That is what I love about the movie. Everybody has a love story, but not every love story has a happy ending. Some people get screwed over in love, and they don't mind showing it (that goes for Emma Thompsons character as well, and arguably also for the Andrew Lincoln-role).
@@dwayneday5414 " Did you notice that in the movie, the people whose stories end badly are women?" But isn't that just life as well? Laura Linneys character-arc ends tragically, because "caring is a woman's job", and Emma Thompson's story ends sadly because "women are supposed to hold things together." Whatever hardships Keira Knightly faces is because of "the male gaze." Do you want these obstacles to not be present in a portrayal of romantic love in all of it's many facets? Anyway; Liam Neeson and Andrew Lincoln also have sad arcs, though Neeson is given some glimmer of (almost certainly futile) hope at the end..
The thing about Wisconsin is that the alcohol is so plentiful that, if you come here looking for romance and you play your cards right, you won't remember being disappointed.
Blade got the anger squat, Mark got the embarrassment squat... I never knew how many emotions can be conveyed by bending knees. A gratitude squat for you, Ryan! 🏋♂
As a portuguese, the Colin Firth and Lucia Muniz's story is very captivating. An english person going to Portugal and speaking the language? Truly peak fiction.
@@meta7gear Great description. I also like to think of it as a Quentin Tarantino move if he had been a bookstore employee in London instead of a video store employee in California.
As a person who once read about a British person in a story when I was in middle school, can confirm, they learn languages and musical instruments freakishly fast.
And it still has one of the most emotionally captivating scenes, with Emma Thompson trying not to cry while her family is in the next room. Peak acting there.
Immediately after asking her husband whether they should give their daughter’s friend the choice between a Barbie that looks like a transvestite, or one that looks like a dominatrix.
@@somercet1 It's absolute cinematic perfection, despite the obvious flaws. This is another well done pitch meeting, and frankly I love those about the movies I adore the most, because it makes me chuckle at how gullible I am when watching a great movie. I do fall for the story and overlook all the silly mistakes that these pitch meetings so expertly make fun of. They're all still great movies, perhaps even more so for carrying me to the end, despite their rational flaws.
It's just an iconic 2003 film in which a teen actress gets her big break playing a wife who kisses another man, one the audience is rooting for. No, not that one; the other one.
Be honest: you just carved a hole in a block of that Wisconsin cheese & married that instead. You can tell us the truth, the Pitch Meeting comment section is honor bound to not discuss anything brought up here!* *based on a rule I just made up!
I love that you did a pitch meeting for this movie! I rewatched it recently and can't believe I never noticed all the cringe story lines. How is this a romantic movie? Even the infamous scene with the guy at the door expressing his love through cue cards is actually a guy trying to steal his best friend's wife. This movie did not age well.
@@DanKaschel wha.. but what else... i mean what does a man in his right mind think comes out of something like this. its his best friend isnt it? no matter how you think about it, its a dick move
@@mantie7In that guy’s defense, he spent most of his life trying to avoid her explicitly to get over her. And after she kissed him, he told himself that was all that would happen. So if you suspend your disbelief to the point of it nearly breaking, it’s fine. It’s… it’s fine.
Pretty much what I thought. I had seen the parodies about that cue card scene and I heard that the movie was great and a classic... but all I got from this pitch meeting was that it's terrible.
Yeah, this movie is a pretty good indication of how morally bankrupt Hollywood is. Except, ya know, multiply it by a Pdiddy, and squared by a weinstein
I laughed so hard on this joke, and then got sad. I will rewatch this, and Harry Potter, probably Galaxy Quest too. Thanks for all the great movie moments, Alan Rickman.
Oddly, I went from knowing about this movie to "I'll have to see this someday" But I am an asshole who likes to pick movies apart and make fun of them in real time.
@@Krzygeley that reminds me of the movie the sixth day where the actor playing Adam Gibson did a good job but the actor playing his clone was horrible. At least that’s what I remember thinking when I left the movie theater.
I'd lose all respect, to be honest. It's just trash. Reality TV has more substance. It's paparazzi gossip tabloid vomit and encapsulates everything wrong with relationships and Hollywood all at once. Quite impressive if you think about it...
Let me quote the Honest Trailer for Les Mis: "If your girlfriend didn't appreciate you after sitting through this movie, you should really rethink your relationship."
@@Will-fk2dk I question your sanity if you *do* love this movie. Most of the plot threads are creepy, uncomfortable or downright wrong and it seems to be a movie created by people who actually hate all forms of love and want to denounce them rather than extol them. I despise this movie with every fiber of my being and I actively think less of anyone who enjoys it. If you cannot see the problems with this movie, you have a concerning view on life and love in general that is _unhealthy._ You can like it, though you shouldn't, but you should absolutely be able to see its problems.
@@jamielondon6436 And also Sinterklaas' traditional christmas attire in those dutch celebrations they had a _little while_ before Coca Cola commercials on TV were a thing...
I think one of the reasons that happened is that those scenes are deleted when it showed on most cable services, so most people never saw them. I would tell people that there's a subplot involving filming a porno and they would tell me I'm nuts. Nope, it's there.
