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Anastasia 1997 Animated Movie: Reasons to Like the Anya and Dimitri Romantic Relationship

2019-02-03T17:29:00.002-08:00

The Anastasia 1997 animated movie (#ad), produced by Fox Animation Studio and distributed by 20th Century Fox, is based on the myth or rumor that the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the ruler of Russia, managed to survive the shooting of the Romanov family.

What's there to like about the romance or romantic relationship between the main character and her love interest in this film?

*Warning for possible spoilers for this fictional fantasy movie

Love at First Sight in Anastasia

When Anya, the title character meets Dimitri, the main male character, in St. Petersburg, Russia, it’s definitely not love at first sight, which is absolutely refreshing to take note of because there are so many stories where you see the main couple immediately getting together after they just met, which isn’t believable in the least.

Get to Know Each Other First Before Jumping Into a Romantic Relationship

With Anya and Dimitri, we can see how their relationship evolved as they slowly got to know each other and as they slowly fell in love with each other.

At first, they didn’t exactly get along. The only reason they were even traveling together was because Dimitri needed someone to pretend to be Anastasia, and Anya needed to go to Paris to find any information about her family.

The two argued and quarreled a lot, but the audience can easily see the chemistry between them especially with how they interacted and acted around each other when they started to become friends until they were well on their way to becoming a couple.

How to Make a Love Story Believable?

But none of that happened overnight, and that’s yet another thing that makes Anya and Dimitri’s love believable. The passage of time in the movie made it possible to show how the two slowly and gradually started to fall for each other.

At first, we see them arguing and not exactly getting along and then, later on, after they had time to get to know each other, we see them about to kiss.

The fact that Anastasia and Dimitri (#ad) had to travel from Russia to France really allowed the film to present the couple’s love in a believable and realistic way. We saw their route via the map, and we saw how they had to travel by train and by ship before they can even get to their destination.

All this indicates that the 2 had all that time to get to know each other and start to fall in love with each other so the audience wouldn’t think that it only took the 2 a day or so before they were already ready to become a couple.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What about you? What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment or by answering the poll below.

*Notes:
- Originally published on my Soyuz Mir Tumblr blog. I've decided to import it here as a backup copy
- YouTube video features the trailer for Anastasia
- Text was added to pic using Canva
- Pics are from Amazon.com; links shown above

Reason Why You Should Dislike Movies With Unpredictable Plots

2019-01-28T09:44:00.001-08:00

When you’re watching a movie, do you try to predict what will happen next based on what you’ve seen so far?

The challenge that movies have is to not be too predictable because where’s the fun in that if you can already tell what will happen next, right?

Movies with Predictable Plots are not Always a Bad Thing

Sometimes, even if the movie can be a bit predictable when it comes to its plot, it can still be interesting and enjoyable especially if its cast of characters are all likable.

While a film might try to be unpredictable and offer its audience several twists and turns, it shouldn’t overdo this in such a way that would make whatever incident it shows its viewers come across as unbelievable or unrealistic within the context of the movie.

Movies Should not Overdo the Surprises, Twists, and Turns

In other words, a movie shouldn’t have events transpire or occur just for the sake of being unpredictable and wanting to surprise the audience. Events should happen because they’re supposed to and because this is part of the natural progression of the plot.

For example, characters should not just die or be killed off just to surprise the viewers. If a character’s life must end, it must be because the plot demands it and because it really is the character’s time to die.

It could be because the character has a terminal illness or some other reason, as long as it’s believable and realistic and logical in terms of the movie’s plot.

For instance, it wouldn’t be strange if a character is assassinated all of a sudden if the earlier parts of the movie had established that this person is being targeted by assassins, or that someone has ordered this character to be killed, or that someone has a reason to want to kill this character.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

So, what about you? Do you prefer movies to be predictable or would it be better if they’re unpredictable? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize possible plots of a story or movie – the 2 figures who appear to be fighters could win or lose against their opponents
-Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above and via the Native Shopping Ads widget
-YouTube video features the trailer for the 2013 Japanese drama film entitled Angel Home (Kuchizuke); this was chosen because this is a very good example of a film with an unpredictable plot. However, for this movie, the story or plot actually worked in its favor
-This was originally published elsewhere

Tangled Disney Movie Review: Things to Like and Dislike About This Film

2019-01-18T06:43:00.004-08:00

Tangled (#ad) is a 2010 animated musical fantasy-comedy movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the fairy tale of Rapunzel.

I found the film to be pretty enjoyable and interesting, but I thought that it could have been so much better. What’s there to like and dislike about this adaptation of the Rapunzel story?

(*Warning for possible spoilers for said movie)

Good Things About Tangled

The movie started out so nicely, presenting a riveting storyline and managing to create a seemingly unique perspective on the aforementioned fairy tale, what with the magical flower and Rapunzel’s magical hair, among other things.

There were a lot of very humorous and amusing moments, but there was action and adventure too, all of which really blended well in the film.

Rapunzel and Gothel’s Relationship

I found the mother-daughter relationship between Rapunzel and Gothel to be very believable. It really seemed like Gothel truly loved and cared about Rapunzel, so much so that I don’t think I would have minded much if that was really how it was.

Gothel’s actions just appeared to be that of an overprotective parent who was really concerned and worried about the safety of her daughter, which made sense especially considering the magical hair and how there really were people who would want to take advantage of Rapunzel for that.

The Climax = Epic Fail?

However, while the beginning of the story was perfectly fine, I thought that it fell flat near the climax and especially during the parts where the film was about to end.

This was where things started to become very disappointing and where the Tangled movie could have been so much better.

Rapunzel Discovers the Truth About Her Mom

The way Rapunzel found out that she wasn’t really Gothel’s daughter and her subsequent reaction to this news seemed to have come from out of nowhere. This happened so fast that it just didn’t seem believable at all.

It’s like she was just looking at the symbols when, seemingly all of a sudden, she already knows the truth. Her reaction to this discovery also didn’t seem believable to me.

Previous scenes showed just how much she loved Gothel and how worried she was about disappointing her, but now it seemed that she had gone from being the loving daughter to hating her mother in practically 5 seconds flat.

No more than just a few scenes ago, Rapunzel was so happy to see her mother coming to her rescue, but now she suddenly hates her. How could she suddenly hate the woman who had raised her and whom she had been with practically her entire life?

What about all the times that the two of them spent together? The movie gave the impression that those weren’t exactly bad times for Rapunzel and that she really did love her mother, so how could she easily forget or discard that?

Flynn Looks for Rapunzel

After this, the disappointments just seemed to pile up though there was a good scene wherein the thugs from the bar show up to help out Flynn who now goes off to see Rapunzel. The last time the two saw each other, Rapunzel fully believed that Flynn had abandoned and left her.

Understandably, she should be angry with him for this. So why was she happy to see him when he showed up? How come she was no longer mad at him? How did she know what really happened unless Gothel explained things to her? But then why would Gothel tell her about that?

Why Did Rapunzel Have to Lose Her Hair?

Flynn gets hurt by Gothel, and Rapunzel insists on helping him. The outcome is that Rapunzel’s hair ends up getting cut thanks to Flynn. Why did this have to happen?

Her long, golden hair was one of the things about her that really made her stand out. This was part of what made her Rapunzel, but now her hair gets cut and she’s suddenly a brunette.

How the Villain Was Defeated

The film added more disappointments in the way the villain or antagonist was ‘defeated’, if you could even call it that.

You would have thought that this should have been harder, and yet Gothel didn’t even seem like a threat now even though in earlier scenes, she certainly appeared like she could be very threatening and you wouldn’t want to cross her.

Her defeat hardly made much sense. How could she age so rapidly just because Rapunzel’s hair had been cut? It made it seem like she needed to have the hair wrapped around her all the time when that hadn’t been the case at all.

