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To Not 'Get' 'Four Weddings and A Funeral'?

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EddieIzzardIsMine · 10/01/2012 20:46

I know its supposed to be a 'Classic Chick-Flick' (hate that phrase!) but I just don't 'get' it?
Aside from Andie MacDowell's awful wooden acting, the character she plays is a bit...lose with her morals and I just dont find her particularly likeable.
Am I wrong? Am I missing something? Or are there others somewhere like me?! And are there any other 'classic' films you just don't 'get'?

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WeShouldOpenABar · 10/01/2012 21:00

the film completely holds together and is just a lovely englishy richard curtis film if you switch channels every time andie bloody mcdowell appears , this is completely do-able shes barely in it but ruins every second she does appear with her whimpering and general wetness/stiffness , yes it is fucking raining you simpering cow

maybenow · 10/01/2012 20:59

oh ignore the andie mcd character, it's not about her, it's about hugh's group of friends - who are all fantastic!!!

she's just a prop.

Sandalwood · 10/01/2012 20:58

I can't really remember it. But I don't get 'Love Actually' which I'm guessing is similar - so many little stories that due to only having about 2 scenes each storyline it's so shallow.

PiedWagtail · 10/01/2012 20:57

I love it too, especially because I went to see it with my boyfriend, who died of meningitis 6 months later, and it so reminds me of him, and being deliriously happy.... love the Wet Wet Wet song too.

But apart from that it has a lot to recommend it too - it's funny! Fuckety fuck... Acting and casting great (apart from Andie who is shite... hate that 'is it raining?' thing too), story lovely, and I won't hear a word said against it! :)

AriesWithBellsOn · 10/01/2012 20:51

YABU. Did you really think this film was very popular because everyone is so admiring of Andie MacDowell's acting and her character was marvellous? Grin I love Four Weddings because
a) Hugh Grant is great in it
b) the script is wonderful
c) the acting is generally fab (ok apart from Andie)
d) the characters are so individual and likeable
e) it captures something for me. It's a bit elusive, but for me it is that certain feeling of being nineteen at University in the summer, with friends and beer and fresh mown grass etc etc etc :)

I love it.

Greythorne · 10/01/2012 20:51

Andie McD does play an increibly unlikeable character but in a way, ypthat is a strength as most chick flicks have very bland, idealised, sickly sweet female leads.

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EddieIzzardIsMine · 10/01/2012 20:50

Its just the 'Is it? I hadn't even noticed' line near the end (in the rain) that makes me want to smack her with (a slightly less wooden than her) chair leg...

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PeneloPeePitstop · 10/01/2012 20:50

"They say rubber's mainly for perverts. Don't know why. Think it's very practical, actually. I mean, you spill anything on it and it just comes off. I suppose that could be why the perverts like it."

OnlyANinja · 10/01/2012 20:50

YANBU to dislike or not enjoy a film. It's personal taste, not really a question of reasonable vs unreasonable.

PercyFilth · 10/01/2012 20:50

Is it a Chick Flick? Shock

Oh my. No, you're right of course, it's dreadful. :o

GrimmaTheNome · 10/01/2012 20:49

The start is good, but analyzing 4w&1F is like discussing the nutritional value of candyfloss.

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EddieIzzardIsMine · 10/01/2012 20:48

*loose

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HamblesHandbag · 10/01/2012 20:48

yy, she is the least likeable part of the film. there are other good bits though...

"stop all the clocks..."

LindyHemming · 10/01/2012 20:48

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Whatmeworry · 10/01/2012 20:47

Fuck! Fuck!....

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