ext_87146 ([identity profile] samhenderson.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] snurri 2007-07-12 02:57 pm (UTC)

Admittedly I've only seen it once, so my memory's fuzzy on it, but the thing I found very annoying is that the fact he finds her so irresistible seems so imposed; it's not organic at all. It's so clearly an assignment -- Hugh, go be in love with Andy -- and while he does his best there just doesn't seem to be anything there. It seemed to me to be this blatant flattery of Americans -- we're so irresistible and unconventional that handsome English men are always going to fall in love with us.

Michael Palin's American Friends did it much better.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting