Squeaky Clean London

Not unlike Love, Actually, which incidentally I enjoyed immensely. Plenty of proper white Englishmen and one Portugese woman... from Portugal. No cockneys, no immigrants. In any case, I hope to see the real London very soon. God knows the American economy is *beep* especially my area in Detroit with the quickly dying Big 3, and if I'm lucky enough that a company in London would take me, even for *beep* pay, you'd best believe that I'll be on the next plane across the pond, and in all honesty, I'm aiming for it.

It's a movie doorknob! How many characters were actually in it? did you want some token people in the background? There's something called casting, if the right people were reading for the right parts, they'd get it regardless of their color. Are you kidding me...?
Do yourself a favor, go to almost any movie starring Denzel Washington (The Pelican Brief) or Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop) and read which parts they received due to their readings and not due to their skin color. Wow! If you're so upset about how whitebread this movie is, you have choices:

a. don't watch it
b. don't use your money on movies like this
c. make your own movie with people who aren't whitebread
d. shut the h311 up
e. all of the above

Me personally, I wished you'd choose e.

A good fight is one you win!
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Disagree - some parts of london are clean and in some social circles it is all very white. There were only 3 main characters and 2 token friends -- so really your comment is irrelevant

I totally agree with the main poster. In the parts of London where this film was filmed it would be impossible to not come across many of the minorities that has helped build and are as much part of London as any of the white folk.

It angered me in the film Notting Hill. Notting hill hosts the largest street festival in Europe which is the Nottinghill Carnival, the inhabitants of Nottinghill is or was majority West Indian.

The film was aired on a program called Britains embarrasing film moments. Where it came 1st. Many tourists from all over the world were shocked when they visited Notting hill. To make a film is not just the acting but the way researchers and directors pay attention to the small details inthe background.

Who cares ! Is it really that important ? No .

That which does not Kill me makes me Stranger . . .

Not everywhere in London is as multi-culti as some would like. The areas where the film was set - along the river in west London - are still pretty much 'white' areas (or at least 'White Commonwealth'). In places like Barnes you just don't see that many black/asian people, similarly areas like Highgate, Hampstead etc.

The film was about the kind of people who live in places like that, hence the lack of black or brown faces. There's no rule (though I am sure some would like there to be) that a film has to check boxes on the pantone chart for skin colour.

Don't forget also, the film was made in 1998. Since then we have had over a decade of unlimited immigration thanks to the Labour government, so London's ethnic makeup has changed quite a bit as well.

I did notice Asian, Indian and African people in the background.

Specially noticeable are two Asians in the tube, and John Hanna's secretary.

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Not the first post about it probably not going to be the last. But all I have to say it get over it. And as a poster above said if I watched a movie about L.A and cars were driving on the left side of the road no I wouldn't mind because I don't really care about insignificant (yes that's the word I'm going to use) things like that.
I'm going to use the classic most hated phrase 'Its a movie'.
I can see why you guys had a problem but come on was it really that big of a deal?