I'm surprised "noone" have posted this yet. Go on then, spew. Let the hate go forth.
Annual DL Holiday We Hate the Film "Love. Actually" Thread
by Anonymous | reply 262 | December 24, 2020 9:03 PM |
The fact that it was written by Richard Curtis is enough to keep me away from Curtis' latest screenplay "War Horse".
Well that and maybe that John Williams did the music, too.
The truth, actually, is the what Williams does to music Curtis does to words.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 24, 2011 9:17 PM |
Noone? Really?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 24, 2011 9:27 PM |
It's actually a pretty good movie, if you're in the right mood for the record-breaking levels of sentimentality.
I shudder to think what a bad imitation would be like, so I haven't seen that "New Year's" film.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 24, 2011 9:29 PM |
Actually, love (see what I did there?) I think it's a sweet film and enjoyed watching it the two or three times it has been aired here in the UK.
I'm sorry, OP, that you are so jaded and cynical - it must be a pretty miserable life you have going on there.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 24, 2011 9:32 PM |
Lamest bit - the 2 naked actors who fall in love.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 24, 2011 9:38 PM |
Well, I just can't take Laura Linney's dancing.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 24, 2011 9:39 PM |
I watched it yesterday, Love Actually and The Family Stone are my 2 annual Christmas movies.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 24, 2011 9:42 PM |
All I remember when I watched it when it first came out I hated it and LL didn't look very good in her nude scene...
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 24, 2011 9:52 PM |
Depends on my mood. I saw it at the cinema just before Christmas when it originally came out and being full of whiskey and soda, I enjoyed it and had a warm fuzzy feeling afterwards.
However, the passage of time has done nothing to convince this film is good cinematographic entertainment, but rather chick flick material for a rainy day.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 24, 2011 10:00 PM |
Actually, I enjoy this film around this time of year.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 24, 2011 10:02 PM |
I loved Bill Nighy and the little boy, but the rest of it was mostly annoying with occasional laughs.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 24, 2011 10:06 PM |
Other than Kiera Knightly's horseshit, I like the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 24, 2011 10:07 PM |
Saw it again recently. I still find it weirdly misogynistic.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 24, 2011 10:10 PM |
It had some good parts. I actually thought the Hugh Grant one was funny though the porn stand-ins were a wtf. Bill Nighy, great.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 24, 2011 10:23 PM |
Meh. It's no "Love, Indubitably."
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 24, 2011 10:25 PM |
It's treacly stuff but if you want something truly bad, sentimental, AND Christmas-themed, try "The Holiday".
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 24, 2011 10:55 PM |
Love the airport opening.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 25, 2011 1:10 AM |
I've never gotten the "Imitation of Life"-style high hysteria for the "Emma Thompson gets a Joni Mitchell CD" scene. I was unimpressed with the movie upon its release, but that's because it seemed like poor relation to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Also, I don't like the totally one-note Hugh Grant, who's the same in each and every role he plays. (If that's not redundant.)
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 25, 2011 1:23 AM |
I was annoyed that the lesbian story (Anne Reid and whatshername - frances de la tour) was cut out of the final print, at least its on the dvd extras (one if them is dying, naturally).
Curtis' last film "the boat that rocked" was such a bomb that it has surely killed off these gruesome films of his. It was on television here in England the other day, I did not even want to see it.
Can't imagine he got the gig to do the script on "War Horse" ....
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 25, 2011 5:20 AM |
r20 -- Of course he got the gig to do the "War Horse" script.
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" was one of the highest grossing films in British history.
Although it is amazing that man who helped write "Black Adder" could also be the man who "Love, Actually."
And I have to say that those 9/11 airport scenes in "Love, Actually" actually wanted to make me fly a plane into a building.
But having said all that -- Curtis was extraordinarily hot in his earlier years.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 25, 2011 5:36 AM |
I love this movie, holiday classic.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 25, 2011 5:40 AM |
Its message seemed to be: "If you're a beautiful and skinny young woman, like Keira Knightley you'll be happy forever, but if you're not, like Laura Linney or Emma Thompson, you'd better get used to being unwanted."
Whether that's true of life or not it seemed deeply bizarre in a movie that was so sentimental about its male characters, who all seemed to find love no matter what shape or age they were.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 25, 2011 5:44 AM |
23 responses and I'm the frst one to post about how Rodrigo Santoro is virtually the only reason to watch this piece of shit? Sure, Bill Night is funny, and even Hugh Grant is amusing. But the sexism and idiocy (falling 'in love' with a woman with whom you've never had a conversation? four attractive american girls hit on one majorly fugly guy?) ruin it for me.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 25, 2011 10:11 AM |
It's the CRASH of romantic comedies.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 25, 2011 12:24 PM |
It was while watching "Love, Actually" that I realized two things. One, that Alan Rickman is NOT one of those actors that I would watch just anything he's in just to see him (I tried fast-forwarding just to his parts, but soon found that fast-forwarding through his parts was less painful than actually watching them.) Two, that Ben Elton was the real genius behind the "Blackadder" series, NOT Richard Curtis.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 25, 2011 1:23 PM |
I like it.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 25, 2011 1:30 PM |
"... though the porn stand-ins were a wtf..."
I just saw this movie for the first time the other day on ABC Family. And I just realized that Martin Freeman was listed in the credits but wasn't in the movie I saw at all. Is there a story about a porn movie within the movie? How is that connected to the other characters?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 25, 2011 1:47 PM |
R24, I'm totally with you on the rodrigo love boat. Hot as he'll! It's the best part. That said, I did like the movie and all it's sappiness. Sometimes I just don't need much to fulfill me...
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 25, 2011 1:55 PM |
The little boy in it is incredibly creeping. He was more suited to THE OMEN than this, he should have been a really cute looking kid.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 25, 2011 2:18 PM |
I like it - but not at first in the theater - it seemed to forced. It took a 2nd and 3rd viewing to grow its charms.
Now I see it differently with the sudden passing of Liam Neeson's wife. Wouldn't wish that on anyone, but playing the widower with young children is actually his life now.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 25, 2011 2:19 PM |
I could not get past the first 5-10 minutes. It was horrible. When the British do corny, it is just as bad, if not worse, than a bad American film.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 25, 2011 2:42 PM |
r28, you just made me realize that I haven't seen the porn actors story line in years. It must have been totally axed for family viewing on the non-premium channels.
Didn't even miss it. Too bad they can't lob off the ugly guy with the American girls bit, too.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 25, 2011 2:48 PM |
For the absolute last time it's not a porn movie they're doing. They are stand-ins/body doubles on a big budget feature. Porn films never have stand-ins/body doubles, it's not in their budget.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 25, 2011 3:19 PM |
What was weird about the Emma Thompson-Alan Rickman story, aside from that weird Elf Quest woman who seduced him, was that the filmmakers felt that the right note to end it on was Emma deciding to hide her feelings and pretend everything was all right. I just thought, right, and the very next fight she has with him she's going to throw it right in his face that he spent a fortune on his piece of ass last Christmas and tried to fob her off with a crappy CD. And then next thing he's going to be shacked up with the elf maiden, who'll no doubt be knocked up with an elfling, while Emma's lawyer arranges to take half his assets.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 25, 2011 3:23 PM |
Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister??
