My "Love Actually" story

[emmagrant01]

Before our son was born (and we had more disposable income), DH and I used to go to London every year over Thanksgiving weekend. We usually made almost a week of it, and we'd go to lots of theatre, do some Christmas shopping, and generally have a wonderful time.

On our 2003 trip, we had an evening free one night and decided after dinner to go to one of the cinemas on Leicester Square. We picked a movie that was conveniently about to begin, one I had only heard of because Liam Neeson was in it (and I was in the Star Wars Prequels fandom at the time). That movie, of course, was Love Actually.

To say that we enjoyed it is a huge understatement. The experience of seeing that movie and having no idea what it was about, in London in the midst of the Christmas season, and right after a fantastically romantic dinner at a great restaurant -- it was just perfect. And every time I see it, I remember the night that we saw it for the first time. That was one of the top ten movie-going experiences of my life!

What's your story? What makes that movie so special to you?

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[davidbrider.livejournal.com]

I don't have a specific story about it (except that when I watched it a couple of years ago it made me cry - that scene where Andrew Lincoln is communicating to Keira Knightley with the cards has that effect on me...), but I think it's a lovely film. I love a good romcom anyway, but I think the way it tells several different - but mostly connected - stories through the film is really sweet. I particularly love the Hugh Grant/Martine McCutcheon one, and the Colin Firth one (I don't remember the name of the actress who plays his love interest, but nevertheless; that scene of him trying to propose to her in Portuguese gets me every time).

Lovely film.