notting hill, with a twist

Isn't Notting Hill one of the best happy-ending movies of all time? :) I was just watching it on tv and I have to say that among the zillion times I watched this movie, this time was definitely special. I mean it's a totally different experience when you are watching it in London, living in a flat just round the corner from Notting Hill, having actually walked in the area and recognising the places mentioned in the movie. I don't think that it happened anytime before that in the scene near the end when they are all crammed in the car trying to figure out the fastest way to go to the Savoy to catch Julia's press conference and someone says "let's go through Bayswater" I actually shout excitingly "I know that place, I know that place, that's very close" :)

It's a very nice movie, "surreal but nice". Oh, and there are very nice songs too. Just one catch though. The only line I don't like in this movie is when Julia is mad about the press finding out she's in Hugh's place (who runs a travel book shop, in case you don't remember) and accuses him of maybe exploiting this incident for publicity so she says: "buy a boring book about Egypt from the guy who slept with Anna Scott".. ehm.. excuse me, no book about Egypt can be boring ;-)

p.s.
the more I watch this movie the more I like Spike. He's weird but nice :)

Mai