Yeah, so believable.
Bill Nighy is the reason to see this film.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 25, 2011 3:38 PM |
I finally saw it for the first time this year, and really enjoyed it. Except for Hugh Grant, who is loathsome in everything since "Four Weddings & a Funeral." Because, as someone posted, he is one-note and untalented.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 25, 2011 3:51 PM |
Piece of crap. I don't get the love for it at all.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 25, 2011 4:53 PM |
I really liked it.
BUT...
for a feel-good holiday movie, some of the stories don't end too happily for some of the characters.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 25, 2011 5:47 PM |
R4, I am jaded and cynical but I actually enjoy this film for what it is: a light, frothy entertainment without deep meaning. There's typically an annual "Love, Actually" hate thread on DL, so I thought I might as well start it despite my enjoying it.
It has some actors I truly enjoy (Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson) in roles they seemed to enjoy and which they recognize are light. The kid sub plot is fine, and he's a good little actor. Hugh Grant is one note but he played that note well as the PM. His dancing bit was cute. I also thought he did an excellent twist on his one note in About a Boy. Rickman's delivery of the "something in the stationery line" is surprisingly one of the funniest bits.
The sour note for me is Laura Linney. I think she's overrated and was unsuited to this role. The so-called "porn" stand ins and her sub plot were the unnecessary and lowest points of the film. I only ever thought she was good in the John Adams mini-series where she was well cast and did an admirable job as Abigail.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 25, 2011 7:47 PM |
Bill Nighy alone is a reason to see this film. Just fast-forward through all the other parts; he is irresistible.
Halfway through watching the film for the first time, I told my partner that I'd really enjoyed my relationship with him, but now I'd found the man of my dreams in Bill Nighy's character and had to leave him (my partner).
by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 25, 2011 8:11 PM |
Not overly fond of Hugh Grant's acting but I loved him in 'About a Boy' which is one of my favourite comfort films. Nick Hoult of course stole the show in that film and then turned into major totty.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 25, 2011 8:13 PM |
Anyone who says "actually" deserves the AID
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 25, 2011 8:16 PM |
Love the bit with Rickman and Atkinson in the store; love Thompson and Rickman in the gift giving scene; thought Kiera and Andrew with the cards at the door was very good; love Nighy; love Rodrigo; loved Hugh's bodyguard singing at the door and Hugh's face. Thought the young girl singing at the Christmas play was good.
Hated Liam and Claudia standing there with their 'Starbuck's coffee; thought Hugh's girlfriend was a joke; thought Firth falling in love with his maid was ridiculous; hated Linney's character; hated Denise Richard's cameo; Hugh = meh.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 25, 2011 8:34 PM |
You know it's a bad film when you don't like the always good Laura Linney.
This is the first time I have seen that beautiful Latino actor. I'm STILL waiting for him to do a good nude scene....
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 25, 2011 10:43 PM |
Sorry, if Love, Actually doesn't have room for a gay storyline, then I don't have room for it.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 25, 2011 10:50 PM |
Love it and watched it again last night. There were a few too many stories. Would have been better if more time had been given to deepen some of the better story lines.
Is EVERY A-list Brit actor in this movie?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 25, 2011 11:30 PM |
That plot with the actors doing the porn (or non-porn) voice-overs was stolen from another movie anyway. Something with Bob Hoskins in it.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 28, 2011 10:20 PM |
For those of you aren't watching the SNL Lindsay Lohan potential train wreck, Love Actually is on ABC Family now.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 4, 2012 3:27 AM |
It's on HBO and everything on this thread is right. It is weirdly misogynistic. And how long has Liam Neeson's wife been dead and he's telling his kid he wants to have sex with Claudia Schiffer in his kid's room? And women just throw themselves at schlubby guys? And the prime minister goes after a 22 year old secretary?
by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 29, 2012 10:38 PM |
Me too R7, plus I add Bad(der) Santa to the mix.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 29, 2012 10:46 PM |
I fucking hate this movie with the heat of a thousand suns. The misogyny and sexism is overwhelming.Even Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson can't save this POS.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | October 29, 2012 10:50 PM |
I have never seen this movie but have enjoyed the annual threads here.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 29, 2012 10:51 PM |
If you expect a good movie, it sucks.
If you have the foresight to expect a nothing movie, it has some very pleasant and beautifully acted moments (Emma Thompson recovering from Alan Rickman's fucking with her mind)
by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 29, 2012 10:52 PM |
Or when Kiera Knightly is doing her duck face as she watches herself in her wedding video (doing duck face) and she says "Oh this is paaarfect" "Oh I look raaahther pretty." "Oh thank you this is jaaast lovely."
Or when the little Satanic kid runs through airport security and you're praying for someone to tase him?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 29, 2012 10:54 PM |
If you want sweet, funny British Christmas movie, watch Bernard and the Genie. It's about 20 years old and looks cheap by today's (and american) standards but the jokes are funny, it's entertaining and warm. Starring Alan Cumming, Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 31, 2012 5:32 AM |
This wasn't "upped" for the holidays. Surprised.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 30, 2012 2:51 AM |
This movie is like a bowel movement that has become sentient and crawls into your mouth. The zombies on my new show are somehow less repulsive.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 30, 2012 2:55 AM |
What? Nobody mentioned that they liked my performance in this movie? Do you know what incredible acting talent it takes to fuck that fugly Kris Marshall?
Excuse me, I have to go call Don and tell him to send Sally home so I can beat the hell out of her.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 30, 2012 3:06 AM |
This excellent article perfectly sums up why it's a terrible movie.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 8, 2013 2:20 AM |
I read that review. Can someone get him a Midol?
I want him to review Anniston's movies and post directly to DL.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 8, 2013 3:05 AM |
Thanks for posting that, R60.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | December 8, 2013 10:01 AM |
Even though I can't stand romcoms I tried to watch it once, thinking, well, this was one of the cowriters of Blackadder. I'd forgotten about Blackadder series one.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | December 8, 2013 10:13 AM |
This film is schmaltzy and horrid, but I am drawn to it every time it's on.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | December 8, 2013 11:40 PM |
I like it!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 8, 2013 11:43 PM |
Gotta love the Atlantic, R60. Agree with every word -- except for the kid. Painful.
Can't wait to see what this guy has to say about that great "romance," "50 Shades of Gray."
by Anonymous | reply 66 | December 9, 2013 12:24 AM |
Romantic comedies are embarrassing.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | December 9, 2013 12:51 AM |
Vile, vulgar garbage. I loathed it at the time when someone made me watch the DVD.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | December 9, 2013 12:56 AM |
Ok, I'm a sap.