Best Part of Tangled

Overall, I found the beginning of Tangled to be the best part of the film while the ending was rather weak and pretty disappointing.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What about you? What are your thoughts and opinions on the Tangled movie? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by lilie-morhiril (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image was chosen because it features Rapunzel from Disney’s Tangled
-The rest of the pics are from Amazon.com; links shown above and via the Native Shopping Ads widget
-YouTube video features the trailer for Tangled
-This was originally published elsewhere on 15 October 2015 at 4:29 PM

The Frog Prince German Movie Review

2018-10-12T13:36:00.004-07:00

I found this unfinished post in this blog's (Movies Meta) drafts list. The post's last updated date is listed as September 22, 2016 11:02 AM. Yep, this has been sitting on my drafts list for practically forever already. It's definitely time I got 'round to publishing this.

Besides, like I mentioned in my other blogs, I have a lot of unfinished posts stored on the drafts pages of my numerous blogs (particularly Tumblr and Google Blogger). I'm now trying to finish all these articles, so I can publish them already and decrease the number of my drafts.

Anyway, this review is for the German version of The Frog Prince (#ad) movie. The title is Der Froschkönig / Žabí král (1991). My thoughts, notes, opinions, and commentary will be listed below in no particular order.

Prophecy

This movie talked about a prophecy, which I found pretty interesting. This was mostly because there was no prophecy plot point in the original fairytale. I'm always interested in seeing new things being done with fairy tales whether they're retellings or not.

This is because I know the basic story already, so I'd like to see what the creators of the film could come up with. It's always a plus to be able to inject some originality and creativity into a story.

Say No to the Love at First Sight Trope

I was pleased to see that the prince and princess actually got to meet before the prince was turned into a frog. I thought this could give them the chance to get to know each other before they ended up together.

I thought this could be a way to avoid the love at first sight trope, which I'm not overly fond of. So I was really disappointed when this movie still ended up going the love at first sight route. Sigh.

In the beginning, I thought it was going pretty well. The prince was getting attracted to the princess' beauty. The princess was spurning him and she even slapped him. But then the prince was suddenly like "kiss me", and then it all went downhill from there.

Why Did the Prince and Princess Fall in Love?

The prince and princess danced, and, suddenly, it was like Cinderella with the Prince Charming - they fell in love. But all I could think of was why?

Then the prince got turned into a frog, and, again, seemingly all of a sudden, the princess was like "I'm in love with the prince." So she refused to get married unless it was to the prince. I keep having to ask why?

When did she fall for him? How did she fall for him? She was deeply hurt, even crying, when she caught the prince kissing some other girl. The prince betrayed her by doing that, and yet she still loves him anyway.

Sure, this is sweet and all, but, unfortunately, it's just not believable because the two hardly know each other.

Then there's how the princess was like "he gave me his word, he will be back", and I'm just like "the prince is a liar". The audience saw how he kissed that girl, and he even bet that the princess would dance with him.

The prince is a charmer for sure, but, seriously, I still don't know what the princess saw in him. So he's complimenting her beauty. So what? Is that the only reason she likes him? Just for that? I mean, they hardly talked.

They didn't even get to meet up at the forest because the princess ran off when she saw the prince kissing this other girl. In short, their love was unbelievable.

Unlikable Main Characters

Also, I didn't think the main characters were all that likable, especially not the prince. He was arrogant, and he liked messing with people. He even kissed that other girl. The princess saw, so she cried and was all jealous.

The Problem With Royalty Refusing to Get Married

The princess refused to get married for the sake of the kingdom because she's in love with the prince. I guess the audience is supposed to see this as romantic. But, for me, all I could think of was that she was being incredibly selfish by doing this.

I mean, she's not just some girl. She's the princess. She has responsibilities. So the people being mad- I thought they had the right to be angry. Because the princess was only thinking about herself and her personal needs.

As the future ruler of the kingdom, she should be thinking about the people too. She should be doing what's best for them.

But, no. She even had the gall to look all scared. I wish she would look at this from the point of view of all those people. Their lives were at stake. And it seemed like their rulers didn't care or couldn't care less about them.

The King and Queen

Surprisingly, the king and queen in this movie actually love and each other and were pretty decent rulers. This was quite refreshing since the usual trope or plot point had one of them either:

hating the princess
wanting to force the princess to marry
was a bad ruler
etc

Apart from the queen and king being decent rulers and actually loving each other, it was also refreshing and interesting to see that they care about their daughter.

It was sweet how they didn't force her to get married even though the people were pressuring them to do so. They do seem to care for the people, but they obviously love their daughter too. They don't want to force her.

This is nice and all, but, as mentioned above, they're the rulers, so they also have to think about the safety of their people. They have a responsibility to take care of their people.

What's up With the Fairy?

I didn't really get that fairy thing- that woman who cursed the prince to be a frog. It was like she showed up out of nowhere.

Of course, I'm all for her turning the prince into a frog. He totally deserved that for being so arrogant. He was such a bully. He was just plain bad.

The Golden Ball

I thought it was nice how the king was the one who gave the golden ball to the princess. But what came across as contrived was how the princess was suddenly in the habit of going to the forest with the ball.

Actually, that can be forgivable. It can be explained that she decided to go to that particular spot because that was where the prince was last seen. The reason she's clinging to the ball could be because it reminded her of the prince. After all, the king was saying something about that before.

But what needs to be explained was why she only threw the ball near the last part. There were several scenes wherein we see her in the pond. She's just sitting there with the ball. But she never threw it until that last scene.

Why did she suddenly decide to throw it and play with it? How come that only happened in that last scene? That bit seemed to come from out of nowhere. It didn't make sense at all. Seriously, what was up with that?

Other Plotholes in the German Frog Prince Movie

Another thing that didn't make sense was the frog. When the prince realized that he'd been turned into a frog, why did he stay in the pond? Why didn't he leave?

It couldn't be because he couldn't leave because we saw him leave later, so we know it was possible for him to leave.

So why did he stay there for so long without doing anything? He could have tried to find a way to change back instead of just lying there and doing nothing.

Then when the princess showed up in the pond, how come the frog prince didn't talk to her? He could still talk, so how come he only talked to her when she lost the golden ball? Why didn't he talk to her the first time she showed up? Why did he wait? Does that make sense or what?

Your Thoughts and Opinions

So, what about you? What did you think about this movie? How would you rate this film? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
- Image is from Amazon.com; link shown above

Why Being Forced to Date Is Disgusting and Not Romantic?

2018-08-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

Also known as, "What would you do if you were forced to date someone?"

I saw some scenes from this movie, and it really pissed me off. Why?

What happened in the movie?

There was this guy standing on the edge of a building, ready to jump to his death. He wore a sign. Can't quite remember the exact words, but it basically boiled down to, "Go out with me, or I will jump down from this building and kill myself."

Naturally, a crowd had gathered to watch the spectacle. The girl this guy wanted to date was also there. Every single person amongst the crowd was pressuring her into saying yes to the guy already.

The girl clearly looked conflicted. But you could see that the pressure was getting to her. Everyone there was making her feel guilty with their words.

The guy who wanted to date her moved even closer to the edge of the building. He looked like he was about to topple over any second now, which just added more pressure to the girl.

In the end, the girl yelled, "Stop," just before the guy could jump.

The next scene showed the 2 of them together. The girl was introducing the guy to her family as her boyfriend while the guy had a smug smirk on his face.

After that, I just couldn't watch it anymore.

With the way the entire scene played out, with the way the girl was forced to date the guy, he might as well have threatened her with a knife especially considering what little choice she got. Worse, people actually cheered for this guy, who has absolutely no sense of respect for women, and basically helped him guilt and pressure the girl into agreeing to date him.

What to hate about this scene?

What's not to hate? How could this scene ever be considered right? The guy claims to love the girl, but if he really loved her, then why would he force her to go out with him? Why would he resort to trying to guilt her and pressure her into going out with him?

To make things worse, everyone present in that scene was on the guy's side. They all thought the girl should say yes to him and stop him from jumping.

And, sure, the guy shouldn't kill himself and all that, but why should the responsibility to stop him fall on the girl?

Shouldn't the girl get a choice on who she does and doesn't date? It's her life. Why should she be forced to date a guy she doesn't like just to stop him from killing himself?

Someone there should have called the police or the firemen to try and get the guy down from the building.

Real love is earned, not forced or coerced

The girl shouldn't have been made to do something she clearly didn't want to do. Honestly, someone should have told the guy to grow up, to accept the girl's choice even if it wasn't him.

