My Big Fat Greek Wedding

***IronParrot*** · 10-18-2002, 11:00 PM

Anyone else seen this? For a film of its scale (a low-budget independent film released by IFC), it's amazing how popular its become. On the surface it seems like a generic romantic comedy, but that whole genre is really measured by how well the story pulled off even when the ending is predictable, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding is very enjoyable throughout. It's hilarious, but the humour is actually somewhat mature, and not the trashy cheap laughs you see so often nowadays.

Starr Polish · 10-18-2002, 11:53 PM

"Give me any word, ANY WORD, and I'll give you the Greek roots."
"Okay, Mr. Portocolus, how about 'kimono'?"

Bahahaha.

***IronParrot*** · 10-19-2002, 12:16 AM

Some of my friends have parents like that...

Actually, I very nearly have parents like that. But not quite.

The "apples and oranges" speech at the end really was quite clever, though. Heh.

mirrille · 10-19-2002, 01:05 AM

I sooooo want to see that movie. I love funny culture clash stories. And it's alway more fun if there's a wedding involved.

katya · 10-19-2002, 01:30 PM

i saw that movie with a bunch of friends and i loved it! it was really funny. of course all movies i see with my friends i like because we have so much fun seeing them... kind of like how hunger makes food taste better. but i liked the movie a lot. i love the independent film channel too. one of the nice things about it was taht whats-her-name wasnt, like, pretty like other people always are in movies and TV. That was refreshing. There is a Zorbas in a town right next to me. it's a great restraunt.

Hanza · 10-20-2002, 05:13 AM

I went to see it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was really good and funny. I thought it was going to be one of those love films that is just like every other one. but it was different and that made it better

LadyMelia · 10-30-2002, 12:39 PM

Greek Wedding only recently bumped out Road to Perdition as the 76th top grossing movies ever...which is ironic since Tom Hanks funded Greek Wedding and starred in Perdition.

I loved the movie... it was awesome!

***IronParrot*** · 11-12-2002, 09:01 PM

Despite the fact that I quite liked the movie, I think making $200M is perhaps excessive...

I mean, it's not that special.

BeardofPants · 11-17-2002, 04:37 AM

I beg to differ. Very seldom have I come away from a film with such a feeling of good humour. Although formulaic in some places, it completely surprised me in other respects. (Where was the "clash" between the two main characters? Backed by the latest schmaltzy ballad?) It was refreshing seeing something that didn't conform to standard Hollywood formula, or cast the latest Hollywood pretties.

***IronParrot*** · 11-18-2002, 11:42 PM

Yes, the mere fact that it is indeed an independent project of Nia Vardalos' as well as the relative "obscurity" of its players lends the characters a certain ability to actually be characters, something missing with big-name machine-produced films. Yes, it explores an age-old issue with a lot of fresh - and very applicable and relevant - satirical humour.

Stylistically, though, in a cinematic sense, it's definitely closer to the mainstream... I suppose that lends it broad appeal.

Varda Oiolosseo · 11-19-2002, 01:19 PM

I love that film!! It was sooooooo funny!!!!!

The greek family is like my family!!! Just imagine them Italian though!!!(I'm half Italian but most of my family like my mum are full Italian) My Grandad's the funniest he's hilareous!!! He went swimming in his suit when he got pushed in the swimming pool at my Uncles wedding!!!! then my cousin Gloria pushed these other women in and then she jumped in!! It was soo funny though this swimming pool was full of Italians in their best clothes!!

If you havn't seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding then go and see it now what are you waiting for!!!

Erawyn · 11-20-2002, 05:49 PM

I havn't seen it but i'm sure i will eventually. Part of it was shot at a restaurant near my house, I live in greektown!!!

Lady of Rohan · 03-01-2003, 11:29 AM

I love that movie! I thought that it was hillarious. I have seen it 2 or 3 times now and I've really enjoyed the movie both times I saw it. Aunt Voula (sp?) was very funny. I also liked the grandma (what ever it was that they called her).