I enjoy it.
Of course, I also watched "The Yearling" today for a wallow.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | December 9, 2013 1:15 AM |
I like it too
by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 9, 2013 12:02 PM |
I actually did a search for it to out it in my DVR for holiday viewing. I just can't help it, I love it...
by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 9, 2013 12:33 PM |
Sangster, loved him in his Doctor Who episodes, will be some hot ginger a decade from now.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | December 9, 2013 12:40 PM |
I love it. That little girl singing always makes me weepy.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | December 10, 2013 3:05 AM |
That movie is a PABLUM APOCALYPSE.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | December 10, 2013 6:09 AM |
I hated Love Actually because there are just too many characters in that movie. It looks like they tried to squeeze as many stars as possible into the script and in the end I just didn't care for any of them.
I prefer some European movies which were obviously trying to imitate Love Actually (like Polish "Listy Do M." or Dutch "Alles is Liefde") but they actually surpassed it, mainly because there are less characters in them and you get to know them better. I especially liked "Listy Do M." aka "Letters to Santa".
by Anonymous | reply 75 | December 10, 2013 3:52 PM |
I like it. It's a perfect Christmas movie for me - I get very sentimental and depressed. This movie goes through its own highs and lows and helps me feel balanced afterward.
My favorite line was the Emma Thomson character saying "Joni Mitchell taught your cold English wife how to feel" and then knowing what she was feeling when she opened the CD. Emma said she conjured up her feelings from when her marriage to Kenneth Brannagh was ending for that scene. I always figured she'd (the character) decided to divorce the Alan Rickman character when she was picking him up at the airport.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | December 10, 2013 4:21 PM |
The "Love, Actually" Wars are quite the thing this year, aren't they?
by Anonymous | reply 77 | December 14, 2013 4:46 PM |
Thanks for the link, R60. That was a good read.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | December 14, 2013 5:05 PM |
[quote]Vile, vulgar garbage. I loathed it at the time when someone made me watch the DVD.
Someone MADE you watch it? Oh Dear.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | December 14, 2013 5:23 PM |
Are there any more scheduled broadcasts of L.A. before Xmas this year? How have I missed it? Viewing it (and love/hating it) is an annual holiday event for me!
by Anonymous | reply 80 | December 16, 2013 4:23 PM |
The yearling and war horse?
by Anonymous | reply 81 | December 16, 2013 4:24 PM |
I sort of like it, although I can't even begin to justify why. (Well, Emma Thompson.) But one of the things that creeped me out was Laura Linney calling her brother "darling" and "my love" all the time. WTH? Who does that??
by Anonymous | reply 82 | December 16, 2013 4:37 PM |
R82, it sounded weird because she's American and we don't talk the same way Brits do. That's one of my biggest issues with this movie. Well, that, and her constantly answering the phone especially when the lucky, undeserving bitch gets Rodrigo in her bed.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | December 16, 2013 6:07 PM |
I love/hate this film as well, but Laura Linney is the worst thing in this film. I don't like her mannered acting at all.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | December 17, 2013 3:52 AM |
Watching a DVD of this on a cold rainy afternoon in New England.
Not sure I am going to finish it. Don't care about any of these characters.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | December 29, 2013 6:50 PM |
I liked the Kiera storyline. She thinks Andrew Lincoln (pre-fixed teeth) is in love with his best friend, the groom.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | December 29, 2013 6:56 PM |
my favorite Christmas movie
by Anonymous | reply 87 | December 29, 2013 7:25 PM |
I finally watched the whole movie on Netflix. I started watching it several years ago, but this was the first time I finished it.
My God, what a piece of shit.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 29, 2014 4:43 PM |
It's a horrible travesty of a film.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 29, 2014 4:46 PM |
[quote] It's a horrible travesty of a film.
But it's got a good beat and it's easy to dance to.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | December 23, 2014 1:48 AM |
Watched it for the first time finally a couple of nights ago. My God, what a vile piece of garbage. Truly. Loathed every frame of it. Unfunny, unromantic, forced and dull. Some great actors made to look absolutely foolish and uninteresting.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | December 23, 2014 2:08 AM |
Horrid, sick making treacle. Squirmed my way through it once and don't plan to watch it again.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | December 23, 2014 2:21 AM |
Andrew Lincoln and Rodrigo Santoro are hot! I love this movie.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 23, 2014 6:20 AM |
Peter Noone?
by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 23, 2014 6:33 AM |
This thread is why I love DataLounge.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | December 23, 2014 7:04 AM |
[quote] This thread is why I love DataLounge.
R95, all I want for Christmas is you!
by Anonymous | reply 96 | December 23, 2014 12:16 PM |
Thanks to this thread I watched it last night. It's on Netflix streaming.
It wasn't so bad that I had to turn it off. I wanted to see all the parts talked about here. The review at R60 pretty much explains why it's a ridiculous movie.
But what the heck -- it's nice that some people on DL love it. It's what makes the world go 'round.
Rodrigo Santoro was an appealing diversion. If I was Laura Linney I would have bribed the doctor to load up the brother with Thorazine so I could have had a proper go at Rodrigo.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | December 24, 2014 1:17 AM |
I like this film but I abhor Laura Linney in all she does except the Adams series.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | December 24, 2014 7:56 AM |
Horrid little movie. That ghastly, bug eyed, child is THE WORST part of the movie. Him running past security makes me ill. I was hoping they would shoot him, preferably in his ugly face.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 24, 2014 8:23 AM |
Hugh Grant's opening line about people phoning their loved ones from the planes that hit the twin towers is the most grotesque and sick manipulation of a cinema audience’s feelings that I’ve ever seen since Leni von Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 24, 2014 8:53 AM |
[quote] Hugh Grant's opening line about people phoning their loved ones from the planes that hit the twin towers is the most grotesque and sick manipulation of a cinema audience’s feelings that I’ve ever seen since Leni von Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will.
But Leni did it with less stuttering and more elan.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | December 24, 2014 8:58 AM |
[quote]Or when Kiera Knightly is doing her duck face as she watches herself in her wedding video (doing duck face) and she says "Oh this is paaarfect" "Oh I look raaahther pretty." "Oh thank you this is jaaast lovely."
Or when she giggles "You've stayed rather close, haven't you?" (re: Andrew Lincoln's camerawork) and sounds posher than the Queen.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 24, 2014 9:06 AM |
Hugh Grant in this actually feels a bit like a bachelor version of David Cameron.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 24, 2014 9:07 AM |
R103 And this was several years before anyone knew about him (when he became the Tory leader)
At the time he probably seemed vaguely like Blair but then Britain had entered Iraq and Blair's image had morphed from golden boy to mad-eyed warmonger, so maybe not.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 24, 2014 9:14 AM |
Sloane Ranger Keira Knightley of course marries a black man (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in this oh-so-politically correct mush-fest. BBC Three or Four once had this program called "Peckham Finishing School" where 4 insufferable rah-rah girls went to stay with some chav girls in Peckham (a rough part of London) and at one point one of them says their dad would hit the roof if she ever brought a black boyfriend home.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 24, 2014 9:33 AM |
R105 not to mention the Prime Minister marrying some secretary from skid row. PLEASE. A bachelor would never be elected in the first place.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 24, 2014 10:10 AM |
[quote]A bachelor would never be elected in the first place.