If he really loved her, he should have been able to let her go, should have been able to let her be happy, should have been able to let her decide things for herself instead of being forced and guilted into it.

Is that a smirk or what? The guy in the movie was looking all smug too when he finally got the girl to go out with him. He was smirking and looking so pleased with himself while the girl was forced to introduce him to her family as her boyfriend. He has no right to claim he loves her when he doesn't even respect her and her right to choose and feel how she wants to.

Taking away someone's right to choose is NOT romantic

As if that wasn't enough, the movie clearly thought this was romantic. It was obvious from the get-go that these 2 were going to be the end couple, which just made me hate it even more. How could this be touted as true love if the guy couldn't even respect the girl he supposedly loves? Ugh.

You'd feel all the more infuriated when you see the guy's smug smirk while the girl was introducing him to her family as her boyfriend. He looked so pleased with himself since he got what he wanted, so much so that I had the urge to wipe that smirk off his face.

Guys like him are completely horrible and despicable. Am I the only one who thinks this scene isn't at all romantic? Am I the only one who thinks this can't possibly be classified as true love? Am I the only one who felt so bad for the girl since she didn't get a choice in this at all?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

Brian Leverton wrote on 30/10/16
Well we all should be free to do what we want but definitely not to use guilt in love.

Bozena Wojtaszek wrote on 20/10/16
Old good rule comes to mind - we don't negotiate with terrorists, period.

Luciaanna Luciaanna replied to Bozena Wojtaszek on 21/10/16
So true, Bozena

*Notes:
- This was previously published on Niume on 18 Oct 2016 in Movies & Series
- First pic with added text was modified by Freya Yuki using Canva based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Second pic is by cabepfir (CC:BY-ND) from deviantArt
- Third pic with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) using Canva based on the image by lilie-morhiril (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt

The Wedding Singer Movie Review: Why You Should Watch This Romance Film?

2018-08-17T15:02:00.003-07:00

The Wedding Singer 1998 (#ad) American romantic comedy film is about the title character whose name is Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler). He becomes understandably depressed after he's left by the one who supposedly loves him.

He meets a charming and beautiful waitress named Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore). She may be the right one for him if they manage to get past the obstacles in their way.

The Wedding Singer is funny and romantic

This film isn’t a comedy in that you won’t be laughing out loud at regular intervals, but there are a number of pretty amusing scenes that can bring a smile to your face. The Wedding Singer can be described as sweet, romantic and even heartwarming.

The romance between the 2 main characters is developed in a believable and realistic way. They fall in love gradually. They don’t suddenly develop feelings for each other in the very first moment that they look into each other’s eyes.

Even the supporting characters (like Rosie (played by Ellen Albertini Dow)) make the film more interesting and amusing. Some of these minor characters can be quite adorable as they add more depth to the scenes that they appear in.

Misunderstanding scene is believable

There’s a misunderstanding scene between the 2 main characters (the part where Robbie goes to talk to Julia, but isn’t able to because of what he sees) that is done in a way that doesn’t seem contrived.

Airplane scene is enjoyable

Some scenes (like the airplane scene) might come across as unbelievable and yet it doesn’t detract from the story as these just make the movie much more enjoyable, amusing and touching.

Some characters are unlikable and horrible for plot convenience

However, The Wedding Singer isn’t without its flaws. The main characters were involved with other people even before they met. Of course, it’s a given that these people are not the right ones for them.

But the film should not have turned these people into unlikable characters just to get Robbie and Julia to leave them and get together instead.

It’s perfectly possible to ensure that the protagonists end up together instead of with their supposed significant others without giving those people a nasty and bad personality.

Making these people horrible and mean just makes parts of the movie unbelievable and unrealistic because it makes viewers wonder why and how Robbie and Julia could have gotten involved with these kinds of people in the first place.

Nonetheless, regardless of these flaws, the movie is still pretty good and it’s something that you can choose to watch if you’re looking for something romantic and heartwarming and yet with enough amusing scenes that can make you grin or smile.

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about all this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a message in the comments section.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Couple in the image is meant to represent Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer

How The Wedding Singer Movie Failed To Make Glenn Likable?

2018-07-10T10:59:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film)

The Wedding Singer (#ad) is about 2 people who thought they’d found the love of their lives, but they eventually end up getting together due to some circumstances.

How can Julia fall in love with The Wedding Singer if she’s engaged to Glenn?

Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, is engaged to be married to this guy named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave).

The moment we saw her and Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, meet, we can already tell that they’ll eventually end up together. The question now is how Julia can fall in love with Robbie even though she was all set to get married to Glenn.

Don’t turn Glenn into an evil character for plot purposes

The challenge for The Wedding Singer is not turning Glenn into a horrible and unlikable person just to give Julia a reason for leaving him and choosing Robbie instead.

In another article, I talked about how and why the movie didn’t succeed in that challenge. But is it really impossible to keep Glenn a fairly likable character while still getting Julia and Robbie to fall for each other?

In the beginning, Glenn wasn’t a bad character

The answer is no, and, actually, The Wedding Singer was already showing that it can do that, which is why it’s unfortunate that it had to change its course and turn Glenn into a cheating, selfish, and horrible person just to get him out of the picture.

It’s okay if you’re not yet ready to get married

For example, when Glenn said something along the lines of having to marry women in order to stay with them, that could be interpreted or seen as him simply not being ready for marriage yet.

That could also explain why he proposed to Julia but didn’t set a date for their wedding yet. There’s nothing wrong with that since it’s understandable that some people need more time before they can be ready for married life since, after all, this is a life-changing decision.

How Glenn showed that he really loves Julia?

When Glenn agreed to the kind of wedding that Julia wanted, instead of just having the two of them go to Las Vegas like he wanted, because that was what would make his fiancée happy, it showed that he does love her and care about her.

This particular scene showed him being understanding, considerate, and unselfish as he considered Sullivan’s feelings and made a decision that would make her happy.

Wedding preparations

It was understandable and believable for Glenn to not be all that interested or into planning weddings, even his own, because there are people who can find this a daunting task and would really rather let others handle it for them.

But the fact that he didn’t help Julia with the wedding preparations even though he knew it would make her happy could be a sign that he’s just not that into her. After all, if he really loved her, it could be argued that he’d do things that he might not want to do just because he knows it will make her happy.

Julia and Glenn are incompatible

These kinds of things can already help show that Julia and Glenn are just not that compatible with each other. If The Wedding Singer continued to show us scenes that conveyed the incompatibility of the two with each other or that they’re much too different to be together, then it can easily make the audience believe that Julia falls out of love for Glenn and starts falling for Robbie instead.

All that can be achieved without having to turn Glenn into a cheating, unlikable, and generally horrible person. He didn’t need to undergo a complete personality makeover just to give Julia a reason not to love him anymore. Because if Glenn was that kind of mean and nasty person, then what reason did Julia have for falling in love with him in the first place?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about all this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a message in the comments section below.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Julia and Glenn since the figures appear to be a couple and yet they don’t seem to be all that close considering how they’re not really looking at each other
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer
- This was previously published elsewhere

Reasons Why The Wedding Singer Movie Is Believable And Realistic

2018-07-01T19:46:00.001-07:00

(Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film, which is about a guy who is looking for love after his heart is broken)

Passage of time

One of the things that I liked about the The Wedding Singer (#ad) movie was the way that it handled the passage of time. It was able to make the events that transpired seem realistic and believable because of the way that it showed the audience how much time passed.

How long should depression last?

For instance, Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, was very depressed when his fiancée, Linda (played by Angela Featherstone), didn’t show up at their wedding. As a result, he didn’t act like his usual self for quite a while. And that’s a good thing because this makes the story seem believable and realistic.

It’s great that Robbie didn’t suddenly get over his depression and his misery at having Linda leave him. Instead, it took him several days before he started being his usual self again. Even then, there were still traces of how he felt when the incident in question happened.

The Wedding Singer has a believable love story

Another thing that makes this film commendable in terms of the passage of time was how Robbie and Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, didn’t suddenly fall in love with each other.

Instead, this happened gradually. They started out as friends, and, as they got to know each other, they became closer until they really started falling in love.

That made their romance believable and realistic because Robbie was still trying to get over his failed relationship with Linda so it wouldn’t be right for him to just suddenly fall for someone else so soon after he’d just been dumped.

As for Julia, she was currently engaged to this guy named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave) so it wouldn’t be right for her to suddenly fall in love with someone else.

After all, why else would she agree to marry Glenn if she didn’t have feelings for him, right? So it was important to show how Robbie was slowly getting over Linda and how Julia was slowly falling out of love for Glenn before the 2 of them could end up together.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent the 2 main characters in The Wedding Singer movie, Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from the aforementioned film
- This was previously published elsewhere

Happy Gilmore 1996 Sports Comedy Movie Review

2018-06-29T21:01:00.001-07:00

This 1996 sports comedy movie is about a guy named Happy Gilmore (#ad) (played by Adam Sandler) who wants to be a hockey player. But he apparently has a talent for playing golf, and he ends up playing said sport due to some unforeseen and unexpected circumstances.

Extremely funny, laugh-out-loud movie

If there’s only one thing I can say about this film, it would be that it’s funny. It’s really very funny and humorous and that’s not an exaggeration at all. There are many scenes in this comedy that can really make you laugh out loud.

A notable mention would definitely be that part where Happy Gilmore tells a golf ball to go home and demands to know why said golf ball refused to follow his orders (trying to keep this spoiler-free, so the lack of details and explanations is intentional).

Heartwarming, touching scenes

While Happy Gilmore is a really fun and happy movie, it also has moments that can be quite touching such as the scenes that show the love of a grandmother and grandson for each other, and the things that a grandson is willing to do and sacrifice for the sake of his beloved grandmother.

Realistic movie

This movie even showed some realism like how the protagonist doesn’t instantly become good at playing golf overnight and doesn’t easily beat his opponents who have been playing golf for years.

Happy’s clearly got some talent at it, but he has to hone it and keep practicing and actually learn how to play the sport before he can hope to win and get first place.

Believable romance in Happy Gilmore

It’s also interesting to note how romance took a backseat in this film. There was some romance, but it wasn’t center-stage. The focus was really on the sport as well as the grandmother and grandson. This was fine though because it made the romance between the 2 characters seem believable. They didn’t get together right away.

It took a bit of time though it did still seem a bit fast, but, with the way the movie presented it, it could come across as the 2 characters in question still getting to know each other better since it wasn’t like they were getting married or declaring their undying love for each other and that added to the realistic aspect of the film.

All-in-all, Happy Gilmore is a very fun movie, and, if you want a laugh, a smile, and if you just want to be cheered up after a bad and stressful day, you can try watching this film and just enjoy yourself and allow the story to tickle you and make you laugh.

*Notes
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by hayashinomura (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize how funny and humorous Happy Gilmore is since the figure in said image is smiling happily
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the trailer for aforementioned film
-This was previously published elsewhere

Happy Gilmore 1996 Movie: Why Happy Didn’t Help His Grandmother?

2018-06-27T20:38:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for the Happy Gilmore 1996 sports comedy movie)

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about an aspiring hockey player who actually ends up playing golf due to some unexpected and unforeseen circumstances.

If someone is threatening you, what should you do?

What is the right thing to do in such a situation? If you were given the chance or opportunity to do so, would you tell someone you love and trust that there is a person who is threatening you?

Happy Gilmore and his beloved grandmother

In the Happy Gilmore film, we get introduced to the title character who had to bring his grandmother (played by Frances Bay) to a nursing home because her house and things were taken from her by the IRS. Happy thought and expected that his grandmother would be treated well in that place and that no harm would come to her.

Unlikable character in Happy Gilmore

But the guy (named Hal L, played by Ben Stiller) who runs the nursing home is a despicable and horrible person who has no qualms mistreating the elderly people there and making them knit things for him so he could sell them and profit from them. In short, he’s completely, absolutely, totally horrid, and he really needs to pay for his evil deeds.

Why did Happy’s grandma listen to the threats?

Anyway, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler) had no idea what was really going on in that place. When he visited his grandmother, she had the chance and opportunity to tell her grandson what was happening, but the guy who runs the nursing home was secretly threatening her so she wouldn’t say anything.

When that scene happened, I wondered why the grandmother didn’t tell Gilmore anyway even if the guy was threatening her. If it was just the 2 of them in her room, she could have the time to properly explain things to him and let him know what Hal was up to, and he wouldn’t be able to interfere since the grandmother and grandson were having a private conversation.

Happy Gilmore could have helped his grandma

As soon as Happy knew the truth, I was sure he would have taken her away from that place right away, and the guy would never have been able to carry out his threat to hurt her if she blabbed about what he was doing. So, it seemed that there wasn’t anything that could happen to her if she told Gilmore what was going on.

Would Happy Gilmore ever think that his grandma was lying to him?

Then, I considered that, perhaps, the grandmother thought that Happy wouldn’t believe her words or that the guy might be able to make it seem to Gilmore that she was just making things up because she was old or something like that.

I didn’t think Happy Gilmore would believe others over his own grandmother (especially since we saw how much he really cares about her and how much he loves her), but maybe that was just what the grandmother thought and that was why she didn’t tell her grandson what was happening.

I still wish that she had though so she didn’t have to stay in that horrid place for a moment longer and so the other old people there could be saved from Hal and so that he could be held accountable for his despicable actions.

What do you think? Could this particular scene in the movie be done differently? Was it right and believable for Happy’s grandma not to tell him what was going on even though she had the chance to do so?

*Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize what one can do when they are being threatened – try to fight back and don’t be silent
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore film trailer
-This was previously published elsewhere

1 Reason To Dislike Happy Gilmore 1996 Movie

2018-06-25T09:02:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for the 1996 Happy Gilmore sports comedy movie)

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about a guy who finds he’s got some talent at playing golf and ends up playing said sport for the sake of his grandmother.

Villains should pay for their crimes

In a film you’re watching or in a book that you’re reading, when someone does something bad, or when you see or read about the antagonists hurting the protagonists and doing all sorts of evil and horrible things and committing all manner of crimes and the like, don’t you want these villains to get their comeuppance, their retribution?

Don’t you want these people to pay for their crimes and misdeeds? Don’t you want the heroes of the story to be able to defeat these characters or send them to prison or something? The same thing can be said in the Happy Gilmore movie.

The bad guy in Happy Gilmore

When we got introduced to the guy (named Hal L, played by Ben Stiller) who runs the nursing home where the main character, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler), had to take his grandmother (played by Frances Bay) to and when we found out exactly what this guy was up to, what did you feel?

Did you start hating on this guy who was clearly doing something wrong and illegal? Did you want him to pay for his crimes and get punished for his wrongdoings? Who wouldn’t be displeased and annoyed and miffed at what this guy was doing to the old people in that nursing home?

What Happy Gillmore should have done to the antagonist?

Honestly, I thought Happy would eventually end up beating this guy up or something especially since Gilmore did seem to have some violent tendencies (we all saw how he tended to punch people and get into fights with them). If nothing else, I thought that Hal would at least get in some sort of trouble because of what he was doing.

Not all the villains in Happy Gilmore are punished for their mistakes

Unfortunately, nothing of the sort happened. It was really great when Happy Gilmore was able to take his grandma away from that nursing home, but I really didn’t like how the guy who ran that place didn’t get any retribution or comeuppance for all the things that he did.

He’s despicable, and he should have been imprisoned or something because of what he did. I don’t get why the film just let that part go. Shooter McGavin (played by Christopher McDonald) got his comeuppance for the things that he did, but why didn’t Hal get anything at all?

It was infuriating to think that he was still running the nursing home and was still mistreating the elderly there. What about those old people? Why couldn’t they at least have been saved from him like how Happy's grandma was saved?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about this? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
-Image was chosen because the figure looks as if she’s going to avenge someone or make the bad guys pay for their crimes
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore film trailer
-This was previously published elsewhere

Results Of The Anastasia Movie Rating

2018-03-30T06:42:00.001-07:00

I added a ratings capsule or widget to this post about the Anastasia 1997 animated film (#ad) produced by Fox Animation Studio and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie is based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and how she might have survived the Romanov massacre.

