....to love the film "Love Actually"

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Yes its totally cheesy and unrealistic but that's all part of the fun, its a funny film. With some genuinely touching moments of pathos. The scene where Emma,Thompson I getting dressed after being given the Joni Mitchell CD gets me every single time. Love the "porn" stars, love Bill Nighy. Great film and I will be watching it this Christmas. So there!

One thing which puzzles me is why the story line made Liam Neeson the little boy's step-dad and not his real dad? It didn't add anything really to the story,so why?
Zz

Clawdy of course it did!
It was all about them bonding, re-establishing their roles and building a whole new kind of relationship after losing the one thing that brought them together in the first place
Just wouldn't have been the same if they'd been father and son

Never thought of that,and have watched it so many times! I've also remembered that some of the deleted scenes involved the wife's parents,who don't feature at all in the film,apart from a brief shot of them at the funeral. Maybe there was more about the whole family set-up originally.

Btw,those silly zzs in my other post were a mistake,don't remember touching the z but must have! Too much Saturday wine!

Oh god yes, I forgot about wanting things 'gift wrapped'.

No, no bloody holly!

There are so many great lines but ref the above and the gift-wrapping:

"A cinnamon stick, sir"

They are always presented with a flourish in this house...

America, watch out, here comes Colin Frissell! And he's got a big knooob!

I always thought Emma Thompson chose to stay 'knowing her life would always be a little bit worse'. Why would she meet him at the airport otherwise? Let him get the bloody tube! The children could always see him later

That's funny Flowery as I saw it completely differently - I thought the look on her face & new haircut meant she'd left him but was doing the grown up thing for the sake of the children & being civil. I also thought the look on his face meant he was grateful & sorry & finally realising what he had stupidly thrown away.

No, flowery is right. She stays "knowing her life will always be a little bit worse". The haircut just denotes time passing so it looks like a future thing.

Also when she picks him up from the airport she says to them all, including him, "Come on, home" and the way she says "home" is kind of expressed in a way I can't quite put a name to, but it's like she can't gush about home anymore.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree MissBattleaxe

DH is certain she leaves him too!

Do you think Alan Rickman actually sleeps with the assistant? Hate the bit when she sits on the swivel chair with her legs deliberately open! Classy

I don't think she does leave him. She looks miserable and dejected at the airport and so resigned. In Europe it isn't Martine McCutcheon on the cover of the DVD it's office hussy. She's German in real life and a big star in Europe.

Is she really German? No hint of an accent whatsoever!

I hated it the first time I saw it. I'd recently gone through a bad breakup and it made me feel lonely somehow. I think some (a lot!) of the plots are silly and far fetched. Some are just sad. But over the years it's grown on me and I like it (perhaps because I'm in a better place personally?). There is some fantastic humour and acting in it. I can totally understand why people don't like it though.

Anyone know if it's on again soon and what certificate it is? Trying to decide if it's ok for my 14.5 year old and nearly 13 year old dds...?

It's being broadcast by ITV on Sunday 20th Dec and it's a 15, Dancergirl.

We watched it yesterday as we have it on a sky download , my dd has been watching it for a few years and she is 16 .

One owl this is her IMDb page m.imdb.com/name/nm0538443/?ref_=m_tt_cl_t10

But if she left him, why would she collect him from the airport and take him home?

I dont think she left.

She was so stoic and knowing and I think that she wouldnt walk away from the marriage for what, at least on the surface, appears to be a short lived fling. I do think he slept with Mia, but only the once when he gave her the necklace.

Whether I thinkg they survived long term is another matter, I suspect not but hopefully because she will realise that she is worth more, and gets half the business and that lovely house :o

And yes, I have thought about this waaaaay too much!

Just watching now. Has anyone noticed that the bloke sat next to Hugh Grant in the cabinet meeting (presumably the deputy pm) is the new factory owner (Shane wards dad) in Corrie? :o

I love it too, and I'm not usually into this sort of film. But the humour in it gets me every time. I love the Rowan Atkinson Gift wrapping scene!

It's been a while since I last watched it and since it's Christmas I may have to subject DP to it again soon.

jollyfrenchy I don't see it like that, I see it as she stays but is miserable. She picks him up at the airport with the kids but looks so resigned and unhappy. As if she's relinquished what she wants, to keep the family together to her own detriment.