Edward Heath?
by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 24, 2014 10:18 AM |
R107, was he a GAY?
by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 24, 2014 10:25 AM |
Just finished watching this as a part of my annual xmas eve tradition. All I can say is: What a bunch of Scrooges here!
Although I am second to none in my hate for this season, I always feel a little better after watching.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 25, 2014 1:25 AM |
R107, those were pre-"family values" days.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 25, 2014 1:40 AM |
R108 From Wikipedia:
[quote]John Campbell, who published a biography of Heath in 1993, devoted four pages to a discussion of the evidence concerning Heath's sexuality. Whilst acknowledging that Heath was often assumed by the public to be gay, not least because it is "nowadays ... whispered of any bachelor" he found "no positive evidence" that this was so "except for the faintest unsubstantiated rumour" (the footnote refers to a mention of a "disturbing incident" at the beginning of the Second World War in a 1972 biography by Andrew Roth). In 2007, Brian Coleman, the Conservative Party London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, claimed that Heath, in order to protect his career, stopped cottaging for gay sex in the 1950s. Coleman claimed it was "common knowledge" among Conservatives that Heath had been given a stern warning by police when he underwent background checks for the post of Privy Councillor.[61][62] Heath's biographer Philip Ziegler writes that Coleman was able to provide “little or no evidence” to back up this statement, that no man has ever claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Heath, nor is any trace of homosexuality to be found in his papers, and that “those who knew him well” insist that he had no such inclination. He believes Heath to have been “asexual”. Charles Moore's authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher states that Bill Deedes believed that Thatcher “seem(ed) convinced” Heath was homosexual, whilst Moore believes it is “possible” that Thatcher’s reference, in interview in 1974, to Heath not having a family, was a deliberate hint that he was gay, in order to discredit him. In 2014, Jeremy Norman, owner of the chain 'Soho Gyms' and friend of Heath, claimed that Heath was "most likely gay".
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 25, 2014 4:30 PM |
R109 I agree with you.
It's a romantic comedy. There's no deep philosophical meaning, it's just fun and one of my Christmas traditions too.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 25, 2014 7:43 PM |
I love it.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 25, 2014 7:44 PM |
Me too. Watching it has become an annual tradition in our family. Saw it this morning and now I can't get that song out of my head, "I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes….." LOL
by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 25, 2014 8:33 PM |
I thought New Year's Eve was garbage but amusing when a little drunk. Would This work the same way?
by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 25, 2014 8:43 PM |
I just saw it tonight, Christmas night, due to the DL buzz, though I haven't read the thread yet, I wanted to post thoughts as they came to me.
I thought the Brit that came to Minnesota and found 4 hots American girls must be being set-up for a robbery, not an escapade. Then later I figureed the film must have been made for a British audience with no idea what American girls are really like.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 26, 2014 3:17 AM |
One fun thing about seeing a 10 year-old movie for the first time, is picking out all the actors who went on to success. The sheriff from the Walking Dead was HOT as a young man!
Then their were the actors that disappeared, seamingly.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 26, 2014 3:20 AM |
Bill Nighy's performance made me wish I was 12 years old again. I might have enjoyed it at that age. That and "fart" jokes.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 26, 2014 3:25 AM |
Well, overall, I think I am grateful that I will never have to watch that again.
I did like Emma Thompson's performance. Also, Colin Firth and his GF were cute. Even if unbelievable, it IS a romantic comedy, after all. I do like the head-fake with Andrew Lincoln suggested to be pining for his best pal.
Rodriguez got better and better with each scene, which left me wanting more. It was rather stupid that these two adults might work together, like each other, each know it, and not, well, have coffee? Is that too much to ask? Here's the fix for that mess of a sub-plot - after the botched one-night stand, he pokes his head into her office, and asks her if she'd like to get coffee. Then it becomes less about sex only, but more about "I like you". That fixes the whole cluster-fuck.
Mr. Bean was good. The rest, should have been left on the cutting rioom floor. At 2h 15m it could have been cut down some place.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | December 26, 2014 4:04 AM |
Laura Linney, who I think is horrid, is at her worst in this film.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 26, 2014 4:16 AM |
I've never seen it, but Greg Gutfeld talks about how much he hates it at least 10 times a year. He did a whole segment about his hatred of the film on his Christmas Eve show.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | December 26, 2014 4:25 AM |
R116 What are they like?
by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 26, 2014 11:04 AM |
God, what a bunch of Scrooges you all are. It's a fluffy little feel good Christmas movie. Of course none of the stories pass the 'reality' test, but so what? Suspend disbelief just a little...you bitter old cranks. Relax and enjoy the magic of the season.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 26, 2014 11:43 AM |
It's a terrible movie! What else is there to say? The dreadful attempt by Colin Firth a speaking Portuguese is something he should be ashamed of for the rest of his life. He seems like a nice guy and should have said no, I cannot do it.
As for the filmmakeers, they should have stopped at Notting Hill, which was the successful version of this tripe.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 26, 2014 12:29 PM |
I hate this movie so much I cannot go through this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | December 26, 2014 12:31 PM |
Clearly written by a man. No woman EVER would stop a make out session with a mind blowingly hot Brazilian. Also, what's the bullshit with the women being in service (maid/cleaner, secretary, assistant) positions? Is that all the writers can imagine women to be?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 26, 2014 12:50 PM |
Yeah, that was frustrating, R126. WTF didn't she just turn off her phone? It's not like the nutter brother wouldn't survive if she didn't pick up EVERY damned time he calls. And why would the caregivers at the hospital even allow him to call her so obsessively?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 26, 2014 1:50 PM |
R122, American girls do not travel in pacts on 100% hotness and collectively throw themselves as a group, sober, onto any ugly stranger of no means in the course of an evening.
As I mentioned, the entire thing is believable, if instead of bedding him, they robbed him; [italic]that[/italic], would be believable. American girls aren't all dishonest, but they are all smart. They might instead have somehow found his presumption to be so ridiculous and rude, that they found some other way to make a fool of him. But bedding him? They might as well have been Martians. It strains credibility too much.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | December 26, 2014 4:15 PM |
[R122], American girls do not travel in pacts
In Warsaw they do.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 26, 2014 4:25 PM |
[quote]American girls do not travel in pacts on 100% hotness and collectively throw themselves as a group, sober, onto any ugly stranger of no means in the course of an evening.
