Love Actually

[rm]

I loathe romantic comedies. But for whatever reason I got Love Actually in from Netflix and finally watched it after it glaring at me from atop the stereo for a week. And I bawled my eyes out. Granted, I am menstruating.

Some of it sucked. Some of it was much better than it had any right to be. There were weird loose ends, conflicting styles, misplaced emphasis and certain unfortunate patterns (I remember when this came out and everyone I knew sort of freaked out about class and status issues in it, and I do get what they are seeing, but I think mostly they are seeing it as Americans and as Americans we deal with class and class humour differently -- so yeah, it was weird in places, but I think not so much as we think, maybe?)

But oh I just cried and cried.

It's like, that freaky looking little kid is sprinting through the airport, and it's beautiful in the fucked up way that Gattaca was porn for the age of AIDS. This was like porn for the age of bogus useless security and a world we finally noticed was scary.

Oh cry cry cry.

And the other DVD sitting in the house... Maurice, which I've seen, but even so, I think I'll wait a day to abuse myself with that.

Comments

[orien.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about this and trying to decide if I wished to rent it.

The people at Netflix must be wondering why they ship things to you and then almost immediately ship them to me. :P

Also, there's a quote in Idoru by William Gibson that made me think of you, but the book's downstairs. I'll fetch it tomorrow.

[rm.livejournal.com]

BTW, were you charmed by the HH thing or were you like "ehhh... boats and daft hats"?

[orien.livejournal.com]

That hats are very awful, I will admit.

The second one is sitting on the kitchen table. I think I like it. Horatio is cute and I'm fond of that face he makes -- haha, I've done something clever and people have recognized it *self-satisfied smirk*, but damn, I am dubious of my own ability to continue being clever and recognized *worry*.

[rm.livejournal.com]

The first two are mostly just charming, and after that they pick up speed plotwise (and get very very slashy (and comically so) for a bit).

[orien.livejournal.com]

Oh my.

I am thoroughly charmed by the second disc. His interactions with Pellew. The fact that he couldn't stand to leave without ironing his neckerchief.

If I were the sort of person to squee, I would.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yes! see! Pellew is great. Their interaction is one of my favorite things in the series, and it's really quite touching at times in the later discs.

I mean, I think I squee a bit more than you, but I don't really squee either, but it's all about the squee.

Oh, hi. I'm fourteen again.

[wurmwyd.livejournal.com]

Hi There!

I actually liked "Love, Actually", actually. :)

My wifey is the romantic-comedy afficionado. I have no stomach for them. Whenever I see the male lead and the female lead, who despise each other, get into some sort of conflict where they're forced to work together, I have to stifle myself from turning to my wifey and gasping sarcastically: "Oh my STARS!! Do you think they'll eventually get TOGETHER in the end!?!?"

But then almost all of my favorite movies involve swords and dismemberment. Although romantic comedies are cliched and predictable, they've got nothing on action/fantasy/sci-fi.

I'm such a MALE. ;)