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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hate Love Actually. So many men fall for their assistants - bad subtle lesson if teen girls watching. 
Christmas Vacation - agree about scenes making seniors/teens uncomfortable (doesn’t anyone remember Chevy Chase talking to Christie Brinkley?) [/quote]

There have been studies on how people react to Love Actually. People who like it tend to be more positive and creative while those who hate it tend to be…less so.

The takeaway of the guy who cheats on his devoted wife is that he is a pathetic, self-centered fool in the throes of a midlife crisis—but his wife is amazing: perceptive, trusting, and ultimately forgiving (at least on some level since she doesn’t blow up her family and presumably tries to forgive and save what had previously been a good marriage…and that’s the point).

The lady who prioritizes her brother over the hot coworker is representing another kind of love: the responsibility for and commitment to her disabled brother.

The guy who quickly falls for the cleaning lady illustrates another kind of love: following heart break, there is hope where/when you least expect to find it. And it’s even better and more passionate.

The two lonely actors who find their partners at work—brilliant.

And cocky Hugh Grant as the prime minister who falls for the girl who on the surface seems like the lucky one yet she’s clearly his match: confident, bold, fun, etc. and doesn’t take his $hit (“oh, shut your face” as she mounts him at the airport).

You are supposed to suspend disbelief and not over analyze it. It’s just a series of love stories that should leave you equal parts sad/emotional and uplifted/happy. Bonus points for being set in London over Christmas.

Anyway, Love Actually, Scrooged, and The Holiday are great movies this time of year. [/quote]

Please provide the citations for thw scholarly research on the psychology of Love Actually watchers.

I liked most of Four Weddings and a Funeral although Andie McDowell is wooden.  Hugh Grant is great in that movie.

Love Actually is a cringe movie that existed mainly to allow people to get another dose of some popular British actors at their peak.

Positive, creative people should find more amusing topics than infidelity for a Christmas movie.[/quote]

His infidelity isn’t the key plot. Her love is the primary story. His cheating is what underscores her pain—which is brilliantly acted—as well as her strength and love…for herself, her kids, and the family she created with her flawed husband.

If you only see his infidelity, I don’t think you were paying attention. [/quote]

I thought it was dreadful and I've only watched it once because of that.  I thought it would be a fun movie for a fun evening and it was a letdown.  I'm not interested in brilliantly acted pain in a Christmas movie about love.  Multiple storylines gave me the ick and it was far from Hugh Grant's best role.  (I did think Notting Hill was okay/kind of cute.)  But the cheating part irked me the most.

Do you like the book "The Giving Tree"?  Maybe that's another way you can appreciate my POV.  I also hate that book.  It's about love and self-sacrifice until somebody cuts your arms and legs off and sits on the stumpy remains of you. Not at all the message I want to share with my kids.  [/quote]

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