Love Actually isn’t a new release, by any means. It came out in 2003 but spent little time in theaters and seems to be a much bigger his across the pond in Europe than here in the States.
Love Actually has quite an eclectic cast consisting of Hugh Grant, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy (who played Phillip in “Shaun of the Dead”), Keira Knightley and many others. The movie follows the lives eight couples, who are very different, in London, England the month before Christmas. At first I thought this would be a typical chick flick, but when we rented it, I knew this was a must-have for our DVD collection. The reason I like this movie so much is because I really am a sappy romantic at heart. But mostly because it is one of the few honest and true feel-good movies I’ve seen in a long time. It realistically shows some of the various types of love that exist ranging from adulterous lust, to love lost as the victim of an affair, to a shy crush that you can’t be revealed, to a child’s first experience in the brutal game that is love.
The breakdown (and possibly some spoilers, too)
Love Actually is rated R due to nudity, language and sexuality and here’s why:
Language - Just your run of the mill swearing. Nothing I would get in a twist about, but the language alone would keep me from showing this movie to anyone under 13.
Nudity - This is where most people will lose interest in this movie. The nudity comes into play during the story of one of the couples. They are, from what I can gather, the stand-ins on the set of a porno while the set engineers and directors figure out the proper lighting and such for the actual filming. They start out clothed and then we see them throughout the film, holding some humorous conversations while nonchalantly becoming more and more nude while we watch them in some sexual positions. Nothing graphic, necessarily and it’s more tame then quite a few R rated flicks I’ve seen, but still quite more than a bare breast or ass.
Sexuality - Since this is, of course, a love story there is bound to be some sexuality. A couple of make out scenes that lead nowhere. A few shots of ladies in their skivies, but nothing worse than the Victoria’s Secret commercials or prime time shows on TV.
It’s definitely worth a rent or even just go buy it
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They are, from what I can gather, the stand-ins on the set of a porno while the set engineers and directors figure out the proper lighting and such for the actual filming.
Actually, I’m pretty sure that they’re the actual porn stars. It’s just that all we ever see are the tech sequences.
I love the movie, too.
Oh really? Huh, I got the impression, they were just the stand-ins.
Interesting how someone else can watch the same scenes and have a different perspective than you.
I don’t think porn movies have a big enough budget to hire stand-ins
Also, given how awkward, proper, and shy they are, we’re supposed to think that it’s funny that a guy who’s going to be having sex with her on film has such a hard time asking her out on a date.
I was watching it yesterday and during one of the first ’set of the porno’ scenes and one of the engineers says something like “We have to hurry if we’re going to get the actors in.”
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