My Best Friend's Wedding

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In short: both Dermot and Julia are terrible people in that film. No clue why my generation tolerated it. Selfish, immature adults acting like teenagers.

Loved Rupert in that movie.

This. Plus, the I Say a Little Prayer for You scene.

Here it is: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&sxsrf=AJOqlzXBQst8ik9DpVV5jgToSW_D2QABTw:1676156267953&q=my+best+friend%27s+wedding+i+say+a+little+prayer+for+you&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXzMHXyI79AhVfEVkFHYniDdsQ8ccDegQIMBAD&biw=1440&bih=749&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:64ba1b7d,vid:aVtJ6EQHndA

White people singing a fabulous song by a beloved black icon.

I didn’t realize Burt Bacherach was black!!!!!!

C'mon. He's not. Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin, both of whom sang the famous song, are.

Ok, but the whole “white people singing a song by a black icon!!!” is false. A white dude wrote that song. Just saying.

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I actually did notice that in this movie there were zero characters that were not white- not even token friends, or waiters, or extras. I recall seeing one black woman in the bathroom of the baseball stadium. That was it. And this was Chicago!!! It was kind of incredible how I’d never noticed that in the 90s when I first saw it. Crazy.

I stand by my feelings that there is nothing wrong with white people singing “I say a little prayer” though. It’s not some African folk song. It was a commercially successful song written by a white male songwriter, that was sung by 2 black singers and also some white singers.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

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Anonymous wrote:There is also a lot of cigarette smoking

People smoke. Horrors.

Most people don’t. It is pretty gross and causes many types of cancer.

Sorry to rain on your addiction.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

That’s not an insult, you know.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

That’s not an insult, you know.

And it wasn’t phrased as one. She said if you grew up in the 60s, Burt Bacharach was a household name. Most people my age (30s) had never heard that name even if we had heard the songs. I didn’t realize so many DCUM posters were elderly. That’s it.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

That’s not an insult, you know.

And it wasn’t phrased as one. She said if you grew up in the 60s, Burt Bacharach was a household name. Most people my age (30s) had never heard that name even if we had heard the songs. I didn’t realize so many DCUM posters were elderly. That’s it.

I grew up in the 70s and am early 50s. Now I'm elderly? Just stop.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

I’m actually 61. What I wish for you, and all my younger DCUM friends, is that you reach my age as healthy and happy as I am and that we all are so lucky to live as long as the incredibly talented Burt. He left great music to the world, no matter how old you are.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

That’s not an insult, you know.

And it wasn’t phrased as one. She said if you grew up in the 60s, Burt Bacharach was a household name. Most people my age (30s) had never heard that name even if we had heard the songs. I didn’t realize so many DCUM posters were elderly. That’s it.

I grew up in the 70s and am early 50s. Now I'm elderly? Just stop.

and in your childhood, when you heard Aretha or Dionne Warwick sing “I say a little prayer”, you turned to your friends and said “I LOVE Burt Bacharach songs!” You stop. You gave yourself away when you said white people shouldn’t sing songs by black artists, when in fact a white man wrote the song, and now you’re trying to act like everyone knows this man’s name and knows he wrote those songs, so…. Then why does it matter that a white ensemble sang the song in a movie? Since it’s clearly not a black womans song? Make up your mind.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving this movie soooo much, and at the time had an on again off again bff type and thought I could relate. At the time I also thought 28 was so old. The scene on the boat seemed so deep to me... "Before the moment passes you by..." Sigh.

But yeah, no I realize they're all cringy. He's way too old for Kimmy. Kimmy is young and insecure. Julia Roberts is too desperate. He leads her on.

Still has a great soundtrack though!

Love the soundtrack. The whole reason I decided to rewatch it was because the man who composed most of those songs recently died and I hadn’t realized that he wrote basically every love song in that movie

You don’t remember “the man”’s name is Burt Bacharach?

I do…. but most lay people don’t know that name if I said it, so, I said “the man who composed most of the songs in that movie”.

On DCUM we know who Burt Bacharach is, and not just "the man who composed most of those songs" in this silly rom-com. Oy.

I'm also not sure most lay people don't know who he is. Wikipedia describes him as "widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music."

Ok I stand corrected. He is as much of a household name as Michael Jackson and needs no descriptor after his name because everyone knows who he is. Moving on!

For those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, yes he was most certainly a household name way before Michael Jackson was! He wrote the pop soundrack of our lives.

Sorry, I didn’t realize so many 65 year olds frequented this site.

I’m actually 61. What I wish for you, and all my younger DCUM friends, is that you reach my age as healthy and happy as I am and that we all are so lucky to live as long as the incredibly talented Burt. He left great music to the world, no matter how old you are.

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[Anonymous]

I agree that the movie as a whole doesn't hold up too well but there are parts that are just too dang charming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4StePh3tTF8

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Elvis Costello has an entire album of Burt Bacharach songs, it’s beautiful.