This pic shows Anya or Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the main character of the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox, and Dimitri, her love interest

The post is about how believable and realistic it was for Anya, the protagonist, to learn how to be a Grand Duchess so quickly. It used to be published on HubPages, but I decided to delete it from that site and post it here on Movies Meta instead.

Below, you can see the results of the ratings capsule for the article in question:

So, how 'bout you? What do you think about this movie? How would you rate it?

*Notes:
- First pic is the cover of the Anastasia movie from Amazon.com; link shown above
- Second pic is a screenshot from my HubPages account

Anastasia Animated Movie: Reasons Why Grand Duchess Anya Is Believable?

2018-03-19T06:32:00.003-07:00

Anastasia (#ad) is a 1997 animated film produced by Fox Animation Studio and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The main character of said movie is Anastasia (also known as Anya), and she just so happens to be a Grand Duchess.

Why and how is it possible for Anya to learn how to be a Grand Duchess so quickly? Is this realistic and believable?

*Warning for possible spoilers of the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox

The story of the Anastasia movie

This animated film is actually based on the myth or rumor that Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, was able to survive the Romanov massacre.

Anya, the main character

An incident in Russia causes Anya to lose her memories

In this movie, we are introduced to Anya (voiced by Kirsten Dunst (child) and Meg Ryan (adult)), the main and title character. She lost her memories and was unfortunately separated from her family when she was very young.

The only clue that Anya has and her reasons for wanting to leave Russia

The only clue that she has as to the whereabouts of her family is thanks to a locket. This locket has the words "together in Paris". Believing that she can find her family and her true identity in Paris, France, Anya wants to go there.

Anya is the main character of this 1997 animated movie by Fox Animation Studio. The guy beside Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia in this pic is Dimitri, the Russian guy who wants the money that the Dowager Empress is offering, but ends up falling in love with the protagonist instead

Anya meets 2 Russian men: Dimitri and Vladimir

Anya meets Vladimir (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) and Dimitri (voiced by John Cusack) in Russia. These 2 have the means of getting her to Paris.

The Russians are looking for an Anastasia look-alike in order to fool the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (voiced by Angela Lansbury).

Marie is looking for her granddaughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and is prepared to pay a huge sum of money to whoever can reunite her with her long-lost granddaughter.

Dimitri and Vladimir want this money. Seeing that Anya looks so similar to the real grand duchess, they convince her that she just might be the Dowager Empress' granddaughter. Since the 2 men are heading to Paris where Marie is, Anya agrees to go with them.

Anya learns how to be a grand duchess on short notice

Vladimir and Dimitri teach Anya everything that they know about Anastasia to ensure that the Dowager Empress will fall for the ruse.

By the time they arrive in Paris, Anya knows all there is to know about being Grand Duchess Anastasia. As such, she is able to easily answer all the questions thrown at her by Sophie (voiced by Bernadette Peters), Marie's lady-in-waiting and first cousin.

Sophie was tasked by the Dowager Empress to test all the women who claimed to be Anastasia since there were many who merely pretended to be the grand duchess just so that they could get the reward money.

This is the official trailer for the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox Animation Studio

Why and how is this believable and realistic?

At first glance, it may seem unbelievable and even unrealistic to see how quickly and easily Anya was able to know and learn all these things about being Anastasia in such a short period of time.

After all, is it really possible for someone to know everything there is to know about a person? How does the Anastasia animated film manage to make this part believable and realistic then?

The answer lies in the way the passage of time worked in this movie. This made all these things seem plausible, realistic, and believable.

Traveling from St. Petersburg, Russia to Paris, France

Anya, Dimitri, and Vladimir didn’t get to Paris, France in one single day. It took them quite some time before they arrived at their destination and before they got to meet up with Sophie and the Dowager Empress.

They were in St. Petersburg, Russia at first. Then, they had to ride a train and they even had to board a ship before they could finally arrive in Paris, France. This meant that Anya had all that time to learn all the things that she needed to know about Anastasia.

Importance of time and the truth that Anya is Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia

This meant that Dimitri and Vladimir had all that time to teach Anya all the information that she needed to know. Anya also had all that time to learn how to act and be like Anastasia.

The fact that Anya really is the Grand Duchess Anastasia also helped because this meant that she already knows all the things that Dimitri and Vladimir are telling her about.

It’s just that, thanks to her amnesia, she couldn’t recall anything. However, the memories were still inside her even if she couldn’t remember them. She just needed a little boost to help her remember everything.

What do you think?

So, what about you? What do you think? Do you agree that it was believable, possible, and realistic that Anya was able to learn how to act like Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia so quickly and easily? Or do you think that this was unbelievable and that it doesn't make sense?

*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- This was previously published on HubPages in 2015

Why You Will Think Of A Movie Trailer When You See This Free Beer Commercial?

2018-02-10T06:47:00.001-08:00

This beer commercial actually stars American actor David Duchovny (#ad). He’s well-known for his role in Californication and The X-Files TV series.

One of the unique things about this commercial is the fact that it's NOT an American commercial and yet it stars an American actor. This is actually a Russian commercial. It's for the Russian beer brand known as Siberian Crown (Сибирская Корона (read as Sibirskaya Korona) in Russian Cyrillic).

In the commercial, David wonders what his life would have been like if he’d been born in Russia, if he were Russian. In the end, he says that there are many things that Russians can be proud of. Check out this post for more info about the commercial.

Thoughts on the Siberian Crown Russian beer commercial starring David Duchovny

I thought it was an okay commercial, but it was kind of long. In fact, if you didn't know from the beginning that this was a commercial for beer, you would have thought that this was actually a trailer for a movie.

Why you'd think this is actually a movie trailer and NOT a commercial?

It's not just because of the length of the commercial. It's also because the Siberian Crown beer only shows up twice in the whole video (at the beginning when David Duchovny orders beer at the bar and at the end when he gets the beer he ordered) even though the entire thing should have been all about it.

The logo itself can only be seen at the end. So, it's pretty hard to see what most of the so-called commercial has to do with the Siberian Crown beer. I talk more about this issue in this post here.

Controversy and Criticism

There's also a lot of controversy and criticism surrounding this commercial and David Duchovny, considering what has happened in the world (such as the Malaysian Airlines MH17 tragedy, which is being blamed on Russia, and the crisis in Ukraine).

What's your opinion?

So, if you’ve seen the Russian beer commercial, what did you think about it?

If you haven't seen the commercial yet, here's a YouTube video:

Note: yes, it's a commercial for Russian beer, but this particular video includes English subtitles. Plus, since it actually stars an American actor, most of the dialog is in English. There's Russian Cyrillic too for those who can read and understand the aforementioned language.

*Notes:
- Pic is by Bernt Rostad (CC:BY) from flickr
- This was previously published on Niume on November 21, 2016

Why This Movie's Romantic Plot Will Surprise You

2018-01-16T15:14:00.000-08:00

Also known as, "Why this movie annoyed me at first?" and "Why you don't need to be with your first love?"

So, I saw this movie, not that I was intending to watch it or anything. It was more of just flipping through the channels and coming across said film.

A cliché love story

Anyway, the story’s pretty cliché. Girl falls in love with boy. They end up together. They break up. Years later, they meet again and they end up having to work together. You know where this is going, right?

Once upon a time, the girl and the boy were together. But they broke up. The boy moved on and is now very happy with someone else. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said about the girl.

The girl is still in love with the guy and wants to get back together with him, but the guy already has a girlfriend. Said girlfriend is conveniently not around at the moment though. You know, so the two ex-lovers can spend more time together. Cliché? Yeah, I know.

The movie really makes you think the 2 will end up back together, which ~~is not nice in the least~~ makes for a bad plot. Okay, scratch that. I would have used a strikethrough, but it looks like the Niume editor doesn't have that feature. Or am I just missing something? Oh, well-

Edited to add: Niume may not have this feature, but the Google Blogger post editor sure does, so, here, have a strikethrough.

Anyway, it's not just "not nice," it's horribly cliché in an annoying, unoriginal and uninspired way, like, can't they come up with something a little more different? How many times has this entire scenario played out? Seriously?

How could cheating on someone you love ever be a good thing?

We soon meet the girlfriend and she’s actually nice. What’s not nice is how her boyfriend is cheating on her behind her back. The nerve and the gall of that guy especially considering how nice and kind his current girlfriend is. How infuriating.

