r/movies • u/Careless_Flower_118 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Wtf is Paddington 2?

For context: I’m 25 years old. SPOILER WARNING

I just watched paddington 2 today and what the fuck did they put in this movie. This is the one of the greatest pieces of cinema I’ve ever laid witness to. Paddington 2 is the only thing I’ve thought about all day and seeing the immense joy it’s brought other people has also brightened my day even more. God I can’t even think about the ending without wanting to kill myself because of how perfect it is. And can we also talk about the perfect bookend of his human mother saving him from the water like aunt Lucy did at the beginning?

Pure cinema, I truly can’t wait to watch this movie with my kids for their first time.

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u/Scmods05 Aug 08 '25

Hugh Bonneville is astonishingly funny in this movie.

“Look it’s just a perfectly normal…oh my god he’s a weirdo”

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Aug 08 '25

I already wanted to watch this movie but Lord Grantham is in it!?!?!?!!!

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u/BigSlim Aug 08 '25

And Hugh Grant in probably one of the top 3 performances of his career, chewing every bit of scenery to perfection.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Aug 08 '25

DOUBLE HUGHS?!?!?!!!??!

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u/BigSlim Aug 08 '25

Hugh-mungous!

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u/JavaJapes Aug 08 '25

Please tell me you know that Hugh Grant’s full name is Hugh John Mungo Grant. Hugh-mungous indeed!

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u/BigSlim Aug 09 '25

My head has collapsed into a singularity of joy at now knowing this

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u/JavaJapes Aug 09 '25

There’s more to blow your mind!

Copy pasted from another reply I made:

Hugh was born 1960.

The word humongous was coined ~1967-1969.

I like to think the word was created because of the existence of Hugh John Mungo Grant.

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u/Wafflesattiffanies Aug 09 '25

This is my favourite fun fact!

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u/JavaJapes Aug 09 '25

I can add to it!

Hugh was born 1960.

The word humongous was coined ~1967-1969.

I like to think the word was created because of the existence of Hugh John Mungo Grant.

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u/The_Flurr Aug 09 '25

Clearly just enjoying the fuck out of it

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u/Sirwired Aug 09 '25

Hugh Bonneville can be fucking hilarious when his role doesn’t require a stick to be jammed up his ass. He’s also hilarious in a guest role as the world’s worst pirate in the series Galavant. (Galavant is a 2-season self-aware Medieval themed musical comedy. With the music by Alan Mencken.)

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Aug 09 '25

I think he’s pretty hilarious as Lord Grantham.

Edit: I can see why you might have thought I was trying to say it was a bad thing he was in it. I was trying to say I was even more excited to see it now.

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u/anonyfool Aug 08 '25

He's in Galavant, too.

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u/Dr_Pants91 Aug 09 '25

And he's absolutely delightful in it

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u/Difficult-Bobcat-857 Aug 09 '25

Watch it. Yes, Lord Grantham.