Impressions....

awww.... thats so sweet.... this evening i was planning on attending the anicipated Harry the Potter in a theater near me, but it was sold out, not to my surprise... so my pals and i decided that we would view the other good movie that was playing at the local Avalon cinema, My Big Fat Greek Wedding... which was much more uplifting than sitting in a crowded theater filled with pre-adolecent children who would laugh at every attempt of tom-foolery... fuck that...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie that has been in theaters for some time now ... since end of july, i think... quite a run... it started with quite a low opening, but every week it seems that its generated revenue grows and grows... a sleeper hit is the term most often used in the context, but i wouldn't say that... it'd be more correct to say that the attention that it deserves is growing..

It is a romantic comedy but its not about this beautiful person, seeks this beautiful person and shit happens.. like that absolutely terrible movie about weather... the characters are actually based in reality even though the base is then exagerated... but its exagerated for comical points, not for beautification or glory...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding has a true sense of love and being... the begining of the life between Tula and Ian... the story centers on Tula, though... its begins with her life shows how terrible it is.. her over-controlling father, and her less than presentable appearance at the age of 30 years.. its truth.. the movie doesn't sugar coat appearances for the perfect body... she has her hints of beauty but her father continualy puts her down, driving in the sensation that she is 'ugly'...

her life is changed around with her subtle and progressive defiants with her parents.. her lifes changes for the better, she takes better care to her looks and her body... she loses weight and gains knowledge.. but she always see's her family as a constant ball and chain of regression to her past... what she was and doesn't want to be... her defiats continue as she meets a man who has feelings for her.. and ... ( i don't wanna spoil it for ya ^_^ ) ...perhaps i didn't mention that Tula is greek.. and by her father's philosophy, women are put on this earth to clean, cook, and make babies... which is not in agreement with Tula.. she can only marry a nice greek man, and continue with the family... Ian, however, is very not greek.. he's catholic actually.. i think...

in a some way, i am very reminded of a similiar type of story with VERY differing parents.. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou ( one of my fav anime !! )... Tula's family is wild and out of control when it comes to being together... they seem crazy, loud, and always in each other's lives.. while Ian's family is very small... very quiet... and very conservative... its a very wide contrast between both families, and then quite ironic with how similiar Tula and Ian are...

aww... its so sweet.. i suggest you go find your significant other and watch it together... if you have one.... its not a hollywood blockbuster, or the artsy-ist film in the world... but i suggest you take a gander at a successful attempt at an example of true love blooming.. ^_^...

- Dyre - 11.15.02