Spoilers

As a teenager i adored this film, so i was very happily surprised on tuesday night this week when i was going through my parents prime account & saw it was on there (must set me up my own login with it when im at theres next week my mums algorithm is all over the place as i use heres). I wanted something chill & easy watching but fun so this hit the spot.

So i also need to tell you a story linked to this film. We watched this in the cinema as kids, but when we got it on dvd & put it on, without fail & i mean this be it the DVD or on sky movies or the bbc, the phone would ring during championship game at the end of the film. First time we were irritated, on the ninth time it was like the hell. Didnt matter when you watched it you got interrupted. So i was very concerned putting this on this week that someone was gonna call me at like 10:30pm… they didnt. First time ever, not even a text or msgr update. I have broken the curse woohoo.

Right now thats done im going to moan as a tennis fan now. They get so much of Wimbledon wrong with this film. First of all there is no 4th round at all he goes from round 3 to the quarters. the semi finals are played on the same day & on the outside courts, nope would have never happened. The M23 would not have been the quite to get back from brighton. The initial walk onto centre court is not correct & he would have forfeited that final if he hadnt returned with Jake. & at the end those random fans would never have been allowed to rock into centre court. & we never see Henman Hill full at all once in the entire film. Right thats the official tennis moaning done.

So im finally watching all of Game of Thrones at the moment (Justice for Oberyn) & i was sitting here watching this & who is Peter Colts doubles & practice partner… JAMIE FUCKING LANISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH? THE HELL! Seriously i was like nah nah nah nah, but yea there he was. At least he had both hands & wasnt shagging his sister i guess, but that was it, i was just like go Jamie go you can do this.

Also randomly an hour in his agent turns up in the form of Jon Favreau… ahhhh. HEs a complete & utter american dick in this but hes well worth the sudden introduction half way through. Especially when he talks cucumber sandwiches & which of his kids he loves more (his daughter by the way). Sudden light relief which is cool & fun. An agent would do that tho turn up at that point.

& then we have her dad being Sam Neill. Like what is going on here, seriously. I mean he works, maybe this is where my love for Sam comes from as a teenager i saw a dad trying to do the best for his girl & was like ah thats like my dad. He does have some good points tho & shes actually much worse than him in the long run.

So do you ever just have a celebrity who you deem super famous & go like yea mate you made it good for you your properly famous… in our house that is James McAvoy. & he is in this as the dick of a brother to Peter & whenever he appears its amazing. I mean he gets to have go with Carly from eastenders & im sure that bookies is now where the flourpot bakery original shop is. But he is so much fun in this. He is so wrong & politically incorrect, but hes brilliant. I love when he shouts out from the players box Absolute Bollocks, i love that. Oh & betting against your brother & selling him out epic.

So when they arent at wimbledon they spend there time in Ditchling, which is lush well worth a visit peoples. But mainly in Kemp Town & Brighton. The greatest city in the world (sorry new york & london but them the rules, my home city will always be number one). I recon his flat is above funky fish by the way. He also says he runs about 10 miles which from where he is unless hes going eastbound way will get him to Southwick & back. The also go down to Marine Parade & Drive which is still all falling apart & not been done up then. I have fond memories of that Peter Pans Playground there & the bumpers. I mean the mini golf & the bar is good tho.

Now i dont do romance, i think youve all worked that out i aint into all that on the screen, however when they are doing there slow Mo fake tennis on old court & then they see the comet in the sky & he just looks at her & they have that moment… that is real love right there. Even that melted my icy heart a little. Its just so beautiful & the fact that i know exactly where that is it just made me go awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

The early 00s soundtrack with lots of sugababes & random drops & chill stuff going on, oh that was right up my street. I loved it.

Imagine if you got the wrong window… well i did but your dads a quick shag. If you want to know what us brits are like that sums us up right there. That is us in a nutshell. Oh & the guy who says good luck to him at winning wimbledon & then goes & i dont even like tennis. We love to come together when we do well & cheers us on & just go well weve done our best right.

A Party on the london eye, i still want to do that, that would be very cool indeed. I do love the london eye but you got to get on it on the right day otherwise its a waste of time.

The ladies at the tennis club &their innuendos are amazing. I love them. The greats of british acting are all just like ooooh look at you sir very nice. However i dont like the fact they say that 33 is past it… as someone who is ever getting closer to that number, that scares me. However tell Roger & Serena that they need to give up at 33.

The inner monologue is pretty cool that he has. I really like that & then a few 4th wall breaks too thats pretty good. However the slow mo points with the CGI ball are a bit much especially when so much happens in each point, like each point we see is an absolute classic & one people will talk about for years to come.

Does Kirsten Dunst have something where she has to call at least one person Peter per film, its still happening to this day isnt it. Its such a way she says it too. PEEEETTTTTEEERRR.

I know it rains at wimbledon, but it rained like twice in this film & both times were as plot devises.

Its not the best written film or plot, but it does have to work around the construct of being a sports film & to try & get that right. Also we only ever see like the 3 professional & commentators there would be a lot more knocking about but it does its best to fit all the rom com clichés, all the sports stuff & actually chemistry between the leads, which is always good. Some Rom Coms now dont have the chemistry like they used too.

She makes so much smoothie then takes a small glass, fills that only half way & then walks off. & also she makes her dad turnoff the tv & then she leaves the room. She really is a spoilt bitch. I mean unless she knew this was her best chance of winning a slam ever, why was she so bratty about being knocked out. Yes he let her down, but its not like you only get one chance to win wimbledon & thats it, after that its all over & you dont get another go. & in closing they say she gets 3 grand slams, so you know it made her better & she could then do it with a distraction.

Ive sat here & i have moaned about this film i know that, but while watching it i felt like a 14 year old again being like awww this so cool & sweet & exactly what i need in my evening. I mean after Friday when Craig David was Coldplays special guest, my 14 year old self is having one hell of a week.

I do like this film, like a lot, despite all the flaws ive said here, & i only moan because i love it & wish it was even better.