@@dwayneday5414 I had a similar experience years ago when I watched Sheena on DVD for the first time. I had seen an edited version of Sheena on broadcast television. Except Sheena was a PG film that had nude scenes which were cut when it aired on television. Sheena probably would have been rated R if it were released in 2003.
@NicolaLarosa 🤣 true. But some of us can actually think thoughts while doing other things, therefore not wasting all the time we spend thinking. It's a superpower.
If only there had been a writer's room! This is the kind of overblown self-indulgent nonsense that can only come about when one man is both Writer and (first time) Director, and too powerful for anyone to tell he's screwing it up.
I've said it before but it bears repeating - you, sir, are an artistic genius! In entertainment, very few are able to find their niche, fewer still successfully capitalize upon their unique talent. And even those rare artists who manage both, still struggle to remain consistently relevant thus allowing them to build an actual career. You, however, have managed to do all of the above with apparent ease while showing no indication of faltering. Enjoy the life that your vision and creativity has built, you've certainly earned it!
As someone who has never seen this movie.... first of all, thank you for sparing me. Second of all... THIS is what so many people coo and obsess over every holiday? THIS? This is a therapist's expert level training session.
I watched it for the first time a couple years back because people just drone on about how it’s a must watch at Christmas. It’s awful, I watched and thought, I’ve never seen so many characters with no redeeming qualities! How does everyone enjoy this?
Well, describing it is not the same as experiencing it. It's cheesy and cute and pretty funny. It's like a celebration of tropes of mediocre romance movies. I guess that's a big plus for anyone who enjoys mediocre romance movies 🥴
@@interrobangings my dad dated a string of beautiful women before marrying my mother, a full-time professional model in a time when that actually meant something. BUT HEY
I have people in my life that love this movie and I've always hated it. Thank you for doing a PM so I didn't make the mistake of going 'maybe it's not as bad as I remember and I should give it another shot'. Now if only you had one for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)... *cries*
It's still a great movie. If you give a factual point by point explanation of most RomComs they're gonna sound ridiculous, it's absolutely emotions > logic.
@@jlcdavenport6268It’s an awful movie. I fully support the OP’s comment. It is one of the most unethical and illogical movies rom coms ever to have come out, and is rightfully parodied for that reason. It is a “WTF am I watching?” kind of movie. I’m not a romcom kind of person, but you can make decent ones. Love, Actually is not one of them. It promotes horrific ideas of what “love” is, and is just generally cringey. And I thought this as someone who had grown up in, and was living in, the U.K. when it came out at the time.
I watched it for the first time last year, because the person who convinced me swore to me that it was one of the great Christmas movies. I was disappointed. But to anyone craving to watch horny upper-class Brits muddle their way through unlikely relationships, this movie should be your go-to.
Because it's a great movie. Except Keira Knightley's bit - that part is just wrong. Everyone involved in the acting in that part did great - it's just not a good storyline. The rest is either fun or very touching.
"Bummer." "No, he does not get to." "What?" That's been stuck in my head since this video was first released and is my new fave line from any Pitch Meeting ever!
I never watch rom-coms but have always wondered why they always, always have the title in red, or at least some other part of the poster. It's because of the red flags ! Thanks Ryan for the info
Only ever one plot. Meet cute. Guy does something completely understandable that upsets girl. Guy wins here back with something arrestable, not realizing he dodged a bullet.
4:54 is so true! I saw this in the theater with my friend and her mom and I never wanted a sinkhole to open up beneath me more than in that moment. And we were all adults!
Notice he is no longer married. Women who enjoy romcoms of any kind have massive amounts of unrealistic relationship expectations. That should be a pass/fail question when on a first date. If she likes romcoms, laugh politely and leave with or without paying the check. You never know; she could experience a romcom love story after you leave!
@hamchurger4566 You think Jeff Bezos agrees with you? He's a billionaire he dates whoever he wants. Buys what he wants. Goes where he wants. Small minds use some supposed insult to make a point.
At the time Love Actually was made, the PM of the UK did fly commercial - sort of. The UK didn't have a dedicated long haul transport for the PM until 2016. Before that they relied on British Airways charters.
I've seen this movie many times, but I'm too face blind to catch most of the connectedness bits. I had no idea anyone but Kiera Knightley's story team was at the wedding.
I'll be 100% honest. I wanted to object as you called out every cringe moment, plot hole, ridiculous concept, political wrongness (that's the opposite of political correctness, right?), lack of logic, etc, because I really love this movie. Even after many replays, it still makes me laugh, cry & get mad at Alan Rickman (whom I adore!). Alas, I can't deny you. You're right on point, funny & perfect, as usual. Damn! Good job. Rats. I still love both you & the movie, but damn! 🎉✨🥇🏆
@@Liusila It's a bunch of sappy (in a good way), memorable, heartwarming scenes and relatable, true-to-life characters played by fantastic actors. Sure, it's full of silly plotholes and leaps of logic, but that's not the point... it's fantasy romance.
It sounds implausible but when I was in high school I moved from Michigan to Idaho and we left early in the morning right after the cast party for our production of Fiddler on the Roof. Sadly, I was not pursued by a love interest.
It’s always hailed as this great classic romantic comedy, and yet 90% of the characters are morally bankrupt and make bad decisions and cheat on each other. So…..romantic I guess? 🤔
Because of its absurdidy. The movie takes itself not serious, whil delivering an (partially not yet) a-list cast (basically every british actor except Judy Dench and Pierce Brosnan), good and funny acting, some weird storylines, some emotional, some engaging. It is a simple feel good movie.
Ok for the whole video I thought that was Natalie Portman, not Kiera Knightly. Say what you want about the Phantom Menace, but that proves that Knightly playing Portmans body double was perfect casting.
they did actually leave some story lines on the cutting room floor, most notably Anne Reid as the school headmaster caring for her terminally ill partner played by Frances de la Tour, it would have only been 2 scenes, with the second one revealing the partner had passed away
I've never actually understood why everybody seems to love this movie. As I recall, the Natalie character is nicknamed "Plumpy" by her family and the prime minister is a hero for finding a slightly chubby girl attractive.
The year was 2003 and thin was in. It's a film that aged OK for awhile but has since showed it's outdated-ness these past several holiday seasons. You see it less and less on TV with every passing year. It was a Christmas movie mainstay for nearly two decades but its time has come and gone.
I nearly choked at:
"Airport Security is notoriously hard core, especially now."
"Why what happened?"
Haha yes! 😂😂 Ryan had a lot of good jokes in this one
Particularly funny here because the opening monologue to this movie directly references 9/11.
The movie came out at 2003
@@SuperEasywalker you know how movies get planned years before they're released?
@@lenonel3286 And nothing big enough happened that could get them to change a script with only 2 years to go.
"Oh so how does her story end?"
"It just did" 😭
Seriously, that’s a downer conclusion to end on a love story.
That is what I love about the movie. Everybody has a love story, but not every love story has a happy ending. Some people get screwed over in love, and they don't mind showing it (that goes for Emma Thompsons character as well, and arguably also for the Andrew Lincoln-role).
@@williamjansen1 Did you notice that in the movie, the people whose stories end badly are women?
@@dwayneday5414 " Did you notice that in the movie, the people whose stories end badly are women?"
But isn't that just life as well? Laura Linneys character-arc ends tragically, because "caring is a woman's job", and Emma Thompson's story ends sadly because "women are supposed to hold things together." Whatever hardships Keira Knightly faces is because of "the male gaze." Do you want these obstacles to not be present in a portrayal of romantic love in all of it's many facets?
Anyway; Liam Neeson and Andrew Lincoln also have sad arcs, though Neeson is given some glimmer of (almost certainly futile) hope at the end..
@@dwayneday5414 The moral of the story is women don't deserve love. Merry Christmas , everyone!
As someone whose friends would constantly bang on about how magical this film is, I appreciated this.
Send this to them. 😁
Likewise. It’s not a terrible movie, it’s eight terrible movies badly stitched together
@@ColinFox
They wouldn't appreciate it. It's like breaking cult conditioning.
Get new friends. They have failed you at being fully functional adults.
You may have a legal obligation to notify HR at your friends' workplaces.
"That's kind of a red flag."
-"But red is the colour of love!"
*Genius.*
And Christmas! 😂
Cant really argue with that.
*color
@@NeoTechni No need to be that guy 😮💨
@@NeoTechni Found the American
The thing about Wisconsin is that the alcohol is so plentiful that, if you come here looking for romance and you play your cards right, you won't remember being disappointed.
That’s the plot of the spiritual sequel “Drunk Actually”
I just laughed out loud. Great comment!
I spent a decade in Wisconsin one summer and the alcohol situation is in fact uncanny
@@finch2213 I would question how you spent a decade here in one summer, but it really do be like that in Wisco
Wisconsin alcohol is milk.
I must confess: "proposal right away, coffee and conversation later" kinda sums up my marriage. 😂
I'm divorced. Happy Holidays!
Same and same 😂
@@Tiredgirl25 You two should get married LOL
Blade got the anger squat, Mark got the embarrassment squat... I never knew how many emotions can be conveyed by bending knees. A gratitude squat for you, Ryan! 🏋♂
2:36 I should squat out my emotions more often.
Was ready to make a aimilar comment, haha. Was just watching the Blade one yesterday so it was fresh on my mind
Joanna Page got to do quite a few love squats in the movie as well lol! Highly recommend Gavin and Stacey, the Welsh comedy series she's in.
Hahah, good call! I forgot about the Blade anger squat…
BEND THE KNEE
As a portuguese, the Colin Firth and Lucia Muniz's story is very captivating. An english person going to Portugal and speaking the language? Truly peak fiction.
We don't do that!
Obrigado
An English person going anywhere and speaks other language is total si-fi
Correto 😂😂
A person that speaks 3 languages is trilingual.
A person that speaks 2 languages is bilingual.
A person who speaks 1 language is American.
wow, I absolutely could not have anticipated how insane this movie is. I just kinda assumed it was "A Romcom"
It is insane, but it's charmingly insane
What a good comment. Will you marry me? 😂
There's so many more story lines, this was only a fraction 😂
@@meta7gear Great description. I also like to think of it as a Quentin Tarantino move if he had been a bookstore employee in London instead of a video store employee in California.
I mean.... it is a RomCom. Crazy storylines is kinda part of that genre.
As a British person, I can confirm that I learn languages in a week and musical instruments in two.
and how did your visit to winsconsin go?
As a non-Brit who have known a few Brits, I must correct you and say that no Brit ever learns a second language.
