Yesterday, I went to my first wedding in well over a decade. That being said, I don’t really remember much, if anything, about those holy matrimonies. If I recall correctly, I was a ringbearer at one of my aunt’s weddings…
But while at the ceremony, I felt like I had been going to them my whole life. As I thought about it more clearly, a thought hit me – I had been going to weddings, just at the movies! They are a dime a dozen at the cinema nowadays, the blessed sacrament so commonplace that we rarely stop to think about the importance of it.
Really, everything I know about weddings comes from the movies. Is it a horrible fault when all we know about something comes from a movie? I’ve learned plenty from cinema – how to make up after cold feet (“Up in the Air”), how to be a good bridesmaid (“27 Dresses”), how to be a good father of the bride (“Father of the Bride”), how to deal with bridezillas (“Bride Wars”), how to break up a wedding (“The Graduate”), how to shine all the attention away from the bride (“Rachel Getting Married”), and how to fit in at any wedding (“Wedding Crashers”). And that’s just a fraction of what I could say.
Are there any fields of knowledge wonderfully filled in by movies for you?
P.S. – Life’s better with company.
I felt like I knew quite a bit about college before I attended just by watching movies. Granted I’m not talking about Animal House, but there are several realisitic portrayals of college life.
Up in the Air is probably my favorite of those.
“I’m a f*#@ up. Be my copilot.”