Elven Archer · 03-01-2003, 03:58 PM

My mom really wanted to see it but never did so she bought it when it came out. It's so funny! What made it more hilarious was that they're just like my mom's side of the family. The way the grampa used Windex for everything , my papaw used to do that with something else(can't remember what though).
"He's a vegitarian" *silence* " You eat lamb!" or something like that. It's sooo much like my relatives.

anyway i really like that movie.

***HOBBIT*** · 03-01-2003, 09:13 PM

i tuned in to part of the first ( i think) episode of the new tv series (My Big Fat Greek Life) - it STINKS. horrible.

Elven Archer · 03-02-2003, 02:18 AM

I haven't seen any of My Big Fat Greek Life, but it looks like it'd be alot like Everybody Loves Raymond except Greek.

L@ur@y Elven Warrior · 03-02-2003, 06:59 AM

I loved the Film! I went to see it 4 times in 2 days.

Ithilwin · 03-02-2003, 01:46 PM

A great movie.You can understand it better if you are Greek.I saw it with my parents...real fun,but it was a bit exaggerated,about the situations,I mean that Greek people in foreigh countries are such a 'close' community and all the others...

samwise of the shire · 03-02-2003, 01:59 PM

I saw it yesterday. I thought it was really cute. I kind of understand how it is. We have a family reunion every christmas and thanksgiving with just my mum's side of the family and we have like 15-17 people packed into grandma's tiny cottage. It's funny too cause my uncle and big brother love practical jokes.
But I really liked it.
Cheers,
Sam

Starr Polish · 03-02-2003, 02:04 PM

I have a big happy Italian family too! I'm an eighth Italian, but I look full-blooded. My grandmother is the youngest of eleven, and my family is absolutely HUGE!

10-18-2002, 11:00 PM	#1
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	My Big Fat Greek Wedding Anyone else seen this? For a film of its scale (a low-budget independent film released by IFC), it's amazing how popular its become. On the surface it seems like a generic romantic comedy, but that whole genre is really measured by how well the story pulled off even when the ending is predictable, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding is very enjoyable throughout. It's hilarious, but the humour is actually somewhat mature, and not the trashy cheap laughs you see so often nowadays. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

10-18-2002, 11:53 PM	#2
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	"Give me any word, ANY WORD, and I'll give you the Greek roots." "Okay, Mr. Portocolus, how about 'kimono'?" Bahahaha. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

10-19-2002, 12:16 AM	#3
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Some of my friends have parents like that... Actually, I very nearly have parents like that. But not quite. The "apples and oranges" speech at the end really was quite clever, though. Heh. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

10-20-2002, 05:13 AM	#6
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	I went to see it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was really good and funny. I thought it was going to be one of those love films that is just like every other one. but it was different and that made it better __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

10-30-2002, 12:39 PM	#7
LadyMelia Sapling Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The house of the Lady Galadriel- Lothlorien, Middle Earth Posts: 7	Greek Wedding only recently bumped out Road to Perdition as the 76th top grossing movies ever...which is ironic since Tom Hanks funded Greek Wedding and starred in Perdition. I loved the movie... it was awesome! __________________ "There lie the woods of Lothlorien!" cried Legolas. "That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people. There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. Not till the spring comes and new green opens do they fall, and then they boughs are laden with tellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is smooth and grey. So still out songs in Mirkwoods. My heart would be glad if I were beneath the eaves of that wood, and it were springtime!" ~The Fellowship of the Ring, book two, page 326 ~*~ Proud member of the Ladies of Lothlorien Guild! All Ladies of Lothlorien are welcome to visit and join our small (growing) group at groups.msn.com/ladiesoflothlorien!!!

10-19-2002, 01:05 AM	#4
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	I sooooo want to see that movie. I love funny culture clash stories. And it's alway more fun if there's a wedding involved.

10-19-2002, 01:30 PM	#5
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	i saw that movie with a bunch of friends and i loved it! it was really funny. of course all movies i see with my friends i like because we have so much fun seeing them... kind of like how hunger makes food taste better. but i liked the movie a lot. i love the independent film channel too. one of the nice things about it was taht whats-her-name wasnt, like, pretty like other people always are in movies and TV. That was refreshing. There is a Zorbas in a town right next to me. it's a great restraunt.