...and don't forget to mention the acrobatics in 3 hours!🎉😅
As a person who once read about a British person in a story when I was in middle school, can confirm, they learn languages and musical instruments freakishly fast.
@hendrong speaking our own language slowly and loudly always seems to do the trick.
"Bummer"
"No he does not get to"
Oh, you!
That’s Benny Hill on steroids 😅
Ryan's getting naughtier!
That made me burst out laughing 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah,it took me a second or two to get that one but oh man xD
And it still has one of the most emotionally captivating scenes, with Emma Thompson trying not to cry while her family is in the next room. Peak acting there.
Immediately after asking her husband whether they should give their daughter’s friend the choice between a Barbie that looks like a transvestite, or one that looks like a dominatrix.
It shows how Thompson can rise above even the most terrible script. That scene is still moving. The rest of the film can go in the bin.
Sorry, but one perfect, emotional scene can't save a rubbish bin full of varied creeps.
@@somercet1 let people enjoy things that you don’t, sweaty. We’ll pray for you
@@somercet1 It's absolute cinematic perfection, despite the obvious flaws. This is another well done pitch meeting, and frankly I love those about the movies I adore the most, because it makes me chuckle at how gullible I am when watching a great movie. I do fall for the story and overlook all the silly mistakes that these pitch meetings so expertly make fun of. They're all still great movies, perhaps even more so for carrying me to the end, despite their rational flaws.
_"Nothing weird or wrong about that."_ Ryan's most realistic portrayal of a Hollywood executive thus far.
The entire film this is about seems to be propaganda to normalize the misbehaviour of elitists... And their poorly parented children?
I literally saw that article earlier this morning lmao
It's just an iconic 2003 film in which a teen actress gets her big break playing a wife who kisses another man, one the audience is rooting for. No, not that one; the other one.
@@andybrice2711 this entire film seems like an attempt to normalize misbehaviour
my vote goes to the like how all my interviews go line
I'm British and I moved to Wisconsin.... This movie did not lie :D * Sponsored by the Wisconsin tourist association*
Wow wow wow wow wow
Oh, really?? 😳
Be honest: you just carved a hole in a block of that Wisconsin cheese & married that instead. You can tell us the truth, the Pitch Meeting comment section is honor bound to not discuss anything brought up here!*
*based on a rule I just made up!
the idea that there are three hot women in wisconsin is disproven by any simple trip to wisconsin
Wisconsin is tight.
I love that you did a pitch meeting for this movie! I rewatched it recently and can't believe I never noticed all the cringe story lines. How is this a romantic movie? Even the infamous scene with the guy at the door expressing his love through cue cards is actually a guy trying to steal his best friend's wife. This movie did not age well.
but he wasn’t trying to steal her tho
@@DanKaschel wha.. but what else... i mean what does a man in his right mind think comes out of something like this. its his best friend isnt it? no matter how you think about it, its a dick move
@@mantie7In that guy’s defense, he spent most of his life trying to avoid her explicitly to get over her. And after she kissed him, he told himself that was all that would happen. So if you suspend your disbelief to the point of it nearly breaking, it’s fine. It’s… it’s fine.
Pretty much what I thought. I had seen the parodies about that cue card scene and I heard that the movie was great and a classic... but all I got from this pitch meeting was that it's terrible.
It is awful and frustrating; I wish I could send this Pitch Meeting back in time to keep me from seeing this movie 😒
"His girl cheated on him while he was at that same wedding"
"... in a.... nice way??"
"No... this one was in a bad way..."
🤣🤣
Best joke !
6:12 the casual "why what happened" made me laugh harder than it should have
It’s actually funny considering the movie opens at the airport with narration talking about 9/11
That part gave me quite the chuckle as well 😂. His delivery of it was TIGHT!
It's a British airport (I assume Heathrow?) - they didn't go nearly as hard-core about security as the U.S. did post-9/11.
I like to think there’s people looking in the comments to find out what happened
@@SeanA099 Which implies he must have told him later.
Was really waiting for the line "Also Mr. Bean is there."
I love this pitch meeting more than the movie... actually
Possible Pitch Meeting/Reel Rejects crossover opportunities are tight
Sup reject nation
I never watched this movie... actually.
Yeah, this movie is a pretty good indication of how morally bankrupt Hollywood is. Except, ya know, multiply it by a Pdiddy, and squared by a weinstein
I love this pitch meeting more than love...actually
"Inappropriate Snapes"😂😂😂😂
All Snapes are inappropriate.
Obv-iously
Indeed they’re tight 😂
I laughed so hard on this joke, and then got sad. I will rewatch this, and Harry Potter, probably Galaxy Quest too. Thanks for all the great movie moments, Alan Rickman.
I was thinking about Alan Rickman character in the Die Hard movie and thought the joke would go there. How could I forget he was Snape 😅
4:25 "arguably anything else"
Dude the amount of one liners you put into every video is mind blowing
I had zero interest in ever seeing this movie and thanks to Ryan it has somehow become less than zero! My man! So appreciated.
Same. My spidey sense said “stupid chick flick” and by Gum it is a stupid chick flick!
It is one of the best movies ever. I know it sounds chaotic. But somehow it works.