Of course I realise that in real life a group of stunners wouldn't go completely gaga over some random average English bloke just because of his accent. But I thought you were maybe suggesting American girls are unapproachable or not to be trusted.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 26, 2014 4:35 PM |
God I kept waiting for the robbery/joke/set-up whatever too! It simply couldn't be that Curtis would actually write that the Fuggo from the BT ads goes to some bar in Bumfuck, Minnesota and finds three goddesses with nothing better to do than screw him.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 26, 2014 5:49 PM |
I mean, I'm sure that whole segment was just meant to be a joke rather than a believable scenario but it wasn't actually funny.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 26, 2014 5:55 PM |
"the Fuggo from the BT ads goes to some bar in Bumfuck, Minnesota and finds three goddesses with nothing better to do than screw him."
Have you ever been to the less interesting parts of Minnesota in the winter? There IS nothing better to do there.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 27, 2014 5:30 AM |
R133 But would you find 3 beautiful women there? Or would they have gotten out and moved somewhere bigger and better as soon as they could?
by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 27, 2014 9:53 AM |
Being a traveller, it's hit or miss. You may meet gorgeous women, or you may meet really weird people (including weird women). The crazy is always sort of part of the experience, but there's nice crazy (and attractive), and the unpleasant one.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 27, 2014 11:04 AM |
R135 But people who go "travelling" (personally I think it's just a glorified holiday) don't usually go to Milwaukee.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 28, 2014 5:11 PM |
[quote] But people who go "travelling" (personally I think it's just a glorified holiday) don't usually go to Milwaukee.
There's a (contrived, of course) conversation in the film as to why Milwaukee is chosen.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 28, 2014 8:08 PM |
"Love, Actually" is actually a chick flick for dudes.
I mean, on what planet would the fuggo get 3 attractive women to bed? The middle-aged men all get younger women who wait on them and clean up after them ... Rickman, who is no beauty, has a much younger secretary pining after him. The whole movie is a fairy tale for middle-aged mid-life crising hetero males.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 28, 2014 8:11 PM |
[quote]And why would the caregivers at the hospital even allow him to call her so obsessively?
That's what I said to my friend. No way a hospital would give unfettered access of a phone to a mental patient.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 28, 2014 8:13 PM |
I can't watch it because I just can't imagine the bride storyline ending any other way that with Egg from This Life raping Keira Knightley and wearing her as a skin suit.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | January 1, 2015 4:18 PM |
On TBS now.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | February 14, 2015 5:07 PM |
To me it's unwatchable. But people swear by it.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | February 14, 2015 5:23 PM |
Bump
by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 4, 2016 12:06 AM |
[quote]Rodriguez got better and better with each scene, which left me wanting more. It was rather stupid that these two adults might work together, like each other, each know it, and not, well, have coffee? Is that too much to ask? Here's the fix for that mess of a sub-plot - after the botched one-night stand, he pokes his head into her office, and asks her if she'd like to get coffee. Then it becomes less about sex only, but more about "I like you". That fixes the whole cluster-fuck.
This is the part that bugs me. She didn't sleep with him that one night so now they'll never be more than co-workers?
by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 4, 2016 12:33 AM |
This is the first film in which I saw Laura Linney. I despised her in it and have since.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 4, 2016 12:35 AM |
This is cinematic shitfest in which everything PLUS the kitchen sink was thrown into it like a bag of assorted Christmas candy. Something for everybody! A holiday classic! More Brit bang for your buck! Even my love for Bill Nighy could not redeem this pile of crap.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 4, 2016 4:16 AM |
I love this movie. If you haven't seen Linney in anything else, then you missed "You Can Count On Me" which is also a wonderful movie.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 4, 2016 6:33 AM |
I don't care what you bitches say, I love it.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 4, 2016 7:21 AM |
I'm not a fan of this film at all but the scene where Emma Thompson opens her Christmas present from Alan Rickman and it's a Joni Mitchell CD always get to me.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 4, 2016 8:46 AM |
[quote]That's what I said to my friend. No way a hospital would give unfettered access of a phone to a mental patient.
My theory is that he's physically resistant to sedatives and the staff just gives him access to the phone and day room to get him off their backs.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 16, 2016 6:46 AM |
It's on Bravo now!!!
by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 18, 2016 2:33 AM |
The little girl does the voice of Marceline, vampire queen, on Adventure Time. She's got a great voice.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 18, 2016 3:50 AM |
Chris Matthews' favorite movie. All you need to know.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | December 18, 2016 3:54 AM |
Laura Linney is abhorrent. I don't see why she's considered such a "fine" actress. Her subplot with her ghastly brother could have been removed and detracted not at all from the film. In fact, subtraction would have been addition in this case.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 18, 2016 4:15 AM |
Are we really going to pretend the PM didn't fall in love because of her giant cans?
by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 18, 2016 4:23 AM |
No, we are not, R156. She was a large girl. Big through the hips, roomy.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 18, 2016 4:38 AM |
Wasn't the actress a nightmare in real life or am I thinking of someone else.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 18, 2016 4:54 AM |
Why couldn't Laura Linney tell her batshit brother she would call him back later so she could go ahead and fuck that hottie? She should be in the psych ward for that.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | December 18, 2016 5:31 AM |
Yeah, this was the first time i experienced the hotness that is Rodrigo...and now he's on Westworld, so that's a bonus. I agree about her not putting her phone into airplane mode when she had that in her bed and ready to fuck the living hell out of her.
I loved the scene with Mr. Bean and Alan Rickman (wrapping the gift at the department store)...my family and i always die and voice over that scene when we watch the movie.
It is definitely a sappy movie, but sometimes, you need a little unbelievable hope that something in your life might remotely resemble one of these (happier) plot lines.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 18, 2016 6:00 AM |
Claudia Schiffer, Denise Richards, prettied things up a tad.
The chicks had to counter because the boys in the film were bringing some serious pretty, upstaging them.
Andrew Lincoln, Rodrigo Santoro, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant were bringing the heat.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 18, 2016 6:14 AM |
They didn't do a very good job of explaining why the prime minister wasn't with the chippy who slid down the fire pole with her panties on view - is it because she was dating Mr. Darcy?
by Anonymous | reply 162 | December 18, 2016 12:59 PM |
She's cute, and a perfectly fine singer, but wasn't anyone else creeped out by a 10-year-old singing "All I want for Christmas Is You"?
by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 18, 2016 4:12 PM |
Yes, the worst part of this move is Linney constantly answering her phone when her psycho brother calls. If I had that hotness in my bed the phone would be thrown out a window.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | December 18, 2016 9:40 PM |
Naked Martin Freeman! (The supposed humor derives from him being the one guy we don't ever fancy seeing nude).
Movie is typical Curtis: smug AND twee, a nauseating combination.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | December 19, 2016 3:18 PM |
Bump.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | December 22, 2016 10:35 PM |
Here I thought Kevin from Home Alone was THE most annoying child in movies. But Sam takes the cake. Thomas Sangster should NOT be acting period.
Children are NOT supposed to be self aware around adults. Does Curtis even have children?