What I did like was that the movie actually gave the girlfriend a pretty likable personality. Usually, the current girlfriend will be shown to be a bad person and one who is clearly not good for the guy just so the guy can end up back together with his first girlfriend.

The guy's girlfriend was actually pretty nice and kind, which was rather surprising since, usually, the current girlfriend will be turned into an unlikable person just so the guy can get back together with his first love.

I don't like that because why do you have to turn a woman into some evil devil or something just to justify the romance between the main characters? It should be perfectly possible to have the guy get back together with his first girlfriend without turning his current girlfriend into a horrible person.

This reminds me of The Wedding Singer movie. In the beginning, the ex of the main male character played by Adam Sandler was portrayed as a likable person. She just wasn't right for the hero of the story, and that was perfectly okay. However, unfortunately, instead of sticking to this, the movie ended up turning the ex into an unlikable character just to create more tension and conflict.

Why would you break up with the person you love?

Anyway, we soon find out that the girl (the first girlfriend) started this mess. She’s the one who broke up with the guy and left him without explaining anything. Now she wants to get back together with him. Seriously, what’s wrong with her? They don’t deserve each other.

Movies shouldn't be so predictable

I keep expecting the 2 to end up back together and the girlfriend to be left all alone. I know, why am I still watching it, right? I don’t know, but I assure you, I was flipping through the channels a lot especially since some parts of this movie take way too much time (for example, when the guy and girl were talking to each other, that scene took forever to finish, I swear).

In the end, this movie turned out to be a pleasant surprise

Guess what, the movie wasn’t so annoying after all. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised when the guy and girl didn’t end up back together. That’s right. You heard me. The guy went back to his nice and sweet girlfriend, and, as for the girl, well, she finally moved on.

Why can't people be single and happy?

I’d say she’s happily single, but the movie seems to think she can’t be truly happy without a guy because the end has her meeting several men. Ugh, I hate that trope.

I'll talk about it more in another post, but, seriously, how come people need to be with someone just to be happy? There are some who choose to be single and are perfectly happy to be single. There's nothing wrong with that, right? What do you think about all this?

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

Zack Plourd wrote on 27/10/16:
This is a great opinion piece. But what's the name of the movie?

Freya Yuki replied to Zack Plourd on 29/10/16:
Thanks. Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch this movie from the beginning. I discovered it while I was flipping through channels, so I didn't get the title.

*Notes:
- First pic is by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Second pic is by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- This was previously published on Niume on October 25, 2016

Happy Gilmore Movie: Why Characters Need To Die And How To Make Death Scenes Believable?

2017-04-10T04:31:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for the Happy Gilmore 1996 sports comedy movie)

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about an aspiring hockey player who finds that his talent lies elsewhere and who ends up playing golf for the sake of his grandmother.

Happy Gilmore = so funny that no words can describe it

Happy Gilmore is such a laugh-out-loud humorous film (seriously, you might just find yourself laughing at so many different parts of the movie) that it can be hard to believe that something seriously terrible and horrible could ever happen in said movie.

Who is Chubbs?

The storyline introduces us to this character named Chubbs Peterson (played by Carl Weathers) who is a former golf player. He was pretty well-known and he was a brilliant golf player, but he had to cut his career short thanks to having one of his hands bitten off by an alligator.

That’s bad and unfortunate, of course, but the movie manages to present this in a humorous and funny way that you can’t help but either smile or laugh or do both.

Funny scenes with Chubbs in Happy Gilmore

It seems almost like a joke, like this incident is just for comic relief purposes especially when we see scenes like having Chubbs’ fake wooden hand get run over by a car or having him shake hands (with the fake hand, of course) with the title character (Happy Gilmore) and having said wooden hand get broken, making it seem like his real fingers got damaged.

Is what happened to Chubbs a necessary evil?

As such, it can be easy to forget or simply overlook what happened to Chubbs. It’s too bad that he can’t play golf anymore, but he’s not the focus of this film and his main purpose seems to be to just teach Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler) how to play golf so what happened to his hand seems to be a necessary evil.

After all, if his hand hadn’t gotten bitten off by an alligator, he would undoubtedly still be busy playing golf and would thus have no time nor the interest to teach Happy about the sport or to even convince or talk Gilmore into playing said sport.

Death scene in a comedy movie! Who would have thought?

With all that said, who would have expected that Chubbs would actually die just because he’d already fulfilled his apparent purpose in the film?

When the death scene in question was actually happening, I thought this was yet another way to make the movie funny and to get the audience to laugh or smile. The scene didn’t even seem dark at all.

When Chubbs fell out of the window, I didn’t think he would actually die. It seemed like this was going to be played for laughs once more or that, even if he were to get badly injured, he’d just end up getting hospitalized and that he wouldn’t actually die.

Realism in Happy Gilmore

It’s really sad and seemingly unbelievable that he had to die especially since this film is supposed to be a comedy. And yet I thought that this added realism to the story and made it more believable.

I mean, if someone fell out of the window, they’d either die or get horribly injured. It’s also possible that Chubbs got a heart attack after seeing the head of that alligator.

So it makes sense that he died even if we’d rather that he was alive and well instead. What did you think of that death scene in the movie? Do you think it fits? Do you wish that Chubbs hadn’t died?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by sinvia (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Chubbs falling out of a window since the figure in said image also looks as if she’s falling
- First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore trailer

Happy Gilmore Movie: How To Prove You Love Your Grandmother?

2017-04-04T04:30:00.001-07:00

(Warning for possible spoilers for the Happy Gilmore 1996 sports comedy movie, which is about this guy who starts playing golf for the sake of someone he cares about even though his passion is really to play hockey)

The Happy Gilmore (#ad) film may be a comedy (and it’s really quite hilarious and funny), but it also has a number of heartwarming moments. Those scenes may not make you shed buckets of tears, but that doesn’t make them any less touching.

Happy Gilmore really loves his grandmother

Since we got introduced to the title character, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler), it was quickly established that he really loves and cares about his grandmother. This fact was quickly proven so many times during the course of the film.

We saw how upset Happy was when his grandmother’s things and house were taken away by the IRS, so much so that he even punched the guy that was telling him about this (admittedly, it does seem like he’s got some violent tendencies, but that still shows his love for his grandmother).

Happy even offered to let her stay at his place when she had to leave her house. He was reluctant to leave her at a nursing home.

He was even willing to pay extra money just to ensure that she was treated in the best way possible (not that that worked out too well, but let’s not get into that now). He was also very determined to acquire the money he needed in order to get back his grandma’s house.

And that was why he started playing golf even though he knew nothing about the sport and what he really wanted to do was play hockey. He even found the time to visit his grandmother at the nursing home.

What is love?

Is it playing a sport that you don’t even like for the sake of the one you care about? Or is it giving up playing a sport you’ve come to enjoy?

One of the really admirable things about Happy Gilmore and what really showed his love for his grandmother was how he was willing to give up playing golf just so he could get her house back.

By that point in the movie, he was already a bit into the sport and he was already dating Virginia, the main female character, who wanted him to stay in the golf tournament.

So it really said something with how Happy was willing to give up so much and sacrifice so much, all for the sake of his grandmother and seeing her well and happy. What do you think about this?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by mikanxsakura (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Happy and his grandmother
- First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore movie trailer

Why The Death Scene In Happy Gilmore Movie Is Believable?

2017-03-28T04:29:00.001-07:00

(Warning for possible spoilers for the Happy Gilmore 1996 sports comedy film)

Also known as, "Why Chubbs will always be remembered?

Short synopsis of Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about a guy who finds out that he is actually talented at playing golf. He ends up playing the sport, even though he wanted to be a hockey player, due to unforeseen circumstances.

If you’re dead, no one cares about you anymore

Sometimes, when you’re watching or reading something, don’t you feel that some characters end up being forgotten by the other characters?

For instance, if a character dies, other characters might mourn for a while, but they’ll soon move on and practically forget that this dead character previously existed.

This really makes it seem like said character died just because the plot demanded it or just to have something dramatic and unexpected happen or maybe even just to show that anyone can die in this show.

