Love Actually (2003) - Genre: Film
Four Horizontal Intertextual Connections:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243155/
Crazy thing: after I was doing research when this film came to mind, it turns out that the same people that wrote and directed Love Actually worked together on Bridget Jones Diary too. Hugh Grant is an actor in both movies but there are many character parallels between the two movies.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001508/
Like Love Actually, He's Just Not That Into You has a plethora of A-List celebrities as characters that all inter-relate in some way in the plot-line.
The Holiday (2006) - Genre: Film
This connection seems pretty obvious to me: Christmas time, British people, love story, heart break, gorgeous celebrities playing the roles...
Harry Potter (series) - Genre: Film
But why Harry Potter?????? Because these guys...
Are actually
and
Mind. Blown.
FOUR VERTICAL INTERTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS:
1. the UK - Genre: Geography
The film is set in the UK and embraces the "holiday culture" of that part of the world. And don't forget those accents.
2. The Royals- Genre: Public Figures
Doesn't the Prime Minister and Natalie ....
look a whole lot like...
The Nativity Lobster ends up looking a whole lot like...
4. Nativity - Genre: Religious Celebrations
VS.
PUBLIC TERTIARY TEXTS:
By Roger Ebert, Film Critic, Chicago Sun Times:
"'Love Actually' is a belly-flop into the sea of romantic comedy."
By Rebecca Murray, Film Critic, About.com:
PRIVATE TERTIARY TEXTS:
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