Keira Knightley was absolutely dreadful in this. As was the usually reliable Emma Thompson who was horribly miscast. HER character actually made me angry at the entire movie.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | December 22, 2016 10:50 PM |
Laura Linney is by far the worst thing about this film with the possible exception of her life-wilting brother.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | December 22, 2016 11:01 PM |
Loathe it because of the awful script, not because of the fine cast. I adore Emma Thompson and Laura Libbey especially
by Anonymous | reply 170 | December 22, 2016 11:03 PM |
This is my favourite Christmas movie, it never fails to make me cry.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | December 22, 2016 11:03 PM |
It's wonderful. Totally ridiculous, but ultimately heartfelt. Emma Thompson and Bill Nighy are the MVPs... I haven't watched it this season. I should get on that
by Anonymous | reply 172 | December 22, 2016 11:05 PM |
Emma Thompson's face when she opens the gift is enough to bring me to tears.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | December 22, 2016 11:18 PM |
It pisses me off that the love interest of the Prime Minister was considered 'fat' with tree-trunk thighs and a sizable ass, etc. She was adorable just the way she was. And Andrew Lincoln was cute, too. Annoying character, but cute. Not as scary as he looks these days on TWD. I have the movie on the DVR, but I'm not sure I'll watch this year or not.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | December 22, 2016 11:24 PM |
It also introduced us to the lovely Andrew Lincoln.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | December 23, 2016 3:06 AM |
It's an annual Christmas tradition in our house.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | December 25, 2016 4:35 AM |
I did watch it this afternoon (Christmas Eve) but I fast forwarded through the parts I don't like. Like the stupid trip to America. Yeah, all American girls are whores, we get it... And George Bush was a stupid bully. But I love the Keira Knightley & Andrew Lincoln scenes and Colin Firth.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | December 25, 2016 6:15 AM |
R164 oversexualized children are just one of Love Actually's many cringeworthy charms!
by Anonymous | reply 178 | December 25, 2016 11:14 AM |
I've never gotten the love for Atkinson. He's basically a Brit Jerry Lewis and all his stuff is predictable. Linney is both miscast and her role makes little sense--I'm guessing there may have been more to it but it wound up on the cutting room floor.
Heath is the kind of pasty-faced British Prime Minister who you always figured liked little boys.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | December 25, 2016 12:26 PM |
She was fat.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | December 25, 2016 6:06 PM |
I am the biggest prude in the world, but even I would hang up on a family member in distress if I had Rodrigo Santoro in my bed. What were you thinking, Laura Linney?
Sam caring more about his classmate crush than his recently deceased mother always pisses me off. Maybe because the girl has the same name as his mother, he is using her as a proxy - but it just strikes me as him being cold and disaffected.
I agree with everyone else above that Emma Thompson discovering the necklace, receiving the Joni Mitchell CD instead, and her ensuing crying scene is a masterclass in acting. Breaks my heart every time.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | December 25, 2016 7:54 PM |
I always thought this movie was dreadful. But if I could rewrite it to make it a little less dreadful, I would have Emma Thompson's character (who is resigned to "tolerating" her husband's wandering eye) run off with that hot Brazilian guy who was rebuffed by Laura Linney.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | December 25, 2016 9:54 PM |
Thompson's performance is twee. Twee is whimsy without wit. It is mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite. And that's not for me. She can't really act, I'm afraid.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | December 27, 2016 11:14 AM |
I like the idea of the movie showing different snippets of people's lives in London. But some of the writing is just stupid. For example, Emma Thompson opens one present, it isn't what she thought it would be and she starts crying? How does she know that Alan Rickman didn't save the present for Christmas Day?
Laura Linney was the weakest link. And her story didn't make sense. How did an American woman get a job in London and then get her supposedly American brother into a British mental institution? They should have ditched the brother storyline and given that role to Martine McCutcheon.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | December 27, 2016 2:37 PM |
This movie made me a STAR!!
by Anonymous | reply 185 | December 27, 2016 2:40 PM |
I can't believe I've never seen this film before. It popped up on one of the premium channels I mysteriously get for free, so I watched it.
1) I understand everyone knew Liam's wife was going to die, therefore they'd had time to accept the inevitable but still... little Jojen Reed sure is over that hump rather quickly. What stood out to me was Liam corrected Claudia Schiffer when she asked if he was Sam's dad. "Stepdad," he says, right after lil Jojen called him "Dad" for the first time!
2.) The Portuguese maid looked like a drudge to me. Firth only goes Gaga for her when she strips down to her undies and tattoo. And Firth learns Portuguese while she learns English in one week!
3) I hate Kiera Knightly. She's a teeth talker. I hate teeth talkers. Keeley Hawes is also a teeth talker. I yell, "God sakes woman, put your teeth back inside your mouth! Have you no sense of decorum, letting your teeth dangle out of your lips like that?"
4) What's with all the aquatic life in the nativity play?
5) That secretary in Rickman's office. Could she BE any more of a temptress? Splitting her legs at him like that. I thought, "Sheesh, she may as well have devil's horns and carry a pitchfork!" Annnnnd....cue devil's horns (Now I can't remember -- was anyone else wearing costumes at the Christmas party?) Those bug eyes...eww.
6) I hate that Death in Paradise guy even more now, which I thought hardly possible.
7) Why did the PM's teatime girl apologize for being molested by the president?
Oh, there's more, but .... whatever
(Some of you are so mean to lil Jojen. You will feel terrible to know he grew up sickly and was killed by rampaging ice sculptures.)
by Anonymous | reply 186 | March 3, 2017 12:04 AM |
The "much-awaited" sequel will air on BBC on March 24 and two months later in the US (on NBC)
by Anonymous | reply 187 | March 3, 2017 12:13 AM |
More to love, more to hate: someone should bump this thread for the sequel, just for old time's sake.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | March 3, 2017 12:18 AM |
Emma Thompson will not be in the remake.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | March 3, 2017 12:24 AM |
It's only going to be a short for Red Nose Day, not a movie.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | March 3, 2017 12:25 AM |
Sorry, I was wrong. Jojen is killed by rampaging skeletons, not by WWs.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | March 3, 2017 12:39 AM |
Colin frissell is the best
by Anonymous | reply 192 | March 3, 2017 2:53 AM |
So did they broadcast the short in the UK for Red Nose Day?
by Anonymous | reply 193 | May 7, 2017 10:43 PM |
[quote] American girls aren't all dishonest, but they are all smart.
Yeah, that's why none of them voted for Trump
Oh....wait....
by Anonymous | reply 194 | May 7, 2017 10:59 PM |
[quote]So did they broadcast the short in the UK for Red Nose Day?