If the viewers or readers themselves end up forgetting those dead characters or don’t like those dead characters enough to care who thinks of them or what happens to them, then it’s not so bad to have the other characters forget this person because it won’t be noticeable.

But if that’s not the case at all, then the audience might wonder why the other characters have already forgotten about this dead character and they might think that whatever they’re watching or reading isn’t all that believable. This is why it’s worth noting how the Happy Gilmore film dealt with a dead character.

Who is Chubbs?

Chubbs Peterson (played by Carl Weathers) is a former golf player who had his hand bitten off by an alligator. Later on, when he saw the head of said alligator, he got so terrified and scared that he fell out of a window. He either died because of a heart attack or because of the window fall.

Chubbs’ purpose in the movie was to convince the protagonist, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler), to start playing golf and then to teach him how to properly play said sport. He died when his purpose was seemingly apparently already fulfilled.

Chubbs may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten

However, even though he died, he wasn’t forgotten. I like how Happy didn’t forget about Chubbs even after the funeral. He talked of dedicating his playing at the golf tournament for Chubbs. When he was thinking about his happy place, Chubbs was a part of that.

Even at the very end of the movie, Chubbs was still present and that’s great because that prevented his death from feeling like a cop-out, like something that had to happen for the sake of a few moments of drama (in the form of the funeral scene) in a movie that’s supposed to be funny. What do you think about this?

*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features the trailer for the Happy Gilmore film

Reasons To Like The Romance In The Wedding Singer Movie

2017-03-22T04:28:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film)

The Wedding Singer (#ad) is a love story between two people who are unable to find the love and happiness that they seek with their supposed significant others so they try to find it elsewhere.

The main characters will become a couple in the end

The moment that we were introduced to the two main characters, Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler) and Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), I knew that they were going to end up together. It didn’t matter that we just found out that Robbie was about to get married and that Julia was engaged.

Somehow, you just know that the two were going to fall in love. The question now was just how the plot would bring those two together while the challenge was making their romance believable and realistic.

The Wedding Singer love story is believable

The film did a pretty okay job with that actually. The 2 didn’t fall in love all of a sudden or right away, which was only right since they were still currently involved with other people.

When Robbie and his fiancée, Linda (played by Angela Featherstone), broke up, he didn’t suddenly fall in love with Julia right away. Understandably, he was depressed about what happened and he wasn’t ready to fall in love yet.

He needed time to get over what he just experienced. And Sullivan needed time to fall out of love with her fiancé, Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave), before she can fall in love with the wedding singer.

Get to know each other first before falling in love

The 2 started out as friends. I like how the movie showed them taking the time to get to know each other. We saw scenes of them hanging out and spending time together. These scenes made it easy to see how and why they began to fall in love with each other.

Robbie was looking for something or someone to fill the hole that Linda made when she left him while Julia was looking for someone to help her plan her wedding until she realized that the guy she was marrying wasn’t the right one for her.

The Wedding Singer was able to show the passage of time in a believable and realistic manner so that it didn’t seem like Robbie and Julia wanted to get together so soon after they just met.

There was that initial attraction, but the way that they fell in love was a gradual thing that took time to blossom and be nurtured into something special and wonderful between the two of them. What do you think about the romance between these two?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer

How The Wedding Singer Movie Makes You Believe In True Love And Happily Ever After?

2017-03-16T04:27:00.001-07:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film)

The Wedding Singer (#ad) is about this guy who gets his heart broken, but who eventually meets someone that makes him happy and that he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

The Wedding Singer is pretty funny

The Wedding Singer isn’t really a comedy, that is to say, it’s not something that will make you laugh every other scene or at regular intervals, but it does have some pretty amusing scenes that, though it might not make you laugh out loud, can bring a smile to your face.

Who is Rosie?

One of the characters that does a really good job of making you smile is Rosie (played by Ellen Albertini Dow). She’s really quite adorable and amusing, so much so that every scene she appears in can really make you grin.

She’s a friend of the title character named Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler). She may be old, but she’s still so energetic and lively and even feisty. She takes singing lessons from Robbie so she can sing for her husband during their 50^th wedding anniversary.

Rosie will make you smile

Rosie’s appearances in The Wedding Singer may be meant to get the audience to crack a smile (like when she puts meatballs on Robbie’s bare hands or pretty much anytime she opens her mouths and talks, really), but, much more than being so adorably amusing, I found her character to also be really sweet and heartwarming.

It’s in the way that she took the effort and the time to learn how to sing for her wedding anniversary. This really shows that she’s very happily married and that she really loves her husband very much.

True love is possible as The Wedding Singer shows

And that’s so sweet and heartwarming because Rosie and her husband show that it’s possible for a couple to stay together through thick and thin. They can grow old and yet still live happily together.

The couple serves as a very good example for Robbie and Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character and Robbie’s love interest.

Don’t you want to grow old with the one you love?

This is why the song that Robbie sings for Julia about wanting to grow old with her is even more meaningful and poignant because isn’t that what most people would want?

Wouldn’t they want someone they can spend the rest of their life with and who would still love them and want to be with them even if they don’t look young and beautiful anymore?

Some might think that such a thing isn’t possible, but Rosie and her husband prove these people wrong as they defy the odds and remain happily married no matter what.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to symbolize Rosie and her husband because the couple in said image seem really close and look like they really love each other very much
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer Movie: 1 Way To Prove You Really Love Someone

2017-03-10T04:26:00.001-08:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film)

The Wedding Singer (#ad) is about 2 people who are missing something in their lives and get their hearts broken. Can they find the happiness and love that they seek with each other?

A believable misunderstanding?

Some movies or books have scenes wherein characters have a misunderstanding and they end up fighting or not talking to each other because of it.

Sometimes, such scenes can be done in a way that make them believable, but at other times, such incidents aren’t done well at all, so much so that you might end up questioning the event and wanting to know why things were done that way instead of some other way.

Misunderstanding scene in The Wedding Singer

A misunderstanding also occurs in The Wedding Singer movie, but this is done in a believable manner.

When Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, goes to see Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, to talk to her and tell her that he loves her, he catches a glimpse of her from her window.

She’s in her wedding dress and she looks so happy that it really seems as if she’s talking to someone, presumably her fiancé named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave).

As soon as Robbie sees that, he leaves, not bothering to try and talk to Julia because he sees how happy she is and he doesn’t want to ruin that.

But this is all one big misunderstanding because he got it all wrong. Julia is happy, but it’s because of Robbie and not Glenn. She is talking to someone, but that’s just her reflection in the mirror.

Reasons why this scene in The Wedding Singer is believable

With this incident, some might feel frustrated that the 2 didn’t end up talking and settling things between them at this point in the film.

And some might think that the wedding singer should have gone to see Julia anyway and should have tried talking to her so he could find out about the misunderstanding and be able to clear things up between them.

However, Robbie deciding against talking to Julia Sullivan in this scene is actually believable because this part helps to show just how much he really loves her.

He loves her enough to let her go, so when he saw how happy she was. He didn’t want to destroy that happiness or intrude in what appeared to be a very happy and joyous moment for her.

If he’d gone to talk to her anyway even after seeing such a scene, it would have shown and indicated that he was being selfish and that he was only thinking about himself and that he didn’t care if Julia got hurt or not. What do you think about this?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent the main couple in The Wedding Singer, Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from the aforementioned movie

What's Wrong With Robbie Hart Trying To Apply For A Job In The Wedding Singer Movie?

2017-03-04T04:25:00.001-08:00

(Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer (#ad) 1998 American romantic comedy film, which is about this guy who is heartbroken because of something that happened to him. He searches for love and happiness, but will he find what he’s looking for?)

The proper way to search for a job

When you’re looking for a job, do you stop trying to apply when the first place you go to rejects you? Or do you keep on trying, looking into other places where you might be able to find a job?

The Wedding Singer tries and fails to get a job

One of the scenes in The Wedding Singer movie involves Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, trying to get a job. Since he doesn’t really have any experience with this, he understandably fails the job interview.

Of course, that didn’t stop him from trying to talk the guy who interviewed him into giving him the job anyway or at least giving him some business cards.

Did The Wedding Singer really try his best to find a job?

