[Editors’ note: there’s a trend among American publications to write lengthy essays about Love Actually. This is deeply confusing to the Brits we know, who seem unified in their hatred of the 2003 film.
好吧我承认我从来都没看过这部电影,而且也没有看它的愿望。I will never, in all of my life, understand America’s obsession with Love Actually. It’s not a good film. It’s barely even a film. [K&E: Shut up. Yes it is. It’s got movie stars like Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman!] It’s a collection of half-formed stories revolving around a pointlessly broad theme. It’s diabetic Coffee And Cigarettes. It’s Valentine’s Day with unfortunate dentistry. Perhaps, and tell me if I’m wrong, Americans only like it because their attention spans aren’t all that fantastic. [K&E: Hey that’s… sorry, did you say something? CAT!]
If all British people were like the characters in Love Actually, Britain would have to be drowned in the sea. I’d volunteer to do the drowning.