British Hollywood

This chapter used the example of Notting Hill as a hybrid of British and American culture. I thought of others such as Love Actually & The Holiday. In Love Actually, two attractive easy bimbos greet the English characters. They are wearing boots and have an accent like a cowboy. In The Holiday, Cameron Diaz pairs up with Jude Law and Jack Black with Kate Winslet. I admire actresses such as Cate Blanchett that can drop an English accent depending on what fil she is satrring in. Dr. Phipps had an English friend that came here and thought "Arrows Up Ahead" sign meant that there were Indians nearby and you could get shot by an arrow. I thought it was odd to see American stereotyped characters from another country. We're getting a small taste of what our films and TV shows do to ethnic groups everyday. Chinese are masters of martial arts (Karate Kid, Kill Bill), Irish are drunks (The Quiet Man), Arabics are dangerous (Hildalgo), Italians are members of the Mophia (Goodfellas). It seems that each group has their own category and traits. Their race defines what charcter role they will play.
Harry Potter films use English actors that most Americans have seen in other films. Examples: Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helena Bodham Carter, Michael Gabon, Robbie Coltrane . . .I think that makes them popular because they speak English, people are willing to watch them. People don't have to read subtitles as long as they can understand the accent. I find that I enjoy British crime mysteries more than ours. Becuase they are less graphic and focus on the mystery. Usually, ours are so easy to solve. You can figure out the whole thing in the first ten minutes. I love how it keeps changing and the facts get more complicated within British mysteries. I posted movie trailers for Notting Hill, Love Actually, and The Holiday, you can see similarities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLJri7eueXQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0p8Su3bdHc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYCkFTyADJ0