TV and Movies

[Goldengate8361]

I love love love this movie! I can't wait to see this special tonight! 

[Shelbelle]

Never seen it, that is unusual for me. 

[ValuSkr]

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@Suzeecat wrote:

I just recently thought about the plot line of the couple who were stand-ins for the porn movies and thought that the movie would have been perfect without that - it really didn't add anything good to any of the other plot lines.  I've seen versions where this was left out and it really didn't adversely affect anything else. 

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What - a porn movie?? I must have missed that part, or it wasn't in the version I watched.  I recommended it years ago to my mother; hope it wasn't in the version she saw.  

[Highlands22]

The Emma Thompson/Alan Rickman story always gets to me.

I miss Alan Rickman.

[golding76]

I saw the movie in a theater when it was originally released.  For some reason, I do not recall the porn element.

Because I have seen the movie at least 11 times since then -- but on TV -- at this time my memory of Love Actually is of all the other elements.  Bet my bottom dollar the porn was not broadcast on TV.  

Diane Sawyer's special was delightful.  The director, Richard Curtis, came across as a sincere individual who honors love in all its manifestations -- even a stepfather recognizing the needs of his motherless stepson.  Curtis appeared to possess a lovely soul.

[golding76]

Hugh Grant as the Dancing Prime Minister  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgxBHBsl-4

As much as the audience enjoyed seeing Hugh Grant let loose in Love Actually, he loathed having to do the scene.  On Diane Sawyer's show he said that "everyone knows Englishmen don't dance unless they are drunk."  He acknowledges that he is not rhythmic at all in his dance that had many imitate it on Tik Tok.

I think it's a hoot.  Love him going at it.

[Mersha]

@golding76   I thoroughly enjoyed the special as well.

I know Hugh Grant hated doing that dance scene but it became such a huge part of the movie.

The couple that you are not remembering:

[golding76]

Thank you, Mersha.  I now have a faint recollection of them - but it is admittedly very faint.

[Jordan2]

I love this movie, watching this special reminded me I need to watch it again.

[gardenman]

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@ValuSkrwrote:

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@Suzeecatwrote:

I just recently thought about the plot line of the couple who were stand-ins for the porn movies and thought that the movie would have been perfect without that - it really didn't add anything good to any of the other plot lines. I've seen versions where this was left out and it really didn't adversely affect anything else.

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What - a porn movie?? I must have missed that part, or it wasn't in the version I watched. I recommended it years ago to my mother; hope it wasn't in the version she saw.

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It was a bit unnecessary. And it's not like porn actors are paid so much that they need stand-ins. You'd just use the actors to test the lighting, focus, and whatnot. Why even use stand-ins?

Those scenes get edited out of the TV versions so many people don't even know they exist until they see an unedited version.