It is a situation that makes me laugh, because it reflects very good how clumsy men can be (not to mention how little they bother with the annual Christmas gift task). On the morning of December 25, Karen (Emma Thompson) will receive his traditional scarf under the tree… However despicable and unoriginal he may be, Harry’s character is nevertheless credible. Let’s face it, if the pathetic and flirtatious boss who cheats on his wife with his secretary is an inveterate cliché, it is because he remains close to a certain reality.
Mark’s declaration of love to Juliet is very strange
Inside of the great sentimental puzzle that is Love Actuallythere is the –unlikely– story of Mark (Andrew Lincoln) y Juliet (Keira Knightley). She just married Peter, who is Mark’s best friend. Between them, nothing seems to bring them too close. They have very little in common, and it’s hard to believe they talk much. However, Richard Curtis He wants us to believe that Mark is crazy about her when we find out that at the wedding he only films the young woman (and not her friend) through his camera. But the most scandalous of all is the famous scene on the poster. I say famous because, although it is the first time I see the film, this scene floods the media and social networks every year when the holidays approach. It is impossible not to keep her in mind when they talk to me about Love Actually.
So this is what I think about the scene (after watching it): ringing your best friend’s doorbell, being greeted by his wife, asking him to lie about his visit under the pretext of a Christmas choir, and taking advantage of the opportunity. to declare your love… It’s as incredible as it is problematic.. I don’t care about all the romanticism behind the posters: I still think it’s not quite right to do it with your best friend’s wife (especially when it’s in the next room). We hit rock bottom when Juliet decides to kiss Mark out of nowhere…
Courtesy.
Watching Hugh Grant dance like he’s alone in the world is worth the distractions
Another cult scene, but this one did not disappoint me: the dance offered by Hugh Grant when his character believes he is alone in his room at 10 Downing Street. The actor dances to the rhythm of ‘Jump’ by the Pointer Sisters, walks down the stairs as if making a grand entrance into a nightclub, and then continues dancing to the living room, where he bumps into his secretary. Embarrassed, the Prime Minister interrupts her dance to address her as if nothing had happened. She turns around and walks back into her office, leaving me wanting to rewatch this memorable scene before continuing to watch the movie.
Fatphobia everywhere, all the time
However, Hugh Grant He is not an impeccable Prime Minister. Fun and endearing in many ways, too cultivate fatphobia of the film, essentially centered on the character of Natalie (Martine McCutcheon). Like most of the the women of Love Actually, her main role is to give life to the desires of men, in this case those of the Prime Minister, who is totally in love with her. And while the physique of these women is the talk of men, Natalie’s is particularly the object of shame and contempt. It is very simple: They constantly tell her that she does not meet beauty standards (at least from twenty years ago): her thighs are too big, her breasts too visible… Natalie is nothing more than a ‘doll’ for men (her boyfriend left her for this reason), and they always tell her that she is not pretty (the mention of ‘Miss Bulimia 2003’ could have been removed from the script). Although the statesman avoids inappropriate comments for most of the film (without publicly defending the woman he claims to love), I can only regret hearing him mention her weight in a final sequence.
2023-12-25 17:03:43
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