After that scene though, I had to wonder if that was the only place where Robbie tried to get a job. If that’s the case, I have to wonder why he didn’t bother trying to get a job elsewhere.

Sometimes, one might get lucky enough to be able to get a job at the very first place that they apply to. But, at other times, one might need to apply to a lot of different places before they can get a job.

So, if Robbie was really determined to get a job and earn some big money to impress Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the girl whom he likes and loves, then why did he give up so easily after just one failure?

Why did he just go back home without trying out other places? Or is it that he did try other places but that he just didn’t get jobs there either?

This scene with Robbie trying to get a job and being interviewed seems to have been done only for comic relief purposes since said incident was kind of funny and this job thing isn’t really mentioned ever again (it’s pretty much forgotten in favor of other scenes) as the movie focuses more on other things. What do you think about it?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Anzel-X (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Robbie and Julia, the 2 main characters in The Wedding Singer
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from the aforementioned movie

The Wedding Singer Movie: Why It's Not Out Of Character For Robbie To Be Depressed?

2017-02-26T02:12:00.001-08:00

(Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer (#ad) 1998 American romantic comedy film, which is about this guy who has his heart broken, but, in the end, he finds what he’s looking for to make him happy)

Also known as, "How should a depressed character act?"

Who is The Wedding Singer?

When this film introduces us to Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the wedding singer, we can immediately see what kind of person he is. He’s a nice and cheery guy.

He makes people laugh and be happy, bringing joy to the people he sings for and talks to especially at the weddings that he attends.

In the very first wedding scene that we saw, Robbie was able to make sure the newlyweds didn’t end up fighting after the groom’s best man said inappropriate things.

He even managed to cheer up a sad Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, who worked as a waitress at said wedding.

How The Wedding Singer becomes depressed?

Things change when Robbie Hart is stood up at the altar and left by his fiancée, Linda (played by Angela Featherstone). He becomes very sad and depressed, which is completely understandable considering what happened to him.

Robbie’s actions reflect how depressed he really is

It’s interesting to note the striking differences at the beginning of the film before Robbie’s wedding and the part of the movie after the wedding scene where Linda doesn’t show up.

It’s like Robbie’s character and personality undergoes a complete makeover with how different he acts now. He sulks and mopes and lies around in bed all day, refusing to go to work for quite a while.

Then, when he does go to work, he manages to annoy and frustrate the people that he sings for, practically ruining the wedding reception of a couple. He sings songs that reflect how sad and depressed and miserable he feels (like saying that "love stinks").

At first glance, some might get the impression that this is out of character (OOC) for him, that he’s not acting like himself at all and that’s not how he should be acting.

While it is true that he isn’t acting like how he usually does, in this case, it’s not a sign of The Wedding Singer being OOC. It’s because of what he has experienced and what had happened to him that made him act this way.

When he started recovering and trying to move on from the incident in question, Robbie also started acting like his usual self again.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to symbolize the wedding singer being depressed because of what happened to him
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a short scene from The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer Movie: Why Would You Fall In Love With A Selfish, Unlikable Guy?

2017-02-20T02:11:00.001-08:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer (#ad) 1998 American romantic comedy film, which is about a guy who gets his heart broken but ends up meeting someone new)

What should happen before the main characters get together?

Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, meets Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, and you just know or it soon becomes clear that the two will eventually end up together.

But, before anything can happen between them, they have to deal with their respective supposed significant others first.

In Julia’s case, this would be her fiancé named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave). The 2 have been engaged for years before finally deciding to set a date for their wedding.

The Wedding Singer’s love rival should be likable

When Glenn was first introduced, he seemed like a nice and pretty okay person, which was how it should be. Gulia is supposed to be a likable character because, otherwise, why would Julia want to marry him? Why would she even fall in love with him if he’s a horrible person?

So the challenge now is to find a way for Julia to still end up falling in love with Robbie even though her fiancé isn’t really a bad person and isn’t really someone that one should dislike and hate.

This can be a difficult feat to accomplish, but it’s not impossible. Unfortunately, The Wedding Singer doesn’t manage that at all and that’s the problem with Glenn.

Glenn transforms into a horrible person

Glenn seemed like an all right person at first, but then his character just quickly turned into someone that was completely horrible. He had no qualms cheating on Julia.

He didn’t seem to care about her or even love her like when he didn’t even look the least bit concerned or worried when she got drunk.

Instead of asking how she was, what came out of his mouth was a plea for Julia not to puke in his car. He appeared to be too selfish and self-centered. He wouldn’t even give her the window seat on the airplane.

How in the world did Julia fall in love with Glenn?

It was these kinds of things that really made Glenn such a bad character that viewers will have to wonder what Julia saw in him in the first place and why in the world she would even think about agreeing to marry him especially since it was established that she wasn’t marrying Gulia for the money.

All this served to make the audience dislike and even hate Glenn. But it also makes some question Julia’s decisions.

And you just can’t help but think that Glenn is characterized in this way just so Sullivan would have a reason to want to leave him and to start falling in love with the wedding singer who was an infinitely better person when compared to Gulia.

That just makes the film fall flat though because it’s like the plot has to make one of the characters bad just to make the other character stand out more.

Do you think it’s possible for Glenn to be portrayed as a pretty nice guy, whom Julia could have easily fallen in love with, while still being able to get her to eventually fall in love with the wedding singer?

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Julia and Glenn since the figures in said image appear to be a couple and yet they don’t seem close at all with the way they’re standing beside each other but aren’t touching or holding hands
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a short scene from The Wedding Singer

How And Why Conflict 1945 Movie Reminds You Of Meitantei Conan Anime?

2017-02-14T02:10:00.005-08:00

(*Warning for possible spoilers for Conflict, a 1945 black-and-white suspense film noir made by Warner Brothers and parts of episode 1 and some of the general plot of the Meitantei Conan anime and manga series by Gosho Aoyama)

How is Conflict similar to Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan)?

Short synopsis of Conflict

Conflict (1945) (#ad) is a murder mystery movie. It tells the story of a man (named Richard Mason, played by Humphrey Bogart) who kills his own wife (named Kathryn Mason, played by Rose Hobart), but the question that the audience will be asking isn’t who committed the crime but on whether the criminal has executed the perfect crime and on whether the victim is actually still alive or not.

Short synopsis of Meitantei Conan

Meitantei Conan (#ad) is the story of a brilliant detective (named Kudo Shinichi) who solves all sorts of mysteries, including murder crimes.

The title character is a high school detective who ends up back in his childhood form (he takes on the name Edogawa Conan as a kid), due to certain circumstances, but who is able to retain his knowledgeable and skilled mind. He might currently look like a kid but his mind is still that of a very smart and capable adult.

Similarities between Conflict and Meitantei Conan

What similarities do these 2 shows share aside from the fact that both belong in the mystery genre? When I was watching Conflict, parts of it reminded me strongly of Detective Conan because of the striking similarity of some of the scenes.

Broken leg thanks to an accident

In the Conflict film, thanks to a car accident, Richard Mason, an engineer and the main character, breaks his leg so he is unable to walk for a while. When his leg heals, Richard pretends that he is still unable to walk even though the truth is that he can already walk with the help of a cane.

In episode 1 of Detective Conan, there’s this guy (he’s just a minor character that only appears in this episode and isn’t even named) who does the same thing that Richard does.

He gets his leg broken in an accident and he pretends to be unable to walk even though his leg is fully healed already. He even sits in a wheelchair to strengthen the lie.

Tell a lie to commit the perfect crime

Both this guy and Richard Mason have a very good reason for this pretense. They need people to believe that they’re injured and incapacitated in order to get away with murder. Both are planning to murder someone so they need an alibi to be able to avoid suspicion.

With a broken leg, who would suspect that they could actually get up and kill someone, right? Both might think that they’ve committed the perfect crime and even the audience might think so as well, but, of course, in the end, both of them are caught and exposed for the murderers that they really are as the truth finally comes to light.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by MizuSasori (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- The bandage on the figure’s arm is meant to represent the bandages that Richard Mason from Conflict 1945 movie and the guy from Meitantei Conan anime series used to pretend that they were still injured and incapable of moving around
- Pics are enlarged product images from Amazon.com; links shown above
- YouTube video features the Conflict 1945 murder mystery movie film trailer