11-12-2002, 09:01 PM	#8
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Despite the fact that I quite liked the movie, I think making $200M is perhaps excessive... I mean, it's not that special. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

11-17-2002, 04:37 AM	#9
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I beg to differ. Very seldom have I come away from a film with such a feeling of good humour. Although formulaic in some places, it completely surprised me in other respects. (Where was the "clash" between the two main characters? Backed by the latest schmaltzy ballad?) It was refreshing seeing something that didn't conform to standard Hollywood formula, or cast the latest Hollywood pretties. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 11-17-2002 at 04:38 AM.

11-18-2002, 11:42 PM	#10
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Yes, the mere fact that it is indeed an independent project of Nia Vardalos' as well as the relative "obscurity" of its players lends the characters a certain ability to actually be characters, something missing with big-name machine-produced films. Yes, it explores an age-old issue with a lot of fresh - and very applicable and relevant - satirical humour. Stylistically, though, in a cinematic sense, it's definitely closer to the mainstream... I suppose that lends it broad appeal. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

11-19-2002, 01:19 PM	#11
Varda Oiolosseo Tea Bag Queen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 973	I love that film!! It was sooooooo funny!!!!! The greek family is like my family!!! Just imagine them Italian though!!!(I'm half Italian but most of my family like my mum are full Italian) My Grandad's the funniest he's hilareous!!! He went swimming in his suit when he got pushed in the swimming pool at my Uncles wedding!!!! then my cousin Gloria pushed these other women in and then she jumped in!! It was soo funny though this swimming pool was full of Italians in their best clothes!! If you havn't seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding then go and see it now what are you waiting for!!!

11-20-2002, 05:49 PM	#12
Erawyn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: america junior Posts: 320	I havn't seen it but i'm sure i will eventually. Part of it was shot at a restaurant near my house, I live in greektown!!! __________________ peace never hurt anyone "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth." Johann Georg von Zimmermann

03-01-2003, 11:29 AM	#13
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	I love that movie! I thought that it was hillarious. I have seen it 2 or 3 times now and I've really enjoyed the movie both times I saw it. Aunt Voula (sp?) was very funny. I also liked the grandma (what ever it was that they called her).

03-01-2003, 03:58 PM	#14
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	My mom really wanted to see it but never did so she bought it when it came out. It's so funny! What made it more hilarious was that they're just like my mom's side of the family. The way the grampa used Windex for everything , my papaw used to do that with something else(can't remember what though). "He's a vegitarian" silence " You eat lamb!" or something like that. It's sooo much like my relatives. anyway i really like that movie. __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

03-01-2003, 09:13 PM	#15
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	i tuned in to part of the first ( i think) episode of the new tv series (My Big Fat Greek Life) - it STINKS. horrible. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

03-02-2003, 02:18 AM	#16
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	I haven't seen any of My Big Fat Greek Life, but it looks like it'd be alot like Everybody Loves Raymond except Greek. __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

03-02-2003, 06:59 AM	#17
L@ur@y Elven Warrior Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Halkirk Posts: 208	I loved the Film! I went to see it 4 times in 2 days. __________________ Ni melme legolas

03-02-2003, 01:46 PM	#18
Ithilwin Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Imladris Posts: 332	A great movie.You can understand it better if you are Greek.I saw it with my parents...real fun,but it was a bit exaggerated,about the situations,I mean that Greek people in foreigh countries are such a 'close' community and all the others... __________________ ~[color=sky blue]*[/color]~ ...White was her garment and it had no ornament, save a silver girdle, but above her brow her forehead was adorned with a slender silver lace, and small gems were on it, glittering white, yet her hair was dark as the evening and her eyes were bright as the starlit heaven; queenly she looked and she shone as a white star in the sunlight.

03-02-2003, 01:59 PM	#19
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I saw it yesterday. I thought it was really cute. I kind of understand how it is. We have a family reunion every christmas and thanksgiving with just my mum's side of the family and we have like 15-17 people packed into grandma's tiny cottage. It's funny too cause my uncle and big brother love practical jokes. But I really liked it. Cheers, Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

03-02-2003, 02:04 PM	#20
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I have a big happy Italian family too! I'm an eighth Italian, but I look full-blooded. My grandmother is the youngest of eleven, and my family is absolutely HUGE! __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

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