They did. It was nice seeing the actors return but it was nonsensical and unfunny. For the US they're adding a bit with Patrick Dempsey as if that will help.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | May 7, 2017 11:12 PM |
Messa back!!
by Anonymous | reply 196 | December 17, 2017 6:19 PM |
The scene with Atkinson is just predictable sitcom drek, but that's my opinion of almost everything he's ever done. The Linney subplot is just pathetic--what's Yank doing in the plot and the schizo brother just seems like an unnecessarily melodramatic plot line. Hugh Grant as the PM doesn't work, although if you suspend that part of the character , he's ok. Nighy basically saves this by being just about the only character who can leaven sentiment with some other emotion.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | December 17, 2017 6:44 PM |
Totally agree, R197.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | December 17, 2017 10:41 PM |
My brother loves this movie.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | December 17, 2017 11:57 PM |
Its deliberately over the top. Best viewed by just going with it.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | December 18, 2017 12:51 AM |
Hate. Hate.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | December 23, 2017 1:10 AM |
FWIW, Martin Freeman and the woman are not porn actors. They're body doubles for actors in a regular-release movie with sex scenes. So, A-list actress who doesn't bare her breasts for the movies has a body double as does the A-list actor with a saggy ass. The body doubles perform sex scenes, and the scenes are intercut with the A-list actors' scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | December 23, 2017 2:01 AM |
Spew.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | December 25, 2017 2:35 AM |
I like it and wish they would show it.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | December 25, 2017 2:38 AM |
I enjoy the movie, and watched it last night on the netfix.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | December 25, 2017 2:40 AM |
Who are they, R204? It’s on so often.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | December 25, 2017 2:40 AM |
[quote]Martin Freeman and the woman are not porn actors.
The woman is pre-Gavin & Stacey actress Joanna Page who played Stacey.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | December 25, 2017 2:45 AM |
It came on last week but i couldn't be bothered to watch it.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | December 25, 2017 2:45 AM |
I agree certain parts drag,but I love this movie and watch it every year religiously.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | December 25, 2017 2:59 AM |
There seems to be a marathon on CMTHD right now
by Anonymous | reply 210 | December 25, 2017 4:32 AM |
[quote]done. The Linney subplot is just pathetic--what's Yank doing in the plot
Really? So any time a Brit shows up in an American film it’s pathetic and “what’s limey doing in the plot?”
by Anonymous | reply 211 | December 25, 2017 4:36 AM |
Linney refers to her mother as "mum"when talking to her brother. So either their mother was English or they are Canadian.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | December 25, 2017 4:41 AM |
I thought the only mental institution that would deal with her brother was in London, so that's why they're there.
What was the lesbian story that got cut?! Never heard of that until now.
The directors wife went on twitter a few years ago and answered the question regarding Alan and Mia - - yes, they totally did it, no, he didn't get divorced. Did anyone else hate Emma's way contrived Pat Benatar look at the end? Come on.
Also - - I cannot work out Keira Knightley's wedding dress for the life of me. What exactly is going on there?
by Anonymous | reply 213 | December 29, 2017 1:20 PM |
Wrong. The greatest Christmas film ever is "The Ref," starring our fav, Kevin Spacey.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | December 29, 2017 1:31 PM |
[quote] What was the lesbian story that got cut?! Never heard of that until now.
There's a scene that was cut that shows up on the dvd extras. The headmistress of the kid's school was in a lesbian relationship. Anne Reid and Frances de la Tour were the lesbians.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | December 29, 2017 1:43 PM |
Here, for the guy who couldn't figure out the wedding dress.
I have to say, the more you look at this thing, the ghastlier it becomes.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | December 30, 2017 6:20 AM |
R216, so the dress has that cardigan-y thingy she wears during the ceremony. But then she takes it off during reception and it turns into this clubby prom dress that a Bratz doll would wear. I get it they wanted her to look HAWT, but it was a bit much, no?
by Anonymous | reply 217 | December 30, 2017 4:10 PM |
Annual bump!
by Anonymous | reply 218 | December 18, 2018 5:40 AM |
I watched a bit of it at the gym while on a treadmill a couple of week ago. It drags, doesn't it?
by Anonymous | reply 219 | December 18, 2018 6:05 AM |
I didn't hate the movie but I don't need to see it again.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | December 18, 2018 6:35 AM |
I'm watching it on TNT right now, I think they cut out the nude models from this version
by Anonymous | reply 221 | December 18, 2018 6:37 AM |
It was Laura Linney's fault she was alone, Carl was interested in her but she was too consumed with her brother.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | December 18, 2018 6:43 AM |
I was surprised they had Hugh Grant playing Emma Thompson's "big brother" when she looks older than him
by Anonymous | reply 223 | December 18, 2018 8:30 AM |
Hate it!!!
by Anonymous | reply 224 | December 22, 2018 7:17 PM |
This film hypnotizes me when I come across it while channel surfing. It’s so beautifully filmed, so lovingly manipulative, so utterly stupid.
Wait...what? A non- religious school doing a nativity scene featuring sea life and an 11 year old girl singing a sexy song in an achingly sexy voice?
A woman who appears to be a size 6 being called fat throughout her appearances in the film?
An entirely Portuguese speaking town in France?
Two people in two different countries who managed to become not fluent, but at least understandable in a foreign language in 2 weeks?
A guy whose wife just died obsessing over Claudia Schiffer, talking about having sex with Claudia Schiffer in every room in the house to his bereaved stepson, then actually hooking up with Claudia Schiffer all within the span of 5 weeks AND he knows a shortcut to Heathrow airport?
A prime minister who hasn’t the slightest idea how to use his top security clearance status to find the address of a recent employee at 10 Downing St & doesn’t have a cellphone? A former employee of 10 Downing Street who sends a romantic Christmas card to the prime minister and doesn’t put her return address on the envelope or slip her phone number in her declaration of love, suggesting he call if he’d like to get together for coffee and talk sometime?
It’s crazy. And that’s just the tip of this rom com iceberg.
I looked up reviews of this movie and found a plethora of them written in 2012, the film’s tenth anniversary. Funny ones. Angry ones. Thoughtful ones. Serious-but-cheeky-but-serious ones. There was a weeks-long review/discussion of the film between writers of the Atlantic, Think Progress and Mother Jones.
And I was amazed at the fact that professional writers were engaged in such discussion of a holiday rom com. Because since then, the obscene, animated voodoo doll that is Donald Trump sailed down that fake gold escalator and into the lives of everyone in the entire world and has destroyed the world that used to exist. The pre-Trump universe I see through the eyes of those writers looks impossibly sunny and carefree.
I wish I could go back to that 2012 world, when we knew we’d be ok and we’d talk a whole lot about a silly movie.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | March 22, 2019 4:52 PM |
[quote] A woman who appears to be a size 6 being called fat throughout her appearances in the film?
