Okay. So you’re asking your self why The Soulless Machine is reviewing 27 Dresses. Well, I like weddings and movies about weddings. It is one of my dirty little secrets.

I have a big extended family. I’ve not been able to make all of my cousins’ weddings, I just have too many. However, I made it several. They’ve all be wonderful. I might not be the most sociable. I’m an introvert after all.

I’m not sure why weddings make me happy. Most are audacious and expensive, a waste of money that could go towards helping the new couple start a new life together. However, all the smiles and dresses just do me in. I can’t help but be happy along with the couple.

When I was in college, one of the summer jobs that I had was working the sound system for Beloit College Chapel. I don’t remember how many weddings there was that summer, but they were all fun to watch. My favorite was an African-American jazz-style wedding where the procession danced down the isle.

My special day was August 28, 2005. I wore a tux-suit and my bride, 9to5 Poet a stunning white dress. We had been together since late 1997. What took me so long to pop the question? We just weren’t ready, everything in its own time. However, my love for her was constant. Our ceremony was everything that I wanted and more.

When I asked my wife to bring 27 Dresses home from the video store, my wife said that she the clerk that her husband requested it. The clerk gave her a funny look. I really enjoyed the movie. My wife must not have been in the mood for a romantic comedy; she did not really like it.

I liked all the dresses and acting was good (not great, but good enough). The wedding scenes were great. I let my mind relax and enjoy the movie for what it was: a 2-hour advertisement for the wedding industry.

My wife, after the movie was over brought me back to reality. The women in the movie were stereotypical. They fulfilled the classic three roles that women play in romantic comedies. There is the slut that likes to pick up one night stands at the reception. There is the bitch that does not care about one or anything except what she wants. And then there is the good girl who is confused and in love with someone who is incapable of returning her affections.

I would also add that the men were also stereotypical clods. There is the one that can’t see the woman who is in love with him or in this case he does see it and abuses her affection by asking for unreal expectations in the office. Then there is the romantic hero who is has been hurt by a woman in the past and now treats women and weddings like they don’t really matter.

Still, I like wedding movies and when I think back over viewing it, I enjoyed it completely despite all it faults and stereotypes.

So, if you love weddings or know someone who loves weddings, you can’t really go wrong with this movie.

The Soulless Machine