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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 349215" data-attributes="member: 23">Perhaps I should have revised my earlier statement to say &quot;I&#039;ve never watched all of Love Actually&quot;. Or &quot;I&#039;ve never actively watched Love Actually&quot;. Or &quot;I don&#039;t remember ever watching Love Actually&quot;. Having sat down and watching it, an awful lot of the film was incredibly familiar. Of course, there are the iconic moments such as the cue card scene that are simply part of pop culture. There are the moments that are homages to other films, like the PM&#039;s Risky Business dance (oh my - I&#039;ve just realised that he&#039;s interrupted by Hazel from Upstairs Downstairs). And there are moments that obligatory in any Britcom, such as Rowan Atkinson popping up randomly, Colin Firth getting wet or Emma Thompson alternating between being the gutsy, tell-is-like-it-is friend and crying alone in her bedroom. At one point - when the British guy walked into the bar in America - I found myself excited because I clearly remembered the upcoming scene in which the girls point to various objects (bottle, straw...) and ask him to pronounce them in his British accent before attempting to mimic him. I&#039;ve definitely seen that bit before. Loads of other scenes felt as though I was rewatching them rather than seeing them for the first time. Anyhow, it was an entertaining film with lots of big names. Having watched the rather bad Christmas Eve a night or two before, I now realise that film was probably largely &quot;inspired&quot; by Love Actually&#039;s pockets of stories that linked up along the way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 349215, member: 23"] Perhaps I should have revised my earlier statement to say "I've never watched [U]all of[/U] [I]Love Actually[/I]". Or "I've never [U]actively[/U] watched [I]Love Actually[/I]". Or "I don't [U]remember[/U] ever watching[I] Love Actually[/I]". Having sat down and watching it, an awful lot of the film was incredibly familiar. Of course, there are the iconic moments such as the cue card scene that are simply part of pop culture. There are the moments that are homages to other films, like the PM's [I]Risky Business[/I] dance (oh my - I've just realised that he's interrupted by Hazel from [I]Upstairs Downstairs[/I]). And there are moments that obligatory in any Britcom, such as Rowan Atkinson popping up randomly, Colin Firth getting wet or Emma Thompson alternating between being the gutsy, tell-is-like-it-is friend and crying alone in her bedroom. At one point - when the British guy walked into the bar in America - I found myself excited because I clearly remembered the upcoming scene in which the girls point to various objects (bottle, straw...) and ask him to pronounce them in his British accent before attempting to mimic him. I've definitely seen that bit before. Loads of other scenes felt as though I was rewatching them rather than seeing them for the first time. Anyhow, it was an entertaining film with lots of big names. Having watched the rather bad [I]Christmas Eve[/I] a night or two before, I now realise that film was probably largely "inspired" by [I]Love Actually's[/I] pockets of stories that linked up along the way. [/QUOTE]

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