She was fat. Perhaps not by current American or even Brit standards, but she was.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | March 22, 2019 4:59 PM |
Yule bump
by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 12, 2019 11:40 PM |
Love this movie
by Anonymous | reply 229 | December 13, 2019 12:27 AM |
We hates it!
by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 18, 2019 7:57 AM |
it was on many worst picture of the year lists.
deservedly so.
hideous from the first second....
by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 18, 2019 8:44 AM |
It’s on my cable network now. These kind of movies have a lifespan of about 20 years and then culture moves on. So it’s due to fall off the radar in 2 years. The next generation won’t be able to tolerate the hairstyles, clothes, lingo, music.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | February 2, 2020 4:24 AM |
Which one is your cable network, R232?
by Anonymous | reply 233 | February 2, 2020 4:27 AM |
It just ended.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | February 2, 2020 4:29 AM |
Horrifically bad. Laura Linney played a woman who could have had that gorgeous man but was tied to the phone. If I had a chance with that guy phone would have been tossed out a window. Colin goes to Milwaukee and happens to meet some unusually pretty women, for a working class neighborhood, and Harriet, the "sexy one" has a horrific Southern accent. In Milwaukee?
by Anonymous | reply 235 | February 2, 2020 4:51 AM |
Hot Guy Karl was spared ...he found out immediately that Linney woman was an enabling nutcase, probably as nutty as her brother in personal relationships. Anyone with a brother like that could block Bro’s number from taking calls and then unblocking when she calls him ONCE a day.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | February 2, 2020 3:31 PM |
[quote]And George Bush was a stupid bully.
I don’t think the American president they were trying to evoke in this film was Bush.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | February 3, 2020 12:53 PM |
I love this movie, watch it every time it comes on
by Anonymous | reply 238 | February 3, 2020 1:20 PM |
Thomas Brodie Sangster, who played Liam Neeson's stepson in this movie, is now all grown up, a chavvy-looking twink:
by Anonymous | reply 239 | October 22, 2020 5:43 PM |
[quote] Neeson's stepson in this movie, is now all grown up, a chavvy-looking twink:
Yeah, and Tom’s blossomed into a top shag, and all. He looks like a fucking Caravaggio going to work on a cock, I can tell ya first-hand. Gorge soft little hands, too.
Who would have thought it, of the speccy runt I rode my bike about with when we were nippers. Just goes to show, don’t it?
by Anonymous | reply 240 | October 22, 2020 8:09 PM |
R227 Martine was so gorge back then. And Tiff was always a friend to us. So R226, bite your tongue, slut!
by Anonymous | reply 241 | October 23, 2020 11:21 PM |
It's that time of year again, bitches. Hate away!
by Anonymous | reply 242 | December 19, 2020 8:12 PM |
I hate it. It’s cringey, EXCEPT for the Emma Thompson character finding out her husband is having an affair. She was really good.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | December 19, 2020 8:23 PM |
Even the one-note Hugh Grant as the PM and the chavtastic Martine McCutcheon as the PM's squeeze are a step up from the real-life PM and his fucktoy that the UK currently has.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | December 19, 2020 8:35 PM |
The script would never get greenlighted (greenlit?) in today's #metoo world. Colin Firth, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman all play men who either flirt with or have an affair with a much younger woman who works for them.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | December 19, 2020 8:38 PM |
Oh god, it’s on AMC ....
by Anonymous | reply 246 | December 22, 2020 11:19 PM |
Did someone already point out that Thomas Sangster is US Champion Benny in The Queen's Gambit?
by Anonymous | reply 247 | December 22, 2020 11:38 PM |
Thomas Sangster is in a million fucking tv shows.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | December 22, 2020 11:44 PM |
Yes, but that was #1 in the last two or three weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | December 23, 2020 12:18 AM |
[quote]I don’t think the American president they were trying to evoke in this film was Bush.
It was. This film came out the year the Iraq war began and many people were really angry at Tony Blair for going along with the Americans on it. It was wish fulfillment to have Hugh's British PM call Billy Bob's American President out.
I keep seeing on this thread (and in the Atlantic article) comments about how awful it is that older men are romancing younger women. The whole point of age of consent laws is that once you reach the age, you are allowed to make your own decisions as to who you sleep with, and there's no law that says there can only be a maximum of, say, 7 years between partners if they're both over age. People are complaining about misogyny in the film (which I would agree with in many respects) but it also seems kinda sexist to act like women can't be in control of their own sexual destiny just because they're younger than their desired partner. People who call this out are doing so on their own personal morals (which is totally fine for you personally if that's what you think), but are acting like it's a rule set in stone that age gap relationships are inherently a problem. It's not.
Where the problem really is in the portrayal, is that as Prime Minister there is a huge ethical issue with Hugh Grant romancing Martine McCutcheon, as this can create the idea in the head of his secretary that if she doesn't reciprocate she could lose her job. And that's a problem whether she's 22, 32 or 68.
Anyway, I think this movie is terrible. I don't mind a feel good, light hearted movie, but something about this one veers into being annoying to me rather than endearing.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | December 23, 2020 1:43 AM |
Can’t believe Kiera Knightly was 18 at the time of filming.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | December 23, 2020 1:54 AM |
I never thought about that but you must be right R251. It was only a year after Bend it Like Beckham after all.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | December 23, 2020 1:56 AM |
I love this insane diagram outlining the character relationships, which of you made this??
by Anonymous | reply 253 | December 24, 2020 4:17 PM |
Why did Harriet from Milwaukee have a fairly broad Southern accent? Is that a Brit's idea of a generic accent?
by Anonymous | reply 254 | December 24, 2020 4:56 PM |
I just like Hugh Grant.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | December 24, 2020 5:49 PM |
[quote]It’s cringey, EXCEPT for the Emma Thompson character finding out her husband is having an affair.
By finding out that he's given the woman he's fucking an expensive bracelet, while he's only given his wife a crappy old cassette. And she reacts by asking him like a little girl asking her daddy if he still loves her. I guess it does take a really talented actress to pull off a scene on that level of unreality.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | December 24, 2020 5:52 PM |
I watched this video this morning.
It’s the only part of the film that I like.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | December 24, 2020 5:56 PM |
I tried watching this a couple of years ago after hearing about the hype. Ugh - I couldn’t get past 20 minutes. The moment that various guests at a wedding starting pulling out instruments and spontaneously began playing “All You Need Is Love” my stomach starting churning.
“...but let’s throw a bunch of f-bombs in the movie to keep it edgy!” -the director, probably
by Anonymous | reply 258 | December 24, 2020 6:33 PM |
[quote] Why did Harriet from Milwaukee have a fairly broad Southern accent?
Wasn’t one of the girls supposed to be from Texas?
by Anonymous | reply 259 | December 24, 2020 7:01 PM |
R256 Women put up with a LOT just to avoid being alone. It’s sad. I’d say her reaction is pretty realistic.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | December 24, 2020 7:42 PM |
[quote] By finding out that he's given the woman he's fucking an expensive bracelet
Did they actually consummate? It’s been a long time since I’ve watched it and seem to recall he was inching towards doing so.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | December 24, 2020 8:30 PM |
R261 I was going to ask that. I think it’s implied - you see a rumpled bed, but I wondered what everyone else thought.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | December 24, 2020 9:03 PM |