Imagine, if you will, the following movie:
Our protagonist is successful, sassy, and gorgeous. Suddenly, they realize that they are in love with their best friend. After some hemming and hawing, they decide to pluck up the courage and confess their true feelings! But, their best friend has something to tell them as well!! — They’re getting married to some other successful, sassy and gorgeous person! Oh no! Obviously, weddings are huge and important events. And it is crucial that best friends are involved, so the protagonist is given the highest position of honour in the wedding.
The protagonist is thrilled– but only because they can now use this new found power to sabotage the wedding, and win the best friend back for themselves! Thus, we are dragged along through silly hair-brained schemes, which ultimately lead nowhere, because, believe it or not (!) the best friend actually loves the person they are marrying!
Now, I really liked this movie when it was called My Best Friend’s Wedding. I love Julia Roberts, and the entire cast, really. It was a memorable film, with a nice message, some funny bits, a great musical interlude, etc.
So, will I still like it now that it stars Patrick Dempsey, has been renamed Made of Honour? According to some reviews I have read, probably not. Although I do adore Patrick Dempsey, and he is a cutie– how many times can they make the same movie? It is a common plague in Hollywood. I’ve, honestly, seen Pride and Prejudice more often than I can probably pinpoint, since it is often ripped from the English countryside and hidden beneath Hollywood A-Listers and glam. It’s a lovely story, yes, but shouldn’t Hollywood writers strive for creativity? Writing is their job!!
And, can I just say, that if that whole “art imitates life,” thing is true (which I believe it is, since my life always reflects my art, and vise versa), I never want my best friend to be married, ever. Because, really, I’m not strong enough to have those kinds of feelings and what is more, I’m certainly not clever enough to come up with such outlandish schemes!
I’ve never seen the Julia Roberts movie, but I am curious about this Made of Honor movie. I mean, the obvious end to the movie would be that he wrecks the wedding or something happens so that he ends up with the girl. However, I think it would be interesting if he didn’t get the girl. That would be a little less predictable I think.
It looked hilarious in the previews, but I’m not sure if I’ll go see it. I’ll probably just rent it when it comes out on DVD.
Hmm, I’ve seen the previews but I’m not 100% sure I’ll like the movie myself but one of my friends told me that it was really good haha. So I’m willing to believe her but I doubt I’ll like it.
It’s definitely not my type of movie, I hate movies like that actually. But no matter what genre of movies you’re in; a lot of them are done over and over again under different names and small changes in script.
Movies like ‘The Ring’ are just being copied from Japan to American make while the original usually is 10 times better.
I’ve never seen My Best Friend’s Wedding and I doubt I will see Made of Honor at all - If I do though, it will be after it’s released on DVD for sure. There are definitely better movies coming out this month that I’d much rather see - like SEX AND THE CITY (!!!).
Plus, I hate love triangles. I’m a linear kind of gal. :P
That just proves that there is no more originality in this world. tsk, tsk
PS: I love My Best Friend’s Wedding! And Julia, too!
It was amazing. My Best Friends Wedding meets Sweet Home Alabama. And…Hilarious. I highly reccomend it.
Lissa