Why does every ‘major’ british film have to have Hugh fucking Grant in it? Films such as this, 4 weddings and a Funeral & Notting Hill get right on my nipple ends. The end result being most of America thinks people talk like this over here. Stupid bumbling ‘terribly sorry’ shit schtick in EVERY single film he’s been in motherfucker.
“Falling in love never looked so …romantic! And FUNNY! Curtis’ valentine to love is one for all; a must see and an instant classic!”
re: " a formulaic, pull in your parents because Dad wants to see Kill Bill and Mum wont let him popcorn no brain involved slush for fucking idiots at the cinema once every 3 months"
Instant classic my arse. MONEY MONEY MONEY from saps.
They make good films in Britain still (28 Days Later, Dog Soldiers). But this isn’t one of them. I would rather blind myself with a fork than ever sit through this shit. I hope all the same actors/writers/directors that seem to monopolise British Film involved choke on the millions it will make.These films have no worth whatsoever. A romanticized picture of Britain that has nothing to do with anything.
Have to agree. I refuse to watch any more films with that insipidly grinning tool in it because I always come out aggravated by not being able to slap the shit out of him.
Why did they use MP5s and G3s in Dog Soldiers? Don’t get me wrong; It was a suprising good movie. But damnit all to Hell, Brit soldiers should have had their SA80’s!
(I have seen the trailer, and it looks like a light-hearted rom-com reflecting the social mores of the transatlantic relationship. A delight! For all the family!
…oh, and also a pile of formulaic spudfuck wankcheese.)
I’m not particularly interested in the movie the OP references, although 4 Weddings was a decent movie in its own right - at the time. It’s just been re-done so many times, by now.
My eyes? don’t need them where I’m going…
correct jjimm , the paul has not seen it. nor will he ever. but believe me when I say I know enough about FUCKING HUGH GRANT and this type of shit to know it is a fucking atrocious pile of, mmm, whats worse than dogshit?
pissy batshit.
I have seen Mickey Blue Eyes (gash), 4 weddings (double fucking gash) and Notting Hill (the biggest gash ever. with a cherry on top)
someone should make a pie out of Grant, and soonish. I love my Mum, but simultaneously hate her for making me buy this shit for her for Christmas + Birthdays.
Without fail every British comedy poster will have the tag ’ Best British comedy since 4 Weddings/Full Monty/Bend it like Beckham ’
Fuck off with that shit. And why do British reviewers gloss over the bad points in a British film?
btw was ‘The Guru’ British? Because that was the shitty and not one review led me to believe otherwise.
‘About a Boy’ was good though.
Amen to that brother! Unfortunatley in my case its my dad, actually that is the proud owner of every fucking Hugh flop, mop, toff, cock Grant film ever made…it so embarrasing. I hate ‘the Grant’ with a passion, which makes my task of buying his shit celluloid fairytales even more bile inducing than I thought was possible. What we need is a decent film with the poncy whoremongerer as lead role. Maybe something like ‘28 Hughes Later’ - effectivley it is a film where the ‘Hughmeister’ has been cloned 28 times and each of his insipid, wussy alter egos are executed in an increasingley more amusing manner than the last. Now i’d pay to see that.
Yes, in fairness that is the only film I’ve seen Grant in where I never wanted to punch him at all.
I don’t think jjimm reviews films for a living, but “a pile of formulaic spudfuck wankcheese” seems less than fulsome in its praise to me and it pretty-much sums up plenty of reviews of Love Actually I’ve read. Empire Magazine phrased it a little more politely.
Thats the only sticking point I have with Empire, and indeed watching Film 2003 last night. They both faun over this shit like its their national duty to do so. WE KNOW its a British film. Good for our industry. But nobody seems to review these conniving emotional vacuums of ‘movies’ objectively.
ITS THE SAME IN EVERY FUCKING RICHARD CURTIS FILM! Him and Grant appear to be cauf=ght in some kind of pointless quaint english Groundhog day as far as writing/directing/acting goes. Have a bash at a different role or storyline for fucks sake. No progression, no artistic merit, sad, stay still boring.
I’m am now going to endeavour to find said Fucko’s, and attempt to get the 3-4 hours of my life I’ve spent watching their filmic piss back. By taking it out of their ribs yo.
The wife and I went to see Kill Bill a few weeks ago and they showed the preview for L,A. It seemed like it went on forever. We’re talking lame ass romantic comedy with Hugh Grand plus it’s a fucking Xmas story. It went on and on and on and my bloodpressure was going through the god damned roof. My wife realized what was going on and started giving me a neck rub to try to calm the situation. I swear to christ that if it had gone on for one more minute, I would have been climbing the nearest clocktower with a rifle and a thousand rounds of ammo.
Okay, I totally agree about 4 weddings and a funeral. SUCKY movie. And I’m not a huge fan of Hugh Grant.
This isn’t aimed at the OP, but the OP reminded me of the incredible amount of bitching about movies these days. ALL movies. Why is it, that all movies these days SUCK???
They can’t be “just okay” or “not to my taste” or maybe “cute”. They all suck, they’re all “shit”.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single movie put out in the past 6 years that hasn’t been taken apart as “garbage/shit/etc” online. You’d think that people that hate movies this much would stop going to the damn things.
And no, I haven’t seen this particular one, maybe it’s not all that great, maybe it’s merely “Okay”. Or maybe, it’ll surprise me and truly “SUCK” or be “shit”.
I think that people don’t really hate these movies so much as they just want an excuse to attempt to impress people with such overused phrases as “made me want to gouge my own eyeballs out” or “there’s two hours I’ll never get back”.
Sheesh folks. It’s ONLY a movie, it’s not like someone kidnapped your firstborn.
Richard Curtis didn’t write ‘About a Boy which has a lot to do with the why it feels quite different to the 4 Weds > Notting Hill > This Bollocks kind of thing.
I’m more interested in the sexless curio sometimes known as ‘that bird wot was in EastEnders’. Is Martine McCrutchLunch up to the job as Hugh tossled-haired Grants bit of rough, or do we always have half an eye on the door of Number Ten expecting a confused RRRIIICCKKYYYYYYYYYYY to wander in from the (yet still) ablaze car lot ??
I’ve actually seen Love, Actually.
I was pretty let down. I did like 4 Wed, except for that horrible American women. and I will admit that I like Hugh Grant. I think he is funny.
But the movie is a huge mess.
Basically the writer wanted to write a little story about every kind of love and somehow link the stories together.
It needed to drop about 4 of the story lines and then make the other ones make sense.
There is one story line where this young British loser dude realizes that if he went to America his accent would be sexy and he would get plenty of babes. He goes to WISCONSIN and goes to the first bar he sees. (not the one in the airport) and instanly hooks up with FOUR girls. (all of whom for some reason have a ‘Texas’ accent)
This guy is connected to the story by the fact that he served as a waiter at a wedding reception of more interesting characters.
However, the US president is a character. At first the president is Clinton-esque and makes a pass at Mr. Grant’s (the PRIME MINISTER?) assistant. Then later in a press conference Grant stands up to the US president and makes it seem like he is talking about Bush Jr.
But Grant falls in love with his assistant.
Why? Don’t know they only exchange about 6 sentences in the whole film.
But she is a touch overwieght.
And has pale skin and long dark hair.
And is kind of low class.
And wears a beret and in a big scene gives Grant a huge hug.
Remind you of anyone?
The Emma Tompson Alan Rickman is the best story and I wish they made the entire film about them.