@@gerarduspoppel2831You must be a movie producer.😂😂😂
Oddly, I went from knowing about this movie to "I'll have to see this someday"
But I am an asshole who likes to pick movies apart and make fun of them in real time.
My wife and I finally got around to seeing it a year or two ago. Don't waste your time, it's as bad as it sounds! 😄
You know what... That Producer guy is actually a very reasonable person :) He makes a lot of great points.
But he’s always supportive of Screenwriter Guy. That’s the kind of love we could all use in our lives
@@Tonyhouse1168 Boss goals :)
Let's not acknowledge the "XY are TIGHT" comments tho. Sometimes they sus 😂😂
I like the producer guy, the other guy gets on my nerves
@@Krzygeley that reminds me of the movie the sixth day where the actor playing Adam Gibson did a good job but the actor playing his clone was horrible. At least that’s what I remember thinking when I left the movie theater.
My wife made me sit through this film early on in our relationship. I hated every moment of it. And this Pitch meeting validates all those feelings.
I'd lose all respect, to be honest. It's just trash. Reality TV has more substance. It's paparazzi gossip tabloid vomit and encapsulates everything wrong with relationships and Hollywood all at once. Quite impressive if you think about it...
Let me quote the Honest Trailer for Les Mis:
"If your girlfriend didn't appreciate you after sitting through this movie, you should really rethink your relationship."
"Why, what happened?" was a hilarious line read, well done.
Solid question 😂
My mom absolutely loves this move and watches it every year around Christmas. Thank you for articulating how weird some of these plots are
Is your Mom OK? You might need to put her in a home.
@@John_Locke_108Why? Everyone loves this movie.
I question the sanity of those who DON'T love this movie!
There were plots?
@@Will-fk2dk I question your sanity if you *do* love this movie. Most of the plot threads are creepy, uncomfortable or downright wrong and it seems to be a movie created by people who actually hate all forms of love and want to denounce them rather than extol them.
I despise this movie with every fiber of my being and I actively think less of anyone who enjoys it. If you cannot see the problems with this movie, you have a concerning view on life and love in general that is _unhealthy._ You can like it, though you shouldn't, but you should absolutely be able to see its problems.
@@Will-fk2dk
Really? 'Cause it's just kinda … gross.
Thank you for taking down this movie. My family loves it inexplicably despite more than half of the storylines being objectively creepy.
red's the colour of love- that line is the most deranged perfection 😂
….and Christmas
@@unforcedterror3136 Coca Cola Christmas, even. :-D
@@jamielondon6436 And also Sinterklaas' traditional christmas attire in those dutch celebrations they had a _little while_ before Coca Cola commercials on TV were a thing...
@@unforcedterror3136And maybe a children’s hospital
It is in China.
"So this sounds like a Rated R film."
"Oh, definitely, but everyone's going to, you know, forget that part."
My mother in law puts it on every Christmas, at least after the kids all go to bed. Definitely very awkward to watch when the sexy bits come on.
I think one of the reasons that happened is that those scenes are deleted when it showed on most cable services, so most people never saw them. I would tell people that there's a subplot involving filming a porno and they would tell me I'm nuts. Nope, it's there.
Horribly vulgar. Just a total trainwreck. Yuck & bleurgh!
@@dwayneday5414 I had a similar experience years ago when I watched Sheena on DVD for the first time. I had seen an edited version of Sheena on broadcast television. Except Sheena was a PG film that had nude scenes which were cut when it aired on television. Sheena probably would have been rated R if it were released in 2003.
@@dwayneday5414They aren’t filming a porn. LOL Just two stand-ins working on a movie with sex scenes.
I literally just spent the day wondering if I should finally bite the bullet and watch this movie for the first time. Thank you for saving me!
You could have saved about ten hours by just, you know, watching it. 😂
@NicolaLarosa 🤣 true. But some of us can actually think thoughts while doing other things, therefore not wasting all the time we spend thinking. It's a superpower.
"Red is the color of Love..and Christmas" LMAO great line
It is...
Can’t argue with that! 😂
"Nothing weird or wrong about that!" Was definitely said at least once in the writer's room for this movie
"So we're _sure_ it's not creepy that he actually _edited_ the wedding video of just her ?"
If only there had been a writer's room! This is the kind of overblown self-indulgent nonsense that can only come about when one man is both Writer and (first time) Director, and too powerful for anyone to tell he's screwing it up.
" Bummer "
" No I said they didn't do it "
That caught me off guard 🤣😂
I've said it before but it bears repeating - you, sir, are an artistic genius! In entertainment, very few are able to find their niche, fewer still successfully capitalize upon their unique talent. And even those rare artists who manage both, still struggle to remain consistently relevant thus allowing them to build an actual career. You, however, have managed to do all of the above with apparent ease while showing no indication of faltering.
Enjoy the life that your vision and creativity has built, you've certainly earned it!
That was really nice. Good luck to you in your efforts.
"You'll figure it out when you see the poster." This stands out as an example of how much Ryan's writing has tightened over the years.
Ryan's writing is TIGHT!!
@@reubenoakley5887 It must have been really difficult for Ryan's writing to get tight.
@@McQ14 Whoever makes the obvious reply to this - no, you are not clever or funny.
