tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post3352046466209968505..comments2024-03-27T09:05:25.928+00:00Comments on Disaffected Scanner Jockey: Shannon Getting Ranty about Rachel Getting MarriedShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-63897600108906226622009-12-22T05:30:40.723+00:002009-12-22T05:30:40.723+00:00Finally someone summed up this movie perfectly. I...Finally someone summed up this movie perfectly. I could not believe this movie and the actors in it were nominated for awards. I think those doing the nominating must have read the cliff notes and thought "artsy movie with some known actors" and gave it the benefit of the doubt. This movie was painful and I am a much dumber person for having watched it. I became depressed for 6 months having watched it. Bad move, bad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02130472233488227784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-2280595883599969812009-12-13T03:36:42.462+00:002009-12-13T03:36:42.462+00:00Thank you! I thought I just wasn't "deep...Thank you! I thought I just wasn't "deep" enough for this "film"... lol My own low self esteem prompted me to google "rachel getting married I dont get it" just to see if I was the only one who was on the verge of becoming a drug addict ONLY because of watching this movie!!Abbie Chulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330938410408008504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-78743872240256080442009-11-19T17:34:56.241+00:002009-11-19T17:34:56.241+00:00This was my exact reaction when it came out, and t...This was my exact reaction when it came out, and then I was totally mystified by all the critical hyperbole. My favorite scene: loading the dishwasher. For, like, fifteen minutes. HOW IS THIS A MOVIE??Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077248903906168654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-708123356986040652009-11-19T17:30:19.056+00:002009-11-19T17:30:19.056+00:00Sylvia - You don't use porcelain figurines whe...Sylvia - You don't use porcelain figurines when you do seating charts? Really?<br /><br />Frecks - I've never seen Bride Wars, because ugh. Can we please have a movie where women aren't competitive and materialistic, that DOESN'T end with them driving a car off a cliff?Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-46472306880675817342009-11-19T16:48:41.952+00:002009-11-19T16:48:41.952+00:0010mg of valium and a goblet of wine got me through...10mg of valium and a goblet of wine got me through that film, but just barely.<br /><br />That and Bride Wars is enough for me to wish a pox on Anne Hathaway's house.freckledkhttp://freckledk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-74650324383016271832009-11-18T20:18:02.829+00:002009-11-18T20:18:02.829+00:00I couldn't agree more with your opinion of thi...I couldn't agree more with your opinion of this movie. It dragged and dragged. Who the heck has weddings like that? The whole scene where they're arranging the seating chart is ridiculous.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383527107412765133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-80113556545453256902009-11-18T14:06:13.383+00:002009-11-18T14:06:13.383+00:00Heather - The point of the dishwasher scene was th...Heather - The point of the dishwasher scene was that rich people who have never had to do dishes look at loading a dishwasher and think it seems kind of fun.<br /><br />Dmbosstone - I'd make you rewatch the movie as punishment, but that seems cruel.<br /><br />Erik - Welcome! Stick around, we're a fun group.<br /><br />Cyndy - My new standard for everyhting is, "Is it as bad as Synedoche, New York?" If it's not, I'm ok. That's gotten me through Turkish prison, waterboarding, and Rachel Getting Married.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-59123477501410392262009-11-18T06:50:57.339+00:002009-11-18T06:50:57.339+00:00Yes that was a miserable movie about a bunch of se...Yes that was a miserable movie about a bunch of self-absorbed miserable people. I didn't think it was as wretched as Synedoche though. That felt a lot longer to me, and slightly more miserable.Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787927933858782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-17126549124451649512009-11-18T03:07:01.931+00:002009-11-18T03:07:01.931+00:00Wow, such hate for the movie. I have to admit tha...Wow, such hate for the movie. I have to admit that I didn't think it was as bad as you did, but I also have to admit I didn't pay that much attention to it. I think I was reading the Internets while my wife was watching.<br /><br />On a side note, I just found your blog and have really enjoyed the hand full of posts I've read.Erikhttp://www.thepresenttense.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-51485455683414218252009-11-18T02:15:56.353+00:002009-11-18T02:15:56.353+00:00that sounds wrist-slittingly awful.that sounds wrist-slittingly awful.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561615147518117185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-80392902420394903822009-11-18T02:15:04.780+00:002009-11-18T02:15:04.780+00:00I saw this film last year as part of my Oscar Watc...I saw this film last year as part of my Oscar Watch- I can't remember what I thought exactly of the film and it looks like I watched it and didn't blog about it. Sorry I'm no good.Dmbosstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631276118039762167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-5723284816447794482009-11-17T23:28:14.277+00:002009-11-17T23:28:14.277+00:00I made the huge mistake of buying this movie a cou...I made the huge mistake of buying this movie a couple weeks ago (on sale), and wow! I mean seriously that dishwasher scene?? What was the point. So many scenes in that movie had no point, ha.<br />Also I must agree on the annoying band that just played on and on. <br />I had to take a day long break in between the first half and second half of the movie so I was able to actually finish watching it.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838085714956465786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-4624630915850862562009-11-17T21:16:22.161+00:002009-11-17T21:16:22.161+00:00Jamie - If there was comedy there, it was mostly u...Jamie - If there was comedy there, it was mostly unintentional. Personally, I think no wedding is complete wihtout a cracked-out sister.<br /><br />Titania - the only thing more PC (and creepy) is It's a Small World After All.