Went to see "Greek" over Labor Day, laughed our behinds off. My wife, the Latin Bomb, is of Puerto Rican extraction, and with a simple switch of language, baby, I was THERE.
Scene from "Greek": Mother of the bride greets the fiance with "would you like something to eat?"
He replies, "No, we ate on the way."
Mother again, "Fine, I'll make you something!"
That IS my mother-in-law, folks.
Now as for the Count, actually took the 11 year old to that one. He a) loved the intrigue and the swordplay, and b) got the lesson at the end.
Then I ruined his world by telling him there was a book...
= )
This film has the best ever rendition of the girl-sees-boy-and-gets-stars-in-her-eyes scene. And much more.
I also like the backstory: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson went to see this when it was a one-woman play. They liked it so much, they bought it. When nobody in Hollywood would produce it (um, but see the article we are discussing here), they produced it themselves. (Rita is of Greek heritage and she said her own big fat Greek wedding was a total hoot). Cost about $10M to make and has earned over $110M. And still earning.
It's a nice story all around.
My husband and I stopped going to movies because we didn't like being Peeping Toms and paying money to watch people having sex. Recently we have seen a number of enjoyable films:
"Lord of the Rings"
"Mexico City"
"Brigham City"
"Black Hawk Down" (not for little kids)