This is the recommended movie of the week.
I had this movie on my system for a long long time but could only watch it yesterday.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a wonderful movie not because it entertains us but more so that it explores the subtle realities that surround each and every culture.
The plot synopsis from wikipedia
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The movie is centered on Toula, a Greek-American woman , who falls in love with a non-Greek American, Ian Miller . The movie also examines the protagonist's relationship with her family, with their cultural heritage and value system, which is sometimes rocky but ends with mutual appreciation.
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Now my point. The movie is great great entertainment. Typical candy romance. Just multi-flavoured.
One of the most beautiful moments in the movie comes when Toula has some doubts on whether it could work. Because though her family managed to accept the to be groom, still she knew a tradition is
"Listen Tula my village saw many wars. Turkish, German. They all made a mess. But my mother said we are lucky. We are lucky to be alive. And I thought we are not lucky to be alive. We are not lucky when they are telling us where we should live, what we should eat.
Nobody , has that right.
And then I see you.And I see Adena and Nichol(siblings of Toula). We came here for you. So you could live. We gave you a life so you could live it."
Its a very liberating statement and the movie ends on a happy note sometime later.
A lot of fun is poked at the oddities of Greek culture in the movie but its just for fun.
A must watch. Even if one has to rent the DVD.
3 comments:
this movie became a sleeper hit when it was released. its quite funny coz i thought it was very similar to desi culture. The whole extended family in your business all the time. and then having your distant cousins named after you. and then every outing revolved around food and more food.and plus the kind of adversity one faces if one married outside of hteir culture/religion
and they tried to spin off a tv series from the movie, but it didnt work and after a few episodes it was cancelled.
there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
this movie became a sleeper hit when it was released. its quite funny coz i thought it was very similar to desi culture. The whole extended family in your business all the time. and then having your distant cousins named after you. and then every outing revolved around food and more food.and plus the kind of adversity one faces if one married outside of hteir culture/religion
and they tried to spin off a tv series from the movie, but it didnt work and after a few episodes it was cancelled.
there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
I knew about the sleeper hit thing but not the tv series thing. Guess if a thing has commercial value it will be exploited or at least someone will do it
Nice paradox-"there is such a thing as too much of a good thing."
Even I could see the similarity with desi culture.
However what I liked was the portrayal of the parents who grudgingly accepted that their child has made a choice and they should now accept the situation rather than rant against it.
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