so we curled up, and since it's close to christmas, she wanted to watch a holiday movie. love actually is the only holiday movie i own, and it's the only one i can really stand. the christmas story has its moments, but ever since tbs started playing it for 24 hrs straight, i just can't take it anymore... sorry ralphie. i grabbed the movie, put it in, and proceeded to rub her back (easiest way to get a woman to fall asleep = backrubs... they're like cats).
a few notes up front:
- i tend to like british comedy. i grew up watching "are you being served?" and monty python, so it's kindof ingrained. if you don't like british comedy, turn off larry the cable guy and grow a brain.
- ensemble casts are awesome. people might not think this is an ensemble cast, but that's only because they don't realize that damn near everyone in that movie is relatively famous in england.
- hugh grant is no longer gay. this movie and "about a boy" confirm it.
love actually is an awesome movie. for the ladies, they like it because it's got a bunch of great love stories with people doing things that only exist in fiction. hate to break it to you, ladies, but no man is ever going to come to your door with a stereo and cue cards telling you that he just wants to say he loves you and that he's fine with it. bullshit. first off, those kind of people sit in the dark listening to coldplay sobbing while masturbating to that wedding video she liked so much. and there's no fucking way that guy's fine with her marrying his best friend. he's going to resent the hell out of his best friend for marrying the girl, then do his damndest to sleep with her the second she shows a moment of drunken weakness. let's be real here... so yeah, the ladies love it because it has a lot of love stories, and american women inherently find english men more attractive than american men. it's ok, we know about it, and we feel the same way about some english women. it's the accent. provided it's the right one, of course (elizabeth hurley = awesome accent, eliza doolittle = horrible cockney penis-shriveling accent).
but love actually has some great parts for guys, too. what might those be? tits. that's right, gratuitous female nudity. unlike stingy horrible america, european countries seem to have no problem with the naked female form. in my book, that's just downright awesome. so for those guys who can think of nothing else good about this movie, you always have the fallback of boobs.
aside from the boobs, the movie actually has a really good story. stories, actually. it's got a lot of great comedic scenes, my favorite being when the little kid plays the drums at the end. i'm also a big fan of when hugh grant calls margret thatcher a saucy minx. there's a lot of subtle humor that you really only get if you get british humor. but even if you don't get all that, the story telling is good, the actors are fantastic, hugh grant's love interest is gorgeous (in my opinion), and you feel all warm and fuzzy after it. compared to other romantic comedies or other holiday movies, you could do a lot worse...
one final note: the music to this movie is amazing. the prime minister's love theme gives me goosebumps, and is on quite a few of my playlists. it's just inspiring...
Love Actually - downright entertaining
finally watched this last night without falling asleep (which speaks more to my penchant for falling asleep during movies than it does for the quality of this one)...anyway, finally watched it, as is holiday tradition, and think that the gift-wrapping sequence is still the best part.
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