Probably belongs more properly under the "movies" thread, but I'm sitting here, watching Four Weddings and a Funeral and just glorying in the utter glory that is Richard Curtis' writing. He writes the best love stories.

And the second wedding, Bernard and Lydia, Rowan Atkinson as the priest is just one of the most brilliant pieces of comedic writing ever.

Wait until the final scenes - "Is it raining" just about brought down the whole movie theater when I saw it years ago.

Oh, I know the film well--just haven't watched in in forever. And I'm just such a huge Richard Curtis fan. That talk between Charles and Tom after Gareth's funeral where they make the observation that for all they all talked about their freedom and not being tied down, that for all intents and purposes, two of them had been married just always breaks. my. heart. Every time.

So, so many good lines in that film, although as a complete film, in terms of the writing, I adore Love Actually even more.

I can't watch Four Weddings. Simon Callow and >gah!< John Hannah just wreck me. I'm crying hours after. I don't even know if I dare tackle the book.

Oh, John Hannah. One of the few reasons I liked Sliding Doors so much...I adore him. Why isn't he in good things, instead of "The Mummy", darn it??

I don't even know if I dare tackle the book.

It's actually the screenplay, Bev. It's absolutely fascinating, the mind of a writer who's creating for a visual medium.

But yeah, the scene where Hannah reads the Auden... guh.

Oh, John Hannah. One of the few reasons I liked Sliding Doors so much...I adore him.

Only reason I can watch that movie since I utterly abhor Gwynnie and Jean Tripplehorn's character is one of the most singularly evil characters ever. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. But John... *le sigh* I actually enjoyed him in the The Mummy because we got to see his goofy side.

Oh, John Hannah. One of the few reasons I liked Sliding Doors so much...I adore him.

Me too! He's so endearing and sexy in that totally comfortable, relaxed way, which I didn't get from him in Four Weddings (which I saw first).

Hands off my John Hannah! Back, you fiends!!!

Sliding Doors is one of my all time favorites. As is Love, Actually. I like Four Weddings, but I am large with the Andi MacDowell hate, so she kind of ruins it for me.

looks at titles of those movies, suspect may be in love with Hugh Grant also.

I want John Hannah in an HP role. Not sure which one, but something.

I enjoyed Four Weddings and a Funeral ... I find John Hannah hard to recognize because he's different in each movie ... which speaks well of his acting skills.

I just finished reading a book that caught my eye-- women's fic called The Way Life Should Be and I swear, it was so damned predictable. The writing was maybe nicer than most and not as snarky as some of the more comedic chick lit, but I read the first two chapters where the single, NY career woman tries internet dating and falls for a guy who's a sailing instructor in Maine (she has a fascination with Maine, which is why she fixated on him) and my first thought was, "He's so not the guy that she winds up with-- he's too slick, he's going to wind up being a rat and she's going to meet someone nicer and while she won't get together with him during the course of the book, we'll be left with the promise of them getting together, especially after she realizes what she's really been looking for."

Yeah. Pretty much just like that. And it was so frustrating because this is the kind of book that you know the editor and the author would just as soon cut off their left boobs before admitting it was a chick lit/romance novel, but you know, it sort of quacked and waddled along and lo, but for the lack of the obvious HEA with the One (but you just KNEW it was going to happen) it was a fine, feathery example of a chick lit/romance novel.

It's enough to make me want to pull a Sylvia except my oven's electric.