Love Actually

Really enjoyed it when I saw it at the cinema and looked forward to seeing it again last night and it did not disappoint the second time.
Emma Thompson is very good I think - the shot of her breaking down next to the double bed is very well done.
I am always in tears when I go to the airport to pick people up - I love to see people reunite there so it rings true to me right from the start!
 
I Love this film it makes me sad, :(

Kieron married the wrong bloke, :(

anyway when this film came to the cinema first i took my mother to see it thinking it would be a nice clean wholesome film, :eek:

which in the main it was, but for that nude :o couple doing shananagans all through it, :o

i mean the bit where he asked her out for a drink. :o

anyway i have never taken her since and never will again.

but anyway Great film. :)
 
Bill Nighy was perfection in this; some of his lines were in my opinion the best in the film.

When the DJ asks him which was his best celebrity shag

"Britney Spears. *laughs* No, just kidding; she was RUBBISH!"



And even better:


"KiRAB; don't buy drugs. Become a pop star and they give you them for free!" :D :D
 
it is the best film in the entire world, my favorite film of the lot and im a straight 17 year old boy. maybe im just too emotional for my own good but has me in tears sooo many times. i agree Julliet shoud have got with Mark, i still think the best bit is when Sam runs through the airport after Joanna (coinsidently she has the same name as his mom, how poigniont). it really does make you think all you need is love and makes you think everyone has a chance
 
Martine played a tea lady and was only in several scenes its not like she had alot to work with to fairly be labled wooden, personally Martines natalie makes the film for me.
 
Just watched this film again this morning. I'm not usually one to notice continuity errors, but I noticed one today!

Colin Firth flies to Portugal to ask the Portugese girl (who he met in France) to marry him. He goes to her Portugese village, speaks to her Portugese father and they walk to the Portugese restaurant where she works, followed by lots of Portugese people. He speaks to her in broken Portugese and she says yes in broken English.

But when he landed in her country (which I think we've established is Portugal) he comes out of the airport which has a big "Marseille" sign over the door! I thought Marseille was in France.

(Now here's where someone tells me there's a Marseille in Portugal as well and I look like a right tit!)
 
I never thought she was brilliant in Eastenders but I think Martine had some good lines and was a good character so that's the main thing.
 
I didn't like this at all, I wanted to but I thought it was awful.

All style and no substance.

It was so contrived and the storylines were so cliched.
(The Prime Minister falling in love with Eliza Doolittle tealady, please! ) The set pieces were awkward and the flow was rreally clunky. It was uncomfortable to watch.

The most annoying thing was that the more interesting characters were so underdeveloped, and great actors wasted on a poor script.

Laura Linney story I woudl have loved to have seen more of, and Liam Neeson was wasted in a mediocre role.

the whole thing was so cheesy!!
 
Yep that's true.

I did enjoy the film but I think it was a bit too contrived and predictable in places for it to be a classic. Bill Nighy definitely stole the show.
 
Haing read your comments about the deleted scenes on the dvd I went straight away and watched it and the are fantastic.
It's like I whole new film.
Probably the best deleted scenes in a film ever.
Highlight probably the claudia schiffer scene.
 
I loath Richard Curtis films and my missus made me watch this last Saturday. She actually thought it would change my opinion of his films ! Yes, I know I miss the point in that they're romantic and shouldn't be taken seriously, but really, Martine McCutcheon's tea-girl being introduced to the new PM on his first day, or ever, and taking him cabinet documents? Plus, there's no way any singleton would ever become PM. Also, how stupid was the Andrew Lincoln character? He's videoing his best mate's wedding day and focuses entirely on the bride. Did it never occur to him (or the sloppy writers) that his mate might actually want to see it? And what woud have hapened if his mate had answered the door when he did that vomit inducing 'I love you' with big carRAB business? The relationships veered from painfully realistic (Emma Thompson and her mid-life crisis husband Alan Rickman), to the ridiculous (Kris Green's, although I liked him), to the downright 'Huh ?' (Colin Firth).

There were good points to it that made it just about watchable. Kris Green's always good value, the porno stand-ins, Bill Nighy and Liam Neeson and his stepson, but after I watched it I had to brush my teeth for about 20 minutes.
 
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