Awful, Actually. Its not a good thing to walk into a video store without any idea of what to get. I did that last Friday night. The only thing I had with me was a burned out brain and a desire for some mindless tube watching. (Its a little like going to a grocery store when you are hungry, but at least you usually have a list when you go grocery shopping.) I hadn't been in the video store for a long, long time, so there were a lot of titles I had not seen. Because Carol would be watching the video with me, I knew I needed to get a chick flick. That eliminated quite a few titles. (I won't mention the names of any of them, not a one.)

So I came across "Love, Actually". Hmmm: Same producer that did "Notting Hill" and "Four Funerals and a Wedding", and they were sort of fun, and Carol liked them; good actors too - Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy), Liam Neeson. This looked like a winner.

Awful! Awful! Don't even think about seeing this nihilistic, softly pornographic, foul mouthed, sophomoric trash. What were these people thinking? If there is anything remotely redeeming or interesting in the movie, then it is the over-the-hill rock star character, who was funny several times, but he is not enough to come close to saving this thing.

Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson are the only "normal" people in the movie. They have been apparently happily married for many years as the movie opens. They have two children and mother Emma is spending most of the movie getting them ready for the Christmas play at school. During the movie, Alan betrays Emma with a slut in his office. That's what Emma gets for being a faithful wife all these years. So be careful out there. Don't trust anyone and do whatever you feel like doing immediately.

I need to remember to consult Sean's blog for direction on movie titles.