Love Actually

Bill Nighy and Gregor Fisher are the best actors and characters in it.

The girl in the scenes with Martin Freeman (the 2 actors similating sex) was in school with me.

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Ikiru tranlation: To Live

I watched Love Actually movie last week on DVD...and for the most part I liked it, but there were parts I hated also.

I loved...

The story of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. I think it was perfect showin a couple who've been married for 13-15 years and are seeing difficulties. Not that I agree with how those difficulties were shown (come on filmmakers...there are other difficulties in marriage other than a wandering eye...how about dealing with teenagers differently or parents on their last years and what to do about their situation, for petes sake)...but still it was shown that a loving couple has their problems. The scene where Emma goes into the bedroom and breaksdown...but tries to control herself...just wrentched my heart (been there, done that). Unfortunately, I wish who ever made this film took the same time and sensitively to finish their story.

The only other story that I really loved was of Keira Knightley (Juile), Chiwetel Ejiofor (her newlywed husband Peter) and Andrew Lincoln (Mark, Peter's best freind). I loved the scene when she watched her wedding video that Mark made...and towards the end when Mark goes to her with his words written out on poster board. T'was the sweetest thing I'd seen in a romantic comedy this past year.


However I hated....
The story of the Dweeb who flies to Wisconsin...and into the first bar and is picked up by a few beautiful bimbos. Yes, I can see were Kong and others would be insulted. I HATED this storyline...what a waste of time that could have been spent on strengthening other characters...Oh...and the same goes for the porno couple!. If the entire movie were tongue in cheek or an 'Austin Powers'/ 'Animal House' type of movie, it wouldn't have bothered me as much...but it did here.

Also...The Hugh Grant storyline. Very cheesy. And, I hated the the president acting...ala Clinton. I could have done without Hugh Grant's entire storyline (and I usually love him).

I think I've vented enough.

As much as i have come to hate this film over the last few months, i was really moved by this scene. Emma Thomspon is abosloutly brilliant in it. When i first watched it as she walks into the bedroom i was like "please dont cry, dont cry!" Very Sad. he only other story in it that i thoguht was quite moving was the Laura Linneys with her diabled brother. Quite sad. Apart from the nice footage at the airports at the beginning and the end and the parts ive mentioned. I really dont like this film anymore. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too cheesy for me

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Pumpkins scream in the DEAD of night!

I finally got around to watching this and should have remembered Kong’s earlier comment about it being insulting… between Billy Bob as President… the Cigar Monica look alike… and the Wisconsin sluts… I wasn’t sure what to be insulted by the most… and the only characters who were interesting at all to me were Firth and the maid, Liam and his step-son, and Emma Thompson… I normally love Rickman but somehow he just fell short of the mark for me with the exception of the one scene where he told his employee she should ask the guy she had been mooning over out for a drink… the porno couple who turned shy when they had their clothes on were just plain silly and the guy headed to American with a backpack full of condoms was ridiculous… Nighy as the washed up rock star was funny at first but they over did him and could have used some of the time spent on him in developing a few of the other characters, imo.

Final rating -

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Boy, talk about seeing hidden meanings... I watched this film just recently and liked it much more than I thought I would (because of the hype... I usually hate movies that are hyped as being so good). I didn't catch any "American bashing", at least not more than I did any "American loving" (think about the little boy who had the crush on the little American singer and in the end got the girl, as well as the fact that they did show the "plain" American girls in the bar as being outrageously pretty). Loosen up on the paranoia people!

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Lord of the Rings loony

To all those who say that this film is insulting: I think it was supposed to be. So therefore it accomplished something at least. For the most part I found it refreshingly original, but original doesnt always mean good. I give it a little above average.... a B+ on the grade scale for me.

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“The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

I've made my feelings about this film pretty clear elsewhere, so I shall keep this short.
For me, this film almost felt like a showcase for British talent, what with so many famous faces (famous only in Britain for some) and it would've been so much better if the film concentrated on just a few of these stories, like the Hugh Grant one, Alan Rickman and Liam Neeson. Oh, and Bill Nighy. In fact, the only moment in the whole film that made me laugh out loud was when he was with Ant and Dec and he gave his message on drugs.
Still, I was disappointed. 4 Weddings is still my favourite

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"When I was younger, I always wanted to be somebody. Now that I'm older, I realise I should've been more specific."

I thought Love Actually was one of the best romantic comedies I've ever seen. And I don't see many. Every character in the multiple storylines was interesting, 3-dimensional, not shallow. My favorite was with Hugh Grant as the Priime Minister head over heels in love with one of his servants. The film was just a pleasant, enjoyable and funny tapestry that proves love comes in all shapes and sizes.

It was clever how they put all the stories together, but I understand, I guess, if someone didn't like it. Overall, I enjoyed it, though I agree with the whole porn scene being a little distasteful. I don't really mind the America-bashing... I mean, how many times have the Americans bashed the Brits in films? Probably more than they've bashed us.

Tried watching it and couldn't get into it.

TOTAL agreement with you mate... im a 34yr old bloke who loves films with things blowing up in them. And lots of shooting. And preferably a helicopter crash.

And i can safeley say i loved this film.
I even got a wobbly bottom lip!


(but the reason behind that is a different story)

Anyways, liked it, bought it. Along with 'About A Boy'.

I thought this film was very charming. I thought it would have been a little better with a few fewer stories and more depth to the ones it chose to focus in on, but it was a great "feel good" movie. I felt good, anyway.

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