Notting Hill's on C4 - was it really this bad when it came out?

[hippmummy]

I've got it on in the background and it's almost unwatchable.
I don't remember it being this cheesy when i watched it the first time!

[WideWebWitch]

yep, pile of shite.

[compo]

I love it
Have watched it many times

[TrinityRhino]

me too compo, me and my mum are watching it

[nutcracker]

I like it.

[Bugsy2]

yes, was wince worthy the first time around & gets worse with subsequent viewings!

[ComeOVeneer]

Can he play any other character?????

[ja9]

you're joking aren't you? it's fantastic, and that dinner scene is the best scene of it - in fact perhaps best ever. so many great lines...

'love your work!'

dh and i rofl!!!

[bandstand]

probably better after a few drinks

[Whizzz]

I'm watching it too ! The orange at the beginning must have been really strong to stain that badly so instantly.....

[hippmummy]

Has he ever had any other hairstyle?

[Whizzz]

Must admit I'd forgotten how many other actors popped up in it too

[TrinityRhino]

no, he hasn't had any other hairstyle or played any other character but he does that character well. anyway julia roberts is fab

[Pixel]

Yes I always groan "oh no not Hugh Grant playing Hugh Grant again" but then I find myself thoroughly enjoying whatever film it is. Some of them I've watched more than once and still enjoyed them. I s'pose if it aint broke don't fix it, hence all those Rocky films!

Of course, it could just mean I fancy Hugh Grant .

[nogoes]

I know what you mean. I loved Love Actually when it was out but I was watching it on TV recently and I was cringing at it! I don't actually think any of those films will go down as classics. Richard Curtis should stick to Blackadder. Now that is a classic.

[bandstand]

i liked love actually, cos i was in love when i saw it recently! aww,
hugh grant excellent in about a boy, which is different

[janeite]

I love Notting Hill! Hated Love Actually though.

[wheresthehamster]

I've also watched it many times. I only really like the dinner scene and Rhys Ifans.
Also just the same cheesy ending as Four Weddings and Love Actually.

[wheresthehamster]

Hugh Grant was better in Bridget Jones where he was the love-rat.

[bandstand]

the guardian reckoned it was a follow on from 4 weddings

[tiredemma]

I love these Richard Curtis films.

I cant really say that I class them as 'classics' or view them in the same way that I do- say 'shawshank redemption' etc.

But they are 'feel good' films, and I love the kind of 'Hip' London vibe in each film- they always make London look like such a cool place to live.

Love Actually is my fave, agree Hugh Grant is type cast- but I would find it odd to watch him being anything other than a bumbling toff in a film.

[Pruni]

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[tiredemma]

I find myself welling up throughout these films.

Last night I blarted everytime Max? ( Tim McInnerny) scooped his wheelchair bound wife up, more so when he refused to drive the car unless she was in it. Went to pieces. Dp thought I had gone mad.

Then I turned over and spent the last hour of Billy elliot blarting.

Nothing like a good British film.

[chestnutty]

Dd (16) noticed how they spent half the time staring at each other. Good acting skills!

[Sheraz]

It looks really dated though.