{"id":50744,"date":"2018-02-19T02:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T15:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/movie-wedding-myths\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T21:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:47:22","slug":"movie-wedding-myths","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/movie-wedding-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie wedding myths: six ways the movies got weddings all wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we have been to any weddings ourselves, we are exposed to the magic of weddings through television and movies. Many brides can still remember their favourite gown from a movie they saw when they were seven years old, such as Molly Ringwald\u2019s bridesmaid dress from \u2018Sixteen Candles\u2019 or Julia Roberts southern belle from \u2018Steel Magnolias\u2019.<\/p>\n

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We often grow up believing that weddings all go a certain way, because the wedding clich\u00e9s form the movies keep repeating it over and over again and get stuck in our heads. When we see a wedding in real-life, it is surprisingly different, with thankfully a lot less drama, catastrophe and confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Easy Weddings we want you to rest assured that what happens in movie weddings very rarely if ever happens in real life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the top movie wedding myths<\/h2>\n

Seemingly limitless budgets<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong:<\/b> Father of the Bride (1991), Steel Magnolias (1989), My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding (1997), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1995)<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing you will notice first is that movie weddings seem to have an endless budget because literally no expense is spared in putting together this wedding. Hundreds of people are invited, the parties and events seem to go on for days, the entire house and backyard are completely decorated with draping curtains, a billion fairy lights and flower bouquets, and probably some peacocks or swans. There are sumptuous buffets with grand ice sculptures and copious amounts of alcohol. <\/span><\/p>\n

In real life, not everything will be able to look so picture perfect. You will probably have one reception event, possibly a breakfast the next day, but no other events and shindigs. Your reception venue will look gorgeous, but not have a billion fairy lights or peacocks, and your home will still look exactly like your regular old home. Even when paying around $50k to $70k on average, brides today will not be able to replicate the neverending grandeur of some movie weddings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If anyone here has any objection\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong: <\/b>Four Weddings and a Funeral (1995), The Sweetest Thing (2002), The Graduate (1967), Wedding Crashers (2005), Sweet Home Alabama (2002).<\/span><\/p>\n

In the middle of almost all movie weddings, there is a point where the celebrant\/minister says \u2018If anyone has any objection that these two should not be married\u2026\u2019 and then inevitably someone leaps out of the crowd and shouts, \u2018Because the bride is in love with me!\u2019 or \u2018Because the groom is already married!\u2019 or \u2018Because half of the bridal party are vampires!\u2019. Without fail, when this question comes up, someone will interrupt proceedings and everything goes haywire.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in Australian weddings there is a line similar to this, it is not legally required and most weddings won\u2019t include it. Civil ceremonies don\u2019t have to, but you still might find some more traditional priests asking if anyone objects during a church wedding. You sign a document in the lead-up to the wedding stating that there is no legal impediment to your marriage, so asking random people at the ceremony does not really carry legal standing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Being left at the altar<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong: <\/b>Serendipity (2001), The Wedding Planner (2001), Runaway Bride (1999), Sex and the City (1998), The Wedding Singer (1998)<\/span><\/p>\n

For some reason, in most movie weddings, one member of the couple is not really in love. They might have been kidnapped and been forced to go through with it (The Princess Bride (1987), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), it might have been an arranged marriage, or somebody just realised that they are in love with someone else. In The Runaway Bride, Julia Roberts left three different men at the altar, just because she was scared to commit.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in real life, weddings sometimes get cancelled because the couple breaks up, it really doesn\u2019t often happen at the wedding ceremony itself. The chances that you will be left up at the altar alone are slim to none. If you or your husband is not fully into this you will probably have some inkling of this beforehand and should talk it out before the big day arrives. Especially if you want to get some of your money back from the reception or honeymoon. And don\u2019t kidnap someone and make them marry you, this never works out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Drama breaking up the wedding<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong: <\/b>All of them<\/span><\/p>\n

Movies don\u2019t really show weddings that go completely smoothly from start to finish. The point of movies is to throw in a bit of conflict, or comic relief. Normal, sensible, uneventful weddings would be kind of boring up on screen. So, every movie wedding throws in drama; someone will object or be left at the altar, weather will destroy the ceremony (Forces of Nature (1999)), there will be a love triangle (My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding, (1997)), two brides will start a fight (Bride Wars (2009)) or someone will be drunk or drugged (Sixteen Candles (1984)).<\/span><\/p>\n

The biggest drama you will face in real life is that a vegetarian didn\u2019t get their ordered meal, or the florist used blush roses instead of baby pink, or you get a stain on your dress from makeup. There will be little hiccups on the day, and it might help to accept this beforehand, and just tell yourself to go with the flow and enjoy the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the bridal party (usually the groom) goes missing<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong:<\/b> The Hangover (2009), Forces of Nature (1999)<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not because of cold feet, but some other interference. In movie weddings, the term \u2018fashionably late\u2019 is sometimes stretched out to its full extent as the wedding is delayed by a missing member of the bridal party (usually the groom). In these weddings, the missing person will turn up late and everything happens smoothly after that.<\/span><\/p>\n

This literally never happens in real life. Some people might be late, and everyone waits for them, and there is no drama at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Buck\u2019s night the night before<\/span><\/h3>\n

The movies that got it wrong: <\/b>The Hangover (2009), Bachelor Party (1984), Last Vegas (2013), Mama Mia (2008), American Wedding (2003), Very Bad Things (1998)<\/span><\/p>\n

In movie weddings for some reason, the buck\u2019s night\/stag party happens the night before the wedding. It makes sense I guess that the groom\u2019s \u2018last night as a single man\u2019 (seriously though, what is he going to get up to??) will be his actual last night as a single man. So in movies, the bridal party turn up hungover, go missing, accidentally kill someone at the buck\u2019s party and so on, and then drama will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

In real life couples with any sense do not hold their buck\u2019s\/hen\u2019s night the night before the wedding. There is simply too much going on that close to the day, and no one wants to deal with that kind of hangover while saying their vows. The \u2018last big hurrah\u2019 is usually a weekend leading up to the wedding day, with plenty of time for hangovers and any other regrettable decisions from the night before. And in real life, the groom very rarely uses this as an excuse to get up to no good anyway, because he loves you and is looking forward to a life with only you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So there you have it, the top movie wedding myths blown apart. Hopefully, with this information, you can go into your own wedding day a bit less stressed. If you can think of another movie wedding we haven\u2019t included, comment and tell us all about it!<\/span><\/h4>\n

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