27 Dresses
Apr. 18th, 2009 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gategrrlWhen my mom was here visiting last week, we got the movie "27 Dresses" from the library.
It was a cute movie that took me until the credits at the end to figure out who the actor playing the love interest was (the dude from X-Men who played Cyclops), but that's not what this post is all about.
In the movie, the main character is seen attending two weddings on the same night, in two equally so-so bridesmaids dresses. Her big thing is planning other friends' weddings, and doing whatever they want, without anything but the most cursory thank yous (depending on the friend, of course). But this post isn't really even about her lack of ability to stand up for herself--
It was the final cathartic scene, where the camera pulls back from the alter where she's said her vows with her now-husband, and the viewer sees all 27 of her married friends wearing their own hideous bridesmaid dresses. Some of those dresses were truly hideous. And I couldn't help but feel a vicarious vindication and glee about it.
It was blissful payback for the main character. Brides want what they want, but the tendency to treat their wedding as a circus event where your friends are there to do your absolute bidding and wear the shittiest looking clothing--well, I liked the final scene. A lot.
It was a cute movie that took me until the credits at the end to figure out who the actor playing the love interest was (the dude from X-Men who played Cyclops), but that's not what this post is all about.
In the movie, the main character is seen attending two weddings on the same night, in two equally so-so bridesmaids dresses. Her big thing is planning other friends' weddings, and doing whatever they want, without anything but the most cursory thank yous (depending on the friend, of course). But this post isn't really even about her lack of ability to stand up for herself--
It was the final cathartic scene, where the camera pulls back from the alter where she's said her vows with her now-husband, and the viewer sees all 27 of her married friends wearing their own hideous bridesmaid dresses. Some of those dresses were truly hideous. And I couldn't help but feel a vicarious vindication and glee about it.
It was blissful payback for the main character. Brides want what they want, but the tendency to treat their wedding as a circus event where your friends are there to do your absolute bidding and wear the shittiest looking clothing--well, I liked the final scene. A lot.
