Bride Wars
I went with some friends to go see Bride Wars last Friday. I loved it. I thought it was really cute and entertaining. It's not the best movie in the world, but I love Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, so that made up for it.
Then, while on twitter, I saw @b5Celebrity had put up a review of Bride Wars up. It was a review written by Jane Boursaw. Her review irritated me a bit. Maybe a little more than it should have because I'm already irritated about the whole analog/digital thing. Anyway, she claimed to have seen it with her 11 year old daughter, and thought the plot was all wrong.
She says, "...if they're such good friends, why don't they have a double wedding? Or just celebrate each others' joy, even though the weddings are on the same day? Couldn't this be fun?"
1) They address the double wedding issue in the wedding. Emma is tired of sharing everything with Liv, as they have their whole life. Liv has out shined her, and she just wants one day of her own, where it is all about her. Understandable!
2) They wanted to be at each other's wedding, they have the same friends, and Emma's family is like family to Liv since she lost her parents. It just wouldn't work out if they got married on the same day. At least not in the way they always dreamed of.
So no, it couldn't be fun.
Then Jane goes on to say, "Aside from the fact that all of this [all the sabotage they did to each other] is over-the-top unrealistic, a lot of it seems more sad than funny. A side-story involves Liv losing both of her parents at an early age, so aside from her brother, Emma really is like her family. It made me sad to think of two girls who are supposed to be so close acting in such a vengeful way."
They have to go through all that to realize what they really wanted. Friends have fights, and get angry at each other. It all started with a misunderstanding, and it all blew out of proportion. Which, is realistic. I've seen it and lived it! Not to mention it is a movie, and most movies are not realistic anyway.
Then a last point I'd like to make on her review, Jane says, "And while I'm at it, here's another unrealistic aspect of the movie: Hudson's attorney character could probably afford such a lavish wedding, but Hathaway's schoolteacher? I doubt she could have sprung for the whole "Plaza wedding" thing on her salary."
Again, this is another thing that the movie addresses. Emma said that she had been saving up for the past 10 years, since she was 16. Also, she sent her invites through email...saved on paper invites, and she wore her mom's dress...saved on the cost of a dress.
~Taylor~