Must-see Cinema: Wedding Crashers

by philg

Alex and I arrived back in Anchorage today after a great week in Homer and a couple of fun helicopter lessons out of Girdwood (not too many other helicopter schools where you see moose and glaciers on the way to practicing autorotations).


First stop was downtown where a lawyer friend had just returned from finalizing a divorce.  As it happens divorces are finalized in the same building where civil marriages are performed.  She and her client walked by a happy set of families all dressed up for the big ceremony.  A moment later they were alone in the elevator.  The just-divorced man said “I should really tell that groom to go into his bedroom and put his nut-sack into the dresser and then slam the drawer 10 times if he wants to know what it will feel like 13 years from now.”


So when it came to choosing a movie for the evening it had to be “Wedding Crashers” at the Regal Fireweed.  Marion and I laughed until we cried.  Highly recommended if you’re an Owen Wilson fan.

19 thoughts on “Must-see Cinema: Wedding Crashers”

  1. Ouch! I’m hoping that your friend was just speaking figuratively during the heat of the moment. It couldn’t have been all bad all the time. Otherwise, nobody would bother getting married. With that said, a good pre-nup is essential.

  2. Why do I get the feeling Philip has some strong view on male-female relations that he is fighting hard to blurt out a rant on, or has he already written it up somewhere ?

  6. I ask because Phil is further along in the years now and, as much as he write, I’ve never read a story of his that involves relations with a woman.

    Or, perhaps, Phil is devoted to a life of abstinence, or self-fidelity?

  7. Maybe you never browsed his PhotoCD image directories (nicely auto-thumbnailed, I’ll add) back when it was photo.net, but I can assure you he at least has an appreciation for the female form.

  9. I think it is funny that so many commenters on this blog believe that they understand my deep hidden motivations but when it comes to answering basic questions such as “gay or straight?” they can’t figure it out.

  10. Phil, I’m not sure you even have any deep hidden motivations. On the whole I find men fairly simple creatures. We women are typically much more conniving and complex at least when it comes to romantic relationships. As for what I am able to figure out from your blog/pics/writings: You LOVE dogs. You like the ladies.

  11. Have any of you considered that Philip might just be too polite to talk about the ladies in his life in such an un-chivalrous manner? That’s my “intuitive” thought for the day.

  12. Don’t give up your day job for one as a movie reviewer…..IMHO, Wedding Chasers was a solid “C”.

  13. No one has said they understand anything, we are just curious. But if you want opinions, you are definately straight, in fact i think you are a total ladies man. 🙂

  14. I too am inclined to believe that Phil is straight (though I wouldn’t be disappointed if he weren’t). I wonder though about his non-response. Perhaps he will not dignify the sweltering question with a response?

  15. Chuck, what you’re demonstrating is nothing more than society’s pressure to make sure that every eligible man is supporting a woman through marriage, alimony, or government transfer payments. Failing to do so gets a man labeled childish, commitment phobic, or gay by people such as yourself.

  19. Plus, he used to be shacking up and gettiniton with Eveander (young web chicky, not Holyfield). I even remember something about a razor being shared! Their “joint venture” turned into a threesome (foursome?) and large sums of money were exchanged before the partnership was dissolved. I may be crossing plotlines here, it’s all very hazy…

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