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esterday, 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.
