Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
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If you snore, wake up tired, or crash during the day, it might be worth looking into. Sleep Doctor offers an at-home sleep study done in your own bed. They accept most insurance plans so you can pay as little as zero dollars. Visit SleepDoctor.com. Apex Mountain. Hugh Grant! I'm going for it. This is his Apex Mountain. He's so good in this movie. This is how I want to remember him. It doesn't get better. This is his Apex. I think that's totally true. Yes, thank you. Because it makes a lot of money. It sets up the rest of his early 2000s, which is when he cements himself as a rom-com star, but none of them are as good as this one. Yeah. He looks quite handsome. He's gotten past the scandal of his life, part one. God, what a three-year stretch he had, or four years. So he's in Notting Hill in 99. Then he is in Small Time Crux in 2000. Bridget Jones' Diary in 2001. About a Boy in 2002, which I've seen more than Notting Hill. Two Weeks Notice in 2002 as well. Hold on. How have you seen About a Boy more than Notting Hill? I've seen it so much. I love it. Absolutely love it. I don't dislike it. I enjoy it. Still, how have you seen About a Boy more times than Notting Hill? It's been in my insomnia rotation for longer. Okay. But isn't that kind of depressing when you can't sleep? I love it. I just think it's such a sweet movie. The only problem with it is when Nicholas Holt's character is just ringing the doorbell and he won't stop for a long time. It's really loud in the middle of the night. That's the only problem with it. I guess you do like romantic comedies that involve music. Yeah. I just think it's really sweet. And I love Rachel Weisz. I don't know. I love that movie. I do love Rachel Weisz. It's so good. And then, I mean, I love Two Weeks Notice too. So for three years, beginning with Notting Hill, he just like, and then Love Actually is in 2003. Yeah. What a great time for him. Yes. Amazing. Okay. I agree with you. Apex Mountain for Hugh Grant, yes. Julia Roberts. I don't think so. I don't think so either. I think that she is better in My Best Friend's Wedding, though I prefer this movie. I would agree with that. And I think My Best Friend's Wedding sets up everything that happens next. And it's also kind of like, she did it. She made it back. She beat, you know, the Hollywood system and all of the angry people. I agree with you. Okay. Richard Curtis. Um, I think this is an apex. You do? I, so after this, he makes Bridget Jones's Diary. Right. Which is extremely important to me. One of the top five most important films. It's tough. I mean, it's a great, right movie. And I think uses, like, Hugh Grant in a great way. You get Colin Firth. You get Renee. And then, you know, he makes Love Actually, which I think, and also directs Love Actually. And it's not my favorite of his films, but it's probably the most successful. Yeah. I'm not in the Love Actually hive, but it's a good movie. I just think it's really overrated. And I think that's because men like it and they've co-opted the narrative. Men like Love Actually? Yes. Okay. I believe you. I think men like a lot of these movies. I think they particularly like Love Actually. I don't know why. But I just do. I think it's fine. I guess because it features a lot of men in positions of power taking advantage of the women who work for them. Probably. Probably. And also, like, it just doesn't have the emotional depth of a lot of these other movies. It's very sweet, but in some ways it's unearned, in my opinion. Yeah. But it also does introduce the, it doesn't introduce, but, like, it makes the ensemble thing a major thing. Again, I'm not that into, except for he's not that into, which I love. It made a lot of money, and I think cements his career. So I would agree, even though it's not my personal apex, that Love Actually is probably Richard Curtis's. What a great career he's had as a writer. Yeah. I'm very excited for yesterday. Me too. I can't wait. Is there anyone else here that you want to do from an Apex Mountain perspective? I mean, it's probably Reese Iphans, too. Yes, that's definitely true. He's not big enough to qualify. Okay. All right. Then that's a natural transition into the Joey Pants Award, which is the one for that guy. Right. I mean, also Reese Iphans. I mean, I was like, to me, this has to be Reese Iphans. We could rename it to the Reese Iphans Award. Yeah, that's very true. I think, really, you could kind of do Hugh Bonneville, but then he became early Grant. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. It is true that everyone else, all of their friends in this movie have become like the Notting Hill friend to me and everything else that they do. Yeah. Particularly Gina McKee when I saw her in Bodyguard. I was like, oh my God, that's Will's friend. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. The next Saul Rubinick Award for overacting. Hmm. I don't know. Is there an obvious choice here? Maybe Alec Baldwin? I don't know. I was honestly, like, honey skirts the line. Sometimes it's a bit much, but she's also supposed to be that way. Yeah. So it's not really overacting. It's like overwriting. Yeah. You are the most beautiful woman in the world. And more importantly, I genuinely believe, and I've believed for some time now, that we could be best friends. What do you think? Lucky me. I don't really understand how they are siblings. I know. They spend no time together. They aren't similar in any way. They don't look alike. Right. That's true. When his mom's calling in the climactic scene. I know. It's just like, you know, honey could handle this also. Why is like you being, why are you responsible for the foot? Although he is the responsible sibling, so I get it. But I'm just like, this is important. That's really the only one. This is a pretty understated movie. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Okay. The only scene where that's not true is when she's filming. And it's... The Henry James? Yeah, the Henry James movie. And she's like talking about how he's no one. And she's kind of like overplaying it. But I think that's intentional. I mean, as we were talking about this, I was like the only real dramatic scene is her just having a total temper tantrum. Yeah. But she's good at that. It's all like frighteningly realistic, to be quite honest. When the paparazzi photos happen. Okay. Picking nits. I love this movie more than Life Itself, and I still have some. Oh, there's plenty. Okay. Here's my number one. We can go back and forth. Okay. Hotel security throughout London. Yes. Very poor. What's going on? Okay. Very, very poor. Particularly getting up to the junket, I think. Oh, no. Yeah. And then also being able to call her and just get into her room. Right. So, like, this was a thing, especially in the 90s, when people, like, still called hotels.
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