Love Actually [Blu-ray]

I saw Love Actually when it opened in theaters. I was already a HUGE fan of Notting Hill, and so looked forward to writer Richard Curtis' next film, which turned out to be LA, and with him directing it, too. I went in with high hopes, and while I did like it, I was a bit disappointed because it wasn't as good as NH. But that's changed... I still believe Notting Hill is the better of the two film, but with each viewing of this movie I do actually love Love Actually! Curtis has combined a number of stories of friends, husband, wives, and lovers that crossover into each other, each one with romance and each with laughs, and the first time I saw it I thought he had too many plotpoints. But now I feel it really works. Curtis, who also wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral and the Black Adder TV series, knows how to deliver a comedy line almost better than anyone else. And many other lines are quite precious. Come on, it is impossible to resist a film that has a kid saying to his stepfather, "Okay, Dad. Let's do it. Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love." And what a cast! Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), Joanna Page (Stacey in TV series Gavin & Stacey), and other wonderful actors, including two well-played appearances by Curtis veteran Rowan Atkinson. Also look for January Jones (Mad Men), Elisha Cuthbert (24), Ivana Milicevic (Bond girl in Casino Royale), Denise Richards, Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), and Claudia Schiffer. Plus Billy Bob Thornton. Picture quality is very good, a step up from the DVD. Audio is terrific, and makes full use of speakers in many musical background moments. Extras are carried over from the DVD (in standard definition) and they are quite rich. There's about 35 minutes in deleted scenes; plus Curtis introducing choices of music for the film; a couple of music videos; a featurette on the making; and a very funny commentary with Curtis, Hugh Grant, and others (Grant makes fun of Firth whenever he shows up on screen). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! A great film for Christmas viewing.

We already have the DVD and my wife wanted the updated Blu-ray.

One of the best holiday movies ever. Stellar cast; Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and others

Twenty minutes into this movie, I laughed out loud. From that point on, I never stopped smiling. It's now three days later and I haven't stopped smiling. A movie you want to wrap your arms around and hug, "Love Actually" is an anthology of love stories involving over a dozen people set in modern pre-Christmas London. A woefully incomplete list: Hugh Grant, the new young British PM, falls for his tea server. Newly widowed Liam Neeson bonds with his young stepson. The stepson is hopelessly smitten by a girl in his class named Joanna. Emma Thompson plays the PM's sister, married to Alan Rickman. He is disaffected with his home life, and is flirting with the idea of flirting with his secretary. Laura Linney works for Rickman, and has a crush on a co-worker, but her life is complicated by a mentally ill brother. Two adult film stand-ins develop a sweet relationship while hanging around nude and simulating sex so the film crew can set up for the real deal. The adult film directors' roommate heads to the U.S. because all U.S. women are hot, and they all want to have sex with English men. Supposedly. Keira Knightly is a newlywed who discovers someone else may be drawn to her. Bill Nighy steals the film as an aged rock star, angling for the Number One spot on the charts. Writer Colin Firth obsessing about his new Portuguese housekeeper. Well, you KNOW how this movie is going to end. You really do. It's no surprise. If it didn't end the way you THOUGHT it would, it would suck. It's like music. You expect verse-chorus-verse, maybe a guitar solo here or some background vocals there, but the overall pattern is constant. It's the CONTENT that sets it apart. This film is SO funny, with so many loops and asides, you'll be giddy. It's smart and sweet and heartwarming, all in the best way without being sappy or cloying. This film is LOADED with uncredited guest stars. I won't spoil all the fun (there's at least a half dozen) but when the daughter from the TV show "24" showed up, I giggled. Get a load of the guy who plays the President of The United States. An absolute hoot. The soundtrack is astonishing. An absolutely perfect melding of pop songs/performances to situations. Eva Cassidy's 'Songbird" is appropriately aching. The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" soars. The movie ends with a Christmas pageant performance bringing many (if not all) of the characters together, and little Joanna brings down the house. While it is a romantic comedy, not every tale has a conventional or happy ending. Some are, yes, but others are bittersweet. Unrequited love. Familial love. The love between best friends, or old friends. Puppy love, which if you think about it, may be the purest form of true love. You just like somebody, and you don't know or care why. You just do and that's it. The love of sex. The love of possible sex. Love AFTER sex. Love of parents, children, brothers, sisters, co-workers and colleagues; the love of cultures, of tradition, of language... So I guess the overall theme of the film really is just love, actually.

