# The Boat that Rocked

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boat-that-rocked/492582>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boat-that-rocked/492582 "2009-04-09T23:30:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boat-that-rocked/492582/21 "2009-04-12T16:25:33Z")

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> [@Equipoise](#):
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> I haven’t seen it (can’t wait!) but I don’t think it’s a romantic comedy. It’s about the early days of underground radio, when stations in the UK had to broadcast from clandestine ships at sea because of the rules in place at that time. More music for the people. More GOOD music for the people really into music. More bands discovered. The chance (for the listeners) to feel like they were breaking the rules just by listening, without threat of getting in trouble. People on the ships taking the chance of getting into trouble not for profit or money or glory, but just to bring listeners music they otherwise probably wouldn’t hear. I don’t know of any movie that’s taken on this subject before. Complete originality in film is very rare.
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> Now what in the world is wrong with that? You would let your hatred of Love Actually (which is not a bad movie anyway) and Richard Curtis condemn this movie even though it’s nothing like Love Actually? Do you always condemn a director’s _ **entire** _ career based on one movie you don’t like?
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> Why? I’m completely befuddled.
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> Anyway, I can’t wait. I love the concept, and I love the cast, and I love the music, so it’s all good for me.
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> [Here’s the trailer.](http://us.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi34800409/)

IMDB tags it ‘comedy’ and ‘romance’, but YMMV. People said exactly the same thing to me about _Love Actually_ and that film made me want to vomit. As did both _Bridget Jones_ films and _Notting Hill,_ so I’ve given up trying to like anything Curtis has done despite the urgings of people whose opinions I normally respect. Maybe I’m just a terrible bastard, I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boat-that-rocked/492582/22 "2009-04-12T17:11:07Z")

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> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#):
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> IMDB tags it ‘comedy’ and ‘romance’, but YMMV. People said exactly the same thing to me about _Love Actually_ and that film made me want to vomit. As did both _Bridget Jones_ films and _Notting Hill,_ so I’ve given up trying to like anything Curtis has done despite the urgings of people whose opinions I normally respect. Maybe I’m just a terrible bastard, I don’t know.

Maybe it’s your employer? Stress at work?

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