The worst Christmas movie everyone loves, horrible people and horrible romances

By Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago

The romantic comedy used to be a mainstay of cinemas, and there is a lot of blame for the fact that it is now a genre that needs life support, but I put the blame squarely at the feet of love in reality. At one time, it was considered the best romantic comedy of all time and one of the best romantic movies ever made, but now it is rightly recognized as a horrible movie with horrible messages about horrible people doing horrible things to each other. But every year, with the same kind of grim inevitability as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas,” the movie finds itself in the top ten on streaming.

Love would never really be made today

There are ten different stories throughout love in realityand it’s true that some of them are quite cute and endearing, starting with a down-on-his-luck musician, Mack (Bill Nighy), who suddenly has a hit song again and opts to spend Christmas with his manager, Joe. It’s short, simple and boils down to friendship. If the film had more stories like this or the story of John (Martin Freeman) and Judy (Joanna Page), which captures the awkwardness of starting a new relationship, then it would be a classic film for all the right reasons, but instead, there is two stories that drag everything into the mud.

Juliet (Keira Knightley, 18) and Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are newlyweds when it comes to light that Mark (Andrew Lincoln) is in love with his best friend’s new wife. Mark confesses, it’s true, that he’s cute with printed cards and a boombox, but in any other movie, he’d be the villain, or Peter would turn out to be abusive instead of here, where he’s shown as a loving and caring spouse. love in reality However, he manages to go even further and has Juliet kiss Mark after his confession, so even though she doesn’t accept him or leave her husband, she still kisses her new husband’s best friend instead of telling him. Let him get out of his garden.

Mark’s confession was considered a sweet romantic moment for dozens of Hollywood montages, but as clandestine as it may seem, it’s not as problematic as the most infamous story in history. love in reality. Hugh Grant plays David, the Prime Minister of England, who greets the American President, played by Billy Bob Thornton, when the President makes lewd comments about Natalie, one of the British employees. The situation gets worse when Natalie lets David know that she loves him and they actually give in and share a kiss despite the obvious problem of a boss getting involved with a member of his staff.

They’re just four of the 10 stories, which also include a brief quote that would fit into any romantic comedy: A British man realizes he’s an exotic foreigner to women in America and ends up returning home from a bar with played women. by January Jones. and Elisa Cuthbert to her roommate, Shannon Elizabeth, and a sweet story of a father and son discovering love. After watching Harry Potter, one love in reality The cheating story is funny on one level, and on one level only, because Alan Rickman cheats on Emma Thompson, so try imagining her as Professor Snape cheating on Professor Trelawney.

Love really misses the point

It can be argued that the purpose of love in reality It wasn’t going to be a feel-good romantic comedy, but rather a way to show the messiness inherent in all relationships. On that level, it’s a complete mistake, since the epilogue shows David, again the Prime Minister of England, kissing his youngest employee, and Peter, Mark and Juliet show up at the airport waiting for a friend, which means that not one told Peter what happened. I usually try not to spoil anything, but we’re only on this planet for a limited time and, to be precise, none of that should be spent watching this movie.

love in reality killed the romantic comedy and somehow convinced director Garry Marshall, who had nothing to do with the film, that there was money to be made in this format, but it applied itself to other holidays, giving us Valentine’s Day in 2010, New Year’s Eve in 2011, and mother’s day in 2016. There are better options, although I admit it. New Year’s Eve is probably the best of the bunch, and as with most romantic comedies, there are still parts that don’t hold up, but nothing is as bad as the 2003 film.

If you want to look love in reality To see how bad the movie really is and how horrible most of the characters are, you can find it at Amazon Primewhere it has already been in the top ten for a few days. Instead, it would be helpful to stream a better Christmas movie, like Christmas with cranks either Four Christmaseswhich are better than love in reality.