<br /><br />squindia - Now, if she shows up at your wedding with a shiner, you'll know your sister took that movie way too seriously.<br /><br />bh - And then I would have rolled your trashcan down a hill. For extra giggles.<br /><br />Lacochran - Oh, god, the man would NOT stop pawing his daughters. So grody.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-5962826904302391842009-11-17T21:07:25.180+00:002009-11-17T21:07:25.180+00:00It was a bad film. The father totally skeeved me ...It was a bad film. The father totally skeeved me out. <br /><br />On a self-congratulatory note (seems appropriate), our wedding had food and drink served immediately and no receiving line because I hate to wait for food so no one else should have to wait, either.lacochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122022168616822147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-38163554097742707792009-11-17T19:35:32.803+00:002009-11-17T19:35:32.803+00:00Yeah. It sucked. I would've gotten obnoxious...Yeah. It sucked. I would've gotten obnoxiously drunk at that wedding, thrown up on the bride/groom, then passed out in a trashcan.<br /><br />It would have been more entertaining that way.bhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-35209024517217870792009-11-17T18:14:53.331+00:002009-11-17T18:14:53.331+00:00thank you for perfectly articulating all that is w...thank you for perfectly articulating all that is wrong with this movie. my sister loved it and i now cast a suspicious eye her way - often. surprisingly the soundtrack introduced me to a great group - New York Style Yoga - 'Black Bombay' is a nice album if you are into that sort of thing :-)squindiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036101403881262133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-40072777146540977382009-11-17T18:02:19.939+00:002009-11-17T18:02:19.939+00:00I have not seen the movie, but "We are the Wo...I have not seen the movie, but "We are the World" gives me nightmares; there is probably no song I have ever hated as much as I hate that oneTitaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545746060811982263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-31679901505272657072009-11-17T17:45:20.258+00:002009-11-17T17:45:20.258+00:00That's too bad, the premise of a cracked-out s...That's too bad, the premise of a cracked-out sister wrecking a wedding sounds awesome. I'm guessing it isn't a comedy though.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-24003844848374465262009-11-17T17:32:34.967+00:002009-11-17T17:32:34.967+00:00RDO - Yeah, the music variety was excessive - it f...RDO - Yeah, the music variety was excessive - it felt a little too self-servingly like a reenactment of We Are the World. I kept looking for an Eskimo guy with a harpoon and an igloo to make the tableau complete.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-50598760209233962902009-11-17T17:29:31.291+00:002009-11-17T17:29:31.291+00:00Brando - "Attached by Ninjas" would be a...Brando - "Attached by Ninjas" would be awesome. Like, a bunch of ninjas come in during the cake-cutting scene and Velcro everyone together.<br /><br />Anon - I made it through the entire 1 hour 53 minute run, of course, I took frequent breaks to dust the apartment, empty the dishwasher, etc.<br /><br />Snay - See, that would have been a good twist!<br /><br />HP - It's not even a film. It's a cinematic event.<br /><br />Most of the family fight scenes made me feel horribly awkward, like when you're out for dinner with a married couple and they start sniping at each other. I cracked up from sheer discomfort.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-58741382346493432492009-11-17T17:27:18.266+00:002009-11-17T17:27:18.266+00:00I wanted to kill the musicians 2 minutes into the ...I wanted to kill the musicians 2 minutes into the movie. Who the hell invites a trio of screeching instrumentalists to play a god-awful soundtrack for the entire weekend? <br /><br />The entire movie was self-congratulatory. The only thing that was missing (or maybe it happened off camera) was that all the guests brought a "dish to pass" for the wedding meal.<br /><br />Also, wedding dancing (to be fun/good) needs to crescendo to a peak of all our frenzied movement and crowd singalong( the wedding I went to in NOLA a few weeks back where the singer was crowd-surfing!). That would have been impossible at this ragout of a wedding--Trinidadian carnival dancers, a fiddler, a crap band, and a DJ--which was completely incoherent.<br /><br />So yes I gave this movie no starsrdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829830827064059578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-84559703928215401752009-11-17T17:16:51.379+00:002009-11-17T17:16:51.379+00:00At some point in that "film" (because yo...At some point in that "film" (because you know that's what these people would call it--not a "movie" a "film"), during the absolute emotional peak when everyone is yelling and making each other feel bad, I could no longer take it, and burst into laughter. <br /><br />My friend elbowed me and encouraged me to be quiet. <br /><br />Then...several seconds later...from further back in the "theatre," I hear...laughter...a kindred spirit echoing my own mystification at the debacle taking place on the screen before us. To me, the movie's only highlight. I guess the moment it ended was ok too.HPhttp://heypretty.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-80789858243989543282009-11-17T17:07:51.631+00:002009-11-17T17:07:51.631+00:00You missed the deleted scenes, where Anthony Hopki...You missed the deleted scenes, where Anthony Hopkins shows up, grabs a bridesmaid and hauls her into the coatroom. A later cut scene shows Hopkins walking around wearing her face.Malnurtured Snayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506933474730575045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-55699485009222800072009-11-17T17:01:05.212+00:002009-11-17T17:01:05.212+00:00I couldn't get past the first 15 minutes of th...I couldn't get past the first 15 minutes of the movie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056861.post-16436726314334257032009-11-17T16:56:14.445+00:002009-11-17T16:56:14.445+00:00However, the movie might have been more enjoyable ...However, the movie might have been more enjoyable if it was re-titled "Rachel Getting Married and Then Family Attached By Ninjas".Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.com