A warm uplifting film about one of the most universal feelings in existence. It's funny and boisterous. Different types of relationships are explored and all pay off. LGBT content is conspicuously missing, but you find out in the outtakes that a lesbian relationship got the axe.

The front of the Love Actually dvd cover has pictures of Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Nighy, and Martine Mccutcheon. The back of the DVD cover of Love Actually features a love scene of Colin Firth As Jamie kissing on a woman he has a major crush on in the movie (Sienna Guillory), a scene from the movie of the character Juliet (Keira Knightley) being approached by a man named Mark who crushes on her (Andrew Lincoln). There is also a scene of the character of Daniel (Liam Neeson) spending time with his son Sam (Thomas Sangster). There Are Also features of several other celebrities in the film such As Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martine Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, January Jones, Denise Richards, and many more celebrities. Additionally, there was another version of the song All I Want for Christmas is You featured in Love Actually which I’m guessing is a polite tribute to Mariah Careys rendition. There Are multiple stories weaved into Love Actually that deal with Grant’s portrayal As A Prime Minister, Rickman’s portrayal As A successful businessman who loves his wife And kids very much yet is Also tested by what goes on At his job, Firth’s character dealing with sense of conflict Around having romantic feelings for someone who was tasked to be his professional Assistant, Liam Neeson playing A man who is helping his son deal with the ups And downs of being in love, And more stories. There Are Also over 30 deleted scenes of Love Actually within the dvd I bought, the music of love Actually, A bonus feature of the trouble with love is by Kelly Clarkson, And feature commentary with director Richard Curtis And Actors Hugh grant, bill Nighy, And Thomas Sangster. This DVD version is also available in multiple languages and subtitles; English, Spanish, And French (including AN option for the hearing impaired). I know I’m probably A little highly interested in British movies and/or music for being a proud American with no rational explanation why. Watching a lot of British type of movies And listening to the music from some of the musicians/groups from England is consolation for me until I visit (I Admit that I came close to getting stationed there through the navy back in 2004 but I Admit that I did not want to go without my husband, yet strangely enough my husband And I unexpectedly got Assigned on base military housing with a street called England court South the following year (2005) At A military base we moved to together.

This film bills itself as "The Ultimate Romantic Comedy," which tells me the filmmakers were striving to pull out all the stops and include everything one could ever want in such a movie. This film does contain everything that has ever made a romantic comedy successful, though this goal ultimately proves too ambitious. The writing, acting and direction are all first rate and are not to be faulted. Really what prevents it from achieving its goal is the sheer number of story lines; no fewer than seven stories are told concurrently. While these are easy enough to follow, not enough time is spent on each to allow us to invest ourselves emotionally in the characters. This is too bad really because each story is interesting enough to warrant its own movie. Perhaps the filmmakers thought otherwise, or perhaps they simply wanted to force as many things as possible into this, following the strategy that more is better. Whatever they were thinking, the result is a disjointed film that is slightly disappointing because it leaves us wanting to know more about each storyline. (This is especially true of the adult film actors, whose story is so briefly shown that it seems almost like an afterthought that is thrown in to show some skin) In this way, it is similar to a television series, which shows a little bit of each storyline each week. With a TV series, however, we know it will be back the following week with more plot development. Not so here. Even though the ending brings it all together, it is done rather sloppily. As it turns out, nearly everyone in the movie knows everyone else or is related in some way. How coincidental! This is entirely unnecessary and reminds me of films that tie all the characters together well at the end. Nonetheless, the film has some genuinely funny (love that British humor) and earnestly heartfelt moments, and I did enjoy watching it. It might be fun to see separate movies of each story here made by the same folks involved. As it is, this is worth watching in order to see some terrific performances, especially Emma Thompson and Bill Nighy, as well as the sublime Keira Knightley.

Great actors, heartfelt storylines

Ein wunderbarer, humorvoller Weihnachtsfilm!

Muy bien. Me alegra saber que hicieron esta re-edición con mejor calidad. Me gusta mucho.

Questo film. Vera tradizione del Natale. Va preso così com’è. Intenso. Sfacciato. Divertente e dissacrante. Suscita comunque emozioni intense. E non si smette mai di volerlo rivedere

Una super comedia romántica, literal vi esa pelîcula cuando estaba en la preparatoria, la presté y como los libros, jamás regresó así q la Volví a comprar!! (Tiene casi 20 años, es del 2003)

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