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One of my top holiday movies

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

The Holiday- Thank you so much for your reaction to this beautiful holiday movie, Jay! I really love The Holiday, and I love each of its five main characters, as well as each of their separate storylines that play all throughout! Years ago, I was never too big a fan of Jack Black or Cameron Diaz as actors, and both Kate Winslet and Jude Law have always been good actors I've enjoyed in some of their movies, and yet I haven't seen too many of them either. I think out of the four actors... Jude Law is my favorite among them. But with all this being said... I love each of their characters and their acting in The Holiday very much!! They're all very likeable and even funny at the best of times. And I've grown to love their characters and each of these actors all the more in the years since I first watched this movie. Jude Law plays Graham and Cameron Diaz plays Amanda, both of whom I grow to love as a couple more and more as their love story continues on throughout the movie. Whereas... I immediately come to love Kate Winslet, who plays Iris and Jack Black, who plays Miles right away! Even though they aren't together romantically until the very end of the movie. I love both of their love stories, because each of them are so similar in the ways of love, and yet their characters have their differences too. Different stories, and yet they feel familiar. Both Graham and Amanda, as well as Iris and Miles can relate to one another because they understand one another far more deeply than they ever have with the people they were formerly with. And their love stories are beautiful! :) And then we have Arthur, whom Iris befriends and forms a beautiful kinship with as they help one another pull through the pain in their lives. Iris as she struggles with falling out of love with Jasper, who I hate because he's such a douche, and Arthur as he struggles with growing old and feeling forgotten since the love of his life died. Arthur Abbott is played by Eli Wallach, an old Hollywood legend, just like his character here in this movie. He wasn't a writer, but a classic actor, who starred in a lot of classic westerns, including Clint Eastwood's classic... The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Eli Wallach was a brilliant actor in his time, and I really love him here in The Holiday as Arthur Abbott! :) Graham also has two daughters, both of whom are adorable girls and I love their bond with their father, as well as their bond that develops with Amanda as well. And lastly... I love how love is this movie's major theme. I also really love these characters' love stories and their friendships that grow by the ending. I also love seeing them all together int he ending of this movie too!! Fabulous!! I love how different these love stories are, and I love the settings of this movie... Both in Los Angeles and in Surrey, England at Christmas time, as well as a little bit of New Years in the end too. Overall... This is a beautiful movie, with fantastic acting among each of its characters. I also absolutely love all of the music throughout this movie as well, which is composed by one of the best movie composers in Hollywood... Hans Zimmer. It's really wonderful! Thank you very much once more for your reactions for this fantastic romantic Christmas movie, my dear friend! I really enjoyed your reaction for The Holiday! I'm so happy you loved it too! :) Sincerely, Heidi