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I just watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, good movie, but not what I expected (piefed.zip)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/movies@piefed.social

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My gf and I were loooking for a romcom to watch the other day, she suggested this one.

I don't really know what I expected, probably something more along the lines of Mamma Mia. Based on what I remembered from the posters, I even thought the movie was happening in Greece, but actually they never leave Chicago.

The movie in itself is fine, it's a low-stake, enjoyable movie, but I guess I was just expecting something else.

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"He's vegetarian"

"Ohhh good. I make lamb.'

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Iconic.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My favorite overlooked rom-com is Mike Nichol’s “Down with Love” starring Ewan Macgregor and Renee Zellweger. It’s Nichol’s homage to the sex comedies of the early 1960s.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Thank you for the suggestion!

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not much of a rom-com person, but this is a fun movie and Ewan McGregor is great in it.

[–] RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You look so…OLD.

This is a comfort movie for me.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 5 days ago

It definitely is comfy

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

We just watched Steel Magnolias. Somehow I missed it for all these decades. Damn it's funny! Maybe it's just that I get the culture and those types of people. 🤷🏻 OTOH, my wife is Filipino and she laughed her ass off.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 4 points 6 days ago

I tagged this as "Movie review", but not sure a few sentences really qualify for this.

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My Life in Ruins! Try that one. It does take place in Greece. Freaking love that movie.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 4 points 5 days ago

Seems promising, thanks!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I tried to watch it back when it was new but I couldn't get into it. Maybe I wasn't in the right mindset. Or maybe it's just not a good movie.