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Hollywood re-writes England again

posted 15 years ago by Cedric_Catsuits
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Cary Grant - as everyone knows - was from Bristol. Typical bloody Hollywood re-writing history! And what exactly is the point of lying about this?

In fact, why was this even 'set' in Surrey - that cottage isn't within 100 miles of Surrey, nor is the stately home masquerading as a restaurant. The cottage looks like it might be in the midlands, as it looks like ironstone. The interior is from another country - no way is that authentic. The plastic beams would be more at home in a mediaeval church.

The stately home doesn't look typical Surrey either - maybe Cotswolds? And as for the snow ... where do they get this idea that it's always snowing here?!

Bloody Americans!

[–] 5535 9 years ago

LOL OP needs some meds

Points finger "UGH!!! Damn head ache today. Must be the Americans", "Oh YOU Americans ruin everything, even my tea is getting cold because of YOU, ALL 310 MILLION OF YOU AMERICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh well, I guess I'll have to visit America anyway, since it seems so cool, and since there are so many places I'd love to see there!!! Still, those BLOODY AMERICANS RUIN EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Off I go on my vacation to America. I just love America, but I hate Americans... and America??? Damn them for making me confused!!!!"

[–] pirouette028 9 years ago

Yes, and everyone in America works in the film industry and lives in mansions like The Holiday portrays...This film wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It's a romcom with a splash of fairytale.

[–] oliviajones-77211 8 years ago

In fact, why was this even 'set' in Surrey - that cottage isn't within 100 miles of Surrey, nor is the stately home masquerading as a restaurant. The cottage looks like it might be in the midlands, as it looks like ironstone. The interior is from another country - no way is that authentic. The plastic beams would be more at home in a mediaeval church.

The stately home doesn't look typical Surrey either - maybe Cotswolds? And as for the snow ... where do they get this idea that it's always snowing here?!

Honestly, Who cares? Movie makers do it all the time, and not just in England, they do it in a lot of movies/shows. Movies are always filmed in other places, and are very rarely filmed where the movie is suppose to take place.

Twilight was filmed in Canada for a lot of scenes but the movie takes place in Forks, WA which is not far from where they shot the scenes for.
1995's movie "Casper" takes place in Friendship, Maine (which is a real town in Maine) but the filming locations were Rockport Maine and various locations in California.

Lots of shows/movies do it.

Point is, the movie makers had a specific way they wanted their film to look, so they found places that they felt fulfilled the idea of their movie and shot scenes in those places. It's a movie. Not a documentary about the locations. Who cares that it's not actually geographically correct.