Sunday, October 26, 2008

The feeling after seeing the movie-My Big Fat Greek Wedding

We saw the movie-My Big Fat Greek Family at our Basic English class on some Thursday in October. The heroine named Toula (Nia Vardalos) was born in a big Greek family. The thing that she was born in a big Greek family left a shadow on her mind. Toula must go to Greek school, must marry Greek boys and must learn to be a Greek woman. There are three things that every Greek woman must do in life: marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone.
Toula loves her family but she want to escapes from the family restaurant. She wants to change her life. Because all around her is Greek, Greek and Greek, that is enough to be a Greek for everyone. The only way her life will get better is getting away from her big, fat, Greek family. Then she sees the guy named Ian (Michael Constantine), who is tall and handsome. Toula is fascinated by Ian, but he doesn’t put the attention on her.
She goes to college to study computer and learn how to puts on make-up. Toula become beautiful and confident and get a job in travel agency. Fortunately, she meets Ian again! Ian discovers and fell in love with this transformed girl at first sight. They start to date with each other. Then, he proposed to Toula. But there is a big problem-he is not a Greek!
Toula’s family is a traditional Greek family. They dislike Toula to marry a xeno. Fortunately, Ina Miller is an east-going person and can easily accept different culture and unlike life style. He got baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church to be a Greek and agreed that the wedding would be Greek form to reach to their expectation. Ian can do everything for his lover. Due to Ian’s character, they got together to be the husband and wife.
Ian treats his lover’s family in an optimistic way, and never gives up their love because of Toula’s big fat Greek family. Frankly, there would be something difference, but it’s not the problem between the two people who fell in love. It’s not easy to find a man like Ian who is not a Greek that can accept such a big fat Greek family’s hysteria.
Toula’s father (John Corbett) loves Greek culture deeply, he always said “Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek.” I like the appearance that he takes windex to sterilize. It is so cute. He loves his daughter very much and wants Toula to be happy. But it seems to make a wrong method. Nevertheless, he gives the best gift at the end to his daughter- he let her go. He says a joke at their wedding” You know, the root of the word Miller is a Greek word. Miller comes from the Greek word "milo," which is mean "apple," so there you go. As many of you know, our name, Portokalos, is come from the Greek word "portokali," which mean "orange." So, okay? Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit.”
Toula’s mother is actually different from her father. She supports Toula to do what she wants to do and helping her when Toula’s father forbids she to do something just like go to college. Toula’s mother says a famous quote,” Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.” Toula’s brother named Nick also says a famous quote,” Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become.” And a joke,” I've never seen my sister this happy, Ian. If you hurt her, I'll kill you and make it look like an accident.”
It is a warm and funny movie and it is also the first movie I saw in English. I thought I will not be able to understand at first, but not thought I will be able to understand unexpectedly. Due to this time, I begin to want to see movie in English!

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