I remember when I first saw the movie I didn't like it, watching it now though I liked it a lot. I guess this is because of age difference. Having attended several wedding and knowing more of relationships I see now things that passed me by years ago.
I like it, because it is different. Sure, the plot line is the standard one: a guy and a girl see each other, fall in love at first sight and end up together, we never see their love develop and must just accept that it is the usual love at first sight But details like characters, surroundings etc. is what makes it more unique and makes me look over the first love thing.
I liked the characters. Charles and Carrie had their share of relationships/or sex but never had a true commitment. They seem to b the perfect soul mates. Yeah, my last line was very sappy, but it just seems right that this kind of people end up together. And not only that, they decide to "not to be married forever". i like this part because not everyone is a "marriage person" and these two seem to be the ones who would be happier without it. I was expecting the movie to end with the message of how the happy ending is the wedding, while it shows us that a happy ending is simply to be with someone you love. Andy MacDowell's acting is criticized a lot, but I saw nor problem with it. I guess it depends on what person one expects Carrie to be. But the thing is, she could be any kind. We don't know too much about her. People just seem to put her into a "slut" drawer and expect her to be less reserved and more outgoing. I liked that the character went so against usual expectations. She is just a normal woman with a sex life, not a usual "almost virgin" you see on TV and the sexists in or society want women to be.
I also liked the portrayal of the gay couple. Simply because they are never really presented to us as a couple, we just know that they are. It is great because they made it not extraordinary, but normal as it is supposed to be. I didn't even realize that they were together until the funeral and Matthew's speech. The one part that made me cry. It was a beautiful moment.
I also liked the character Fiona who was greatly portrayed by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her love for Charlie is just another thing that happens in life, when someone may love a friend knowing that it will not happen.
The great amount of characters is what stops us from knowing them too well. But it is perfect for this movie because it just gives us the usual atmosphere of a wedding. A bunch of people you kind of know because you keep on seeing them at ceremonies, but don't really know because you don't see them outside of it.
And the comedy element is great. It is nothing over the top, bu yet hilarious portraying issues that may arise at a wedding. The ring scene is wonderful. So is Rowan Atkinson's first ceremony. And Charlie's constant sleeping over and then running to the wedding yelling "f..., f... f..." ("prohibited words"). There is of course more but I don't need to tell the whole movie in the review!
I like it, because it is different. Sure, the plot line is the standard one: a guy and a girl see each other, fall in love at first sight and end up together, we never see their love develop and must just accept that it is the usual love at first sight But details like characters, surroundings etc. is what makes it more unique and makes me look over the first love thing.
I liked the characters. Charles and Carrie had their share of relationships/or sex but never had a true commitment. They seem to b the perfect soul mates. Yeah, my last line was very sappy, but it just seems right that this kind of people end up together. And not only that, they decide to "not to be married forever". i like this part because not everyone is a "marriage person" and these two seem to be the ones who would be happier without it. I was expecting the movie to end with the message of how the happy ending is the wedding, while it shows us that a happy ending is simply to be with someone you love. Andy MacDowell's acting is criticized a lot, but I saw nor problem with it. I guess it depends on what person one expects Carrie to be. But the thing is, she could be any kind. We don't know too much about her. People just seem to put her into a "slut" drawer and expect her to be less reserved and more outgoing. I liked that the character went so against usual expectations. She is just a normal woman with a sex life, not a usual "almost virgin" you see on TV and the sexists in or society want women to be.
I also liked the portrayal of the gay couple. Simply because they are never really presented to us as a couple, we just know that they are. It is great because they made it not extraordinary, but normal as it is supposed to be. I didn't even realize that they were together until the funeral and Matthew's speech. The one part that made me cry. It was a beautiful moment.
I also liked the character Fiona who was greatly portrayed by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her love for Charlie is just another thing that happens in life, when someone may love a friend knowing that it will not happen.
The great amount of characters is what stops us from knowing them too well. But it is perfect for this movie because it just gives us the usual atmosphere of a wedding. A bunch of people you kind of know because you keep on seeing them at ceremonies, but don't really know because you don't see them outside of it.
And the comedy element is great. It is nothing over the top, bu yet hilarious portraying issues that may arise at a wedding. The ring scene is wonderful. So is Rowan Atkinson's first ceremony. And Charlie's constant sleeping over and then running to the wedding yelling "f..., f... f..." ("prohibited words"). There is of course more but I don't need to tell the whole movie in the review!