@@carriejohnson4521 It won't be clever or funny, but it will be easy, barely an inconvenience.
this thread is tight
As someone who has never seen this movie.... first of all, thank you for sparing me. Second of all... THIS is what so many people coo and obsess over every holiday? THIS? This is a therapist's expert level training session.
I haven't seen it either and by the sounds of the things the more fitting title should be "Horney Actually"
I haven't seen it this this movie either and I feel a more fitting title from this Pitch Meeting would be "Horney Actually"
I watched it for the first time a couple years back because people just drone on about how it’s a must watch at Christmas. It’s awful, I watched and thought, I’ve never seen so many characters with no redeeming qualities! How does everyone enjoy this?
Well, describing it is not the same as experiencing it. It's cheesy and cute and pretty funny. It's like a celebration of tropes of mediocre romance movies. I guess that's a big plus for anyone who enjoys mediocre romance movies 🥴
Mate, are you actually taking these Pitch Meeting videos as some kind of a good and accurate review of the film in question...?
I’ve never understood the hype with this toxic movie and I thank you for reminding me about my disdain for it 😂😂😂😂
Me neither. He reminded me how awful it was. The characters were dreadful people
As a member of the Wisconsin tourism board, i can confirm that we did bribe him
you know, the land notorious for attractive women, wisconsin
With cheese
@jamesdrummond7684 they're more attractive than you or your dad
Is it difficult to bribe a movie writer?
@@interrobangings my dad dated a string of beautiful women before marrying my mother, a full-time professional model in a time when that actually meant something. BUT HEY
I have people in my life that love this movie and I've always hated it. Thank you for doing a PM so I didn't make the mistake of going 'maybe it's not as bad as I remember and I should give it another shot'.
Now if only you had one for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)... *cries*
It's still a great movie. If you give a factual point by point explanation of most RomComs they're gonna sound ridiculous, it's absolutely emotions > logic.
@@jlcdavenport6268It’s an awful movie. I fully support the OP’s comment. It is one of the most unethical and illogical movies rom coms ever to have come out, and is rightfully parodied for that reason. It is a “WTF am I watching?” kind of movie.
I’m not a romcom kind of person, but you can make decent ones. Love, Actually is not one of them. It promotes horrific ideas of what “love” is, and is just generally cringey. And I thought this as someone who had grown up in, and was living in, the U.K. when it came out at the time.
"That's kind of a Red Flag"
"Red is the color of love and Christmas"
LMAOOOO!!!!!!!!
I have never understood why people like this movie! It is wrong on so many levels. Thank you for explaining it so well lol
Yeah it's messed up on top of being a bad film
Absolutely love the movie! But as usual can't say anything against your findings, outstanding pitch meeting! 😂
Every year I feel like I’m missing out due to never having seen this movie, but now thanks to Ryan George I will never have to.
No, you *have* been missing out. It's a great movie, hilarious. Don't listen to the haters.
I watched it for the first time last year, because the person who convinced me swore to me that it was one of the great Christmas movies. I was disappointed. But to anyone craving to watch horny upper-class Brits muddle their way through unlikely relationships, this movie should be your go-to.
It's not. Stop lying. @@monmothma3358
@@monmothma3358it’s worth it just for Bill Nighy’s performance alone.
Liam Neeson is also acting his heart out and I love him for it.
Don't watch it. Don't!
Thank you for pointing out how many of the mini-plots are weird, uncomfortable, or both! I never understood why so many people like this movie!
Because it's a great movie. Except Keira Knightley's bit - that part is just wrong. Everyone involved in the acting in that part did great - it's just not a good storyline. The rest is either fun or very touching.
Nobody likes this movie, they love it, actually.
Please don’t hit me
Because they are weird in charming ways... plus a young Keira Knightly and a Laura Linney!!
@@MrBrock314 I think Colin Firth's character's storyline is the best, very sweet short story I think.
they don't find the plots that weird or uncomfortable because they don't take everything in life too seriously
"Bummer."
"No, he does not get to."
"What?"
That's been stuck in my head since this video was first released and is my new fave line from any Pitch Meeting ever!
Wow! Romcoms are generally rather skeevy, but this is a whole other level!
Agreed!
Yeah, it’s trash
@@N_Loco_Parenthesis They didn't seem that fired up to be honest.
they all suck.
@@TheGyrocop Agreed. They need at least two more exclamation points to earn a 'chill out'.
I never watch rom-coms but have always wondered why they always, always have the title in red, or at least some other part of the poster. It's because of the red flags ! Thanks Ryan for the info
Only ever one plot. Meet cute. Guy does something completely understandable that upsets girl. Guy wins here back with something arrestable, not realizing he dodged a bullet.
Love Actually isn't a rom com. It's an anti rom com about how real life love isn't perfect and is often not romantic and quite messy.
Eh you could summarize any genre like that. But I get the point. Its why I haven't watched any ROM com since I was 17 @@Wdavidmetzger
I had literally zero idea what a psychotic fever dream this movie is
4:54 is so true! I saw this in the theater with my friend and her mom and I never wanted a sinkhole to open up beneath me more than in that moment. And we were all adults!
I feel like the Pitch Meetings these past few weeks are movies that Ryan and his wife have been watching.
what if I told you that EVERY pitch meeting is a movie he's watched
@@dandominare🤯
Hopefully the baby wasn't in the room when they watched this one.
