We both realized that we did not have that much time. I accepted him as he was and did not expect him to change. He needed me. I loved him I really loved him.By their nature most love stories are relentlessly optimistic.