There's always that one person who hasn't seen something considered iconic, infamous, a part of pop culture, or what have you.
Perhaps you know a person whose claim to fame is that they've never seen-
- The Godfather
- Titanic
- Star Wars
- Frozen
I jest but you get the point. As generations move along it's easier to find that list shifting with there being more people knowing/having seen 'Frozen' than those whose seen 'The Godfather'.
As a lover of movies and the magic that a good one can provide, I had never seen 'Love Actually'. Heard of it. Thought I'd seen some of it, perhaps caught bits of it in passing at one time or another, but never the whole thing.
'Love Actually', in this case, falls in the realm of pop culture Christmas movies such as 'It's a Wonderful Life', ' A Christmas Story', 'Home Alone', the controversial 'Die Hard', and so on.
I'd noticed 'Love Actually' was on Netflix and decided this would the year. I was finally going to watch it. And y'all, there'd been part of me, a very small part, that was argumentative- "But I think I saw this already..." and I've seen movies like it with their various converging story arcs come to a head but no. I'd never watched 'Love Actually' because the moments where my mouth dropped were a definite indication.
In watching LA over the course of three days I had not, in fact, seen this before.
It was unexpected. As a first timer, watching it, I feel it's aged well and holds it enchantment, it's charm.
Happy 20th Anniversary ^_^