Well that's because it's super easy, barely an inconvenience!
@@John_Locke_108 In a few years the only Pitch Meetings we get is an endless loop about Paw Patrol movies.
Thanks Ryan, i was made to watch this the other day. Your take on it is very reasonable.
So pleased you did this. I hate this movie with a fiery passion for many of the reasons you've given.
Same!
Can't remember if I've seen Love Actually actually or not.
But glad it was made for this. The best Pitch ever.
I saw it once. Barely got through it even with all the beer.
I hate this movie passionately! For a movie supposedly about 'love' it has very little to say about it. This was genius!
The "bummer" line killed me! 😆
I feel like that went over most people's heads 😛 best line
Another Thursday of Christmas movies pitch meetings is tight
One of the silliest films ever made finally given the treatment it deserves
The part where you go "Why, what happened?" was just *chef's kiss* perfect.
7:11 SHE WAS SEVENTEEN WTF
What will REALLY bake your noodle is that she's only 3 years older than the little kid.
@@MMA-watch-point I was literally about to bring this up.
She starred in a movie called "The Hole" at the same age
It's....much worse
Did NOT know that....
@@ororion212I think she was 15 when The Hole was filmed
I did watch this with my young teen kids. It did not stay playing for long!
Holy crap, memory plays some terrible mind games.
The Kraven Pitch Meeting is going to be very funny
The Kraven pitch meeting is going to be tight!
Nothing better than hearing about a movie being shit knowing that ur gonna get a pitch meeting about it😂
yes its a video that we are all...kraven for
@@mysticx0 take a bow son
I can't wait! Shame (or not a shame) that it will be the last in the sony cinematic universe!
I have heard of this movie for years and I never expected it to be an actual fever dream. I just thought it was a movie.
- Bummer
- No, he didn't get to do that.
One of the greatest jokes you've ever told 😂
I had to watch that once, back when I was married.
I remembered it being kinda effed up, but forgot how much.
This PM is wild.
Thank god I've never had to watch it. But now after seeing this Pitch Meeting I can tell my GF I have already seen it and we can watch something else.
Notice he is no longer married. Women who enjoy romcoms of any kind have massive amounts of unrealistic relationship expectations. That should be a pass/fail question when on a first date. If she likes romcoms, laugh politely and leave with or without paying the check. You never know; she could experience a romcom love story after you leave!
@@T_bone You'd be automatically excluding a very large portion of the female population. It's a very popular genre.
@@T_bone what an incel comment this is
@hamchurger4566 You think Jeff Bezos agrees with you? He's a billionaire he dates whoever he wants. Buys what he wants. Goes where he wants. Small minds use some supposed insult to make a point.
This may be the best Pitch meeting made
"Cats" and the sparkly vampire movies pitch meetings are tight too.
That's what I was thinking.
It's great, but nothing will ever unseat Game of Thrones Season 8.
best *until we get the next Pitch meeting
Its not though
At the time Love Actually was made, the PM of the UK did fly commercial - sort of. The UK didn't have a dedicated long haul transport for the PM until 2016. Before that they relied on British Airways charters.
"But what if the husband had been the one to open the door?"
"Hey shut up" 2:50
I love how fast that response is 😂😂😂
He still has a lot of storylines to run through
The husband was the creepy guy's best friend, and creepy guy knew how lazy his best friend was. Of course, he'd have his wife answer the door.
Once again I enjoyed the slideshow from the thing I just watched. Thank you, dear Ryan George, for the slideshow from the thing I just watched.
I've seen this movie many times, but I'm too face blind to catch most of the connectedness bits. I had no idea anyone but Kiera Knightley's story team was at the wedding.
1:41 this is why I’m subscribed
😂💯
I'll be 100% honest. I wanted to object as you called out every cringe moment, plot hole, ridiculous concept, political wrongness (that's the opposite of political correctness, right?), lack of logic, etc, because I really love this movie. Even after many replays, it still makes me laugh, cry & get mad at Alan Rickman (whom I adore!). Alas, I can't deny you. You're right on point, funny & perfect, as usual. Damn! Good job. Rats. I still love both you & the movie, but damn! 🎉✨🥇🏆
you're allowed to love something while admitting it's hilariously wrong - like parents
@@pmaestroor children, for that matter
So… why do you like this movie? Is it the soundtrack? The pretty actors? Being indoctrinated to like it when you were younger? What is it?
@@Liusila It's a bunch of sappy (in a good way), memorable, heartwarming scenes and relatable, true-to-life characters played by fantastic actors. Sure, it's full of silly plotholes and leaps of logic, but that's not the point... it's fantasy romance.
I don’t like romcoms, but this movie I like… like a guilty pleasure…❤
Sounds like I dodged several bullets by not watching this movie.
Thank you both Ryan and George for explaining it for me.
It sounds implausible but when I was in high school I moved from Michigan to Idaho and we left early in the morning right after the cast party for our production of Fiddler on the Roof. Sadly, I was not pursued by a love interest.
What did you do wrong?
@@earlsmith7428 Wasn't a character in a Rom Com.
As far as you know. Sometimes they just have bad timing.
@@cloud5buster Yeah, it was a subversive Romcom where they make it to the airport after the love interest has already left.
@@shorewall And then it cuts to 20 years later when they meet back up.
So maybe they're due any moment for the rendevue!
Loving pitch meetings is actually tight!😁
Missed opportunity to have Producer Guy sort of fall in love with his employee Writer Guy
The first three shots from the slideshow are a cherry on top of this pitch meeting!
This movie was always weird and truly disturbing, but when you highlight it…wow.
It’s always hailed as this great classic romantic comedy, and yet 90% of the characters are morally bankrupt and make bad decisions and cheat on each other.
So…..romantic I guess? 🤔
I never understood why this movie is so highly rated. This pitch meeting was 100x more entertaining!
@@grey002 I guess because all of that happens to attractive people. So moral does not count in this case.
The actors all weren't attractive. Emma Thompson was in it , FFS.
@@notshapedforsportivetricks2912 alright 90% of actors. Let's face it those romantic comedies would never work with ugly people.
3:05 SHE DOES!? 🤣🤣🤣 even producer guy thought this was too strange
2:38 I feel called out for my embarrassment squats 😭
No shame in doing those in public~
I finally got around to watching this movie for the first time last year, and I was shocked that it's considered a Christmas classic.
Yeah, Gremlins is also considered a Christmas classic 💀
@@SenraethXa town being invaded by little monsters is less horrifying than Love Actually
This is not a Christmas classic unless you're unwell in the head.
Gremlins is a masterpiece. Been a favorite Christmas movie of mine for 40 years.
It's great, isn't it?
Why? I love it
enjoying the slideshow while scrolling thru the comments is TIGHT!!!
6:51 "Flying commercial?"
UK government is so cash-strapped I wouldn't be surprised
Because Christmas and commercialism go together 😊
I half paid attention to this movie maybe once and wow did I miss everything that happened in it - why do people love (,actually) this so much?! 😮
Happy ending. Generally.
Because it's hilarious, sometimes laugh-out-loud, and also sweet. Don't listen to the haters. The backlash against Love Actually is baffling to me.
Because of its absurdidy. The movie takes itself not serious, whil delivering an (partially not yet) a-list cast (basically every british actor except Judy Dench and Pierce Brosnan), good and funny acting, some weird storylines, some emotional, some engaging. It is a simple feel good movie.
@@TeddyRumble It doesn't really have a happy ending, at least not for every character. It's depressing and sickening most of the time.
@@Avatar2312 The movie is not funny. Unless you find extreme cheese hilarious, in which case... what the fuck is wrong with you?
Oh the timing on that "bummer" joke was just perfect!
“Airport security is notoriously hardcore especially now.”
“Why, what happened?”
💀
“Bummer”
“No he doesnt get to”
🤣🤣🤣
That "bummer" line was the best Pitch Meeting joke ever! 😆
Ok for the whole video I thought that was Natalie Portman, not Kiera Knightly. Say what you want about the Phantom Menace, but that proves that Knightly playing Portmans body double was perfect casting.
They look very different.
@@ronero_urvanwar But in a very similar way.
@@ronero_urvanwar Their differences are quite similar.
Or maybe that's why you confused them in the first place.
They are similarly different.
How many storylines can shove in one movie? 50? Yeah that sounds good... My brain just exploded and imploded...
Watching Pitch Meetings for “classic” movies I’ve never seen is TIGHT.
I never thought I'll see producer guy be such a voice of reason
PLEASE DO AGATHA ALL ALONG
When producer guy said he'd need a chart(5:30), I found out people have actually created those... and they are far more complicated than you'd think.
they did actually leave some story lines on the cutting room floor, most notably Anne Reid as the school headmaster caring for her terminally ill partner played by Frances de la Tour, it would have only been 2 scenes, with the second one revealing the partner had passed away
4:17
"Arguably anything else" could 💯 become a new catchphrase. It's too perfect.
Very funny Ryan George. The bit about Kiera Knightly had me laughing OUT LOUD! :)
When you can’t write a whole movie you write 15 short ones and just smoosh them together.
Smooshing things is TIGHT!
I've never actually understood why everybody seems to love this movie. As I recall, the Natalie character is nicknamed "Plumpy" by her family and the prime minister is a hero for finding a slightly chubby girl attractive.
THIS he discusses the size of her bottom with his other female employees
it definitely revealed what we were told was "fat" in the early aughts. this movie sucks to watch lol
At the time the actress had just left a big UK soap opera, everyone loved her, so chubby was always gonna find true love.
The year was 2003 and thin was in.
It's a film that aged OK for awhile but has since showed it's outdated-ness these past several holiday seasons. You see it less and less on TV with every passing year. It was a Christmas movie mainstay for nearly two decades but its time has come and gone.
Are you plump?
“Bummer”
“No he doesn’t get to”
I see what you did there you dirty boy 😂
"So who should we get to play the two kids?"
"I don't know, I was thinking two actors who might reunite in a cartoon."
"What?"
Wow. I didn't realize how absurdly crazy this movie is.
It's so good.
That’s the point 😂😂😂
How? Did you not... watch the movie?
Did you miss something?
How does anyone not see how ridiculous this whole movie is?
@@Aaron.Thomas - There are a lot of movies which I've never watched. Much more fun to watch the Pitch Meetings, and cheaper too!