Patreon: / filmbrain See more at DailyMotion: www.dailymotion.com/FilmBrain =Originally uploaded August 18th, 2010; Re-edited version= Film Brain thinks this movie just takes the cake! Season 2, Episode 23.
Originally posted in August 2010, this video is a re-edited version (upscaled to HD) that runs 2m 59s shorter than the original. This episode has been extensively re-edited as you can tell, significantly cutting down movie clips, a few jokes that I don't think aged particularly well, and generally tightening up the pacing. In Welshy's cameo, I've fixed both the aspect ratio issues, and also tweaked the lighting in some shots. But the biggest difference may be one you'll hear: I've applied noise reduction to all the on-camera and voiceover segments to eliminate the miniDV camera and tape noise that was persistent many of the early episodes. This was something I learned from editing the Stormbreaker episode, where I needed to apply it to Dom's voiceover, and then I got the idea to use it on some of the episodes I was re-editing to see if it would work, and I wish I had learned to do this sooner. It's not perfect, and I've tried not to completely erase it so it doesn't sound too odd, but hopefully it is a major improvement, and will be applied on episodes going forward, both new and old. One thing that is super-awkward is that this movie has a lot of alumni from the podcast How Did This Get Made, which I quite like (it's certainly helped out some long train journeys) and discovered well after this review, but there goes my chances of ever being invited on that show... The reason the year is listed in the title is because this got a Chinese remake in 2015, that by all accounts is even worse than this one. This has been re-posted to tie in with the releases of both Ocean's 8 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, so enjoy!
Not gonna lie, Film Brain - out of all the rom-coms you've reviewed so far, this is hands down the worst one. Yes, even worse than The Ugly Truth. See, with The Ugly Truth at least there was an attempt at satire. The filmmakers failed miserably in that regard, but their intention was clear. Bride Wars, on the other hand, doesn't take place in any realm of reality. It relies on contrivances to tell its horrendous story because it knows that in real life the solution to the dilemma of Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson's characters would be a very simple but very effective one. The movie goes on and on and on about how these two are supposed to be the best of friends, right? Well, if this movie had any brain cells to rub together, and if Hudson's character really was a good friend (which she isn't, but I digress), she would've proposed a double wedding to Hathaway's character. That way, both of them would have their special days that they have dreamed about all their lives and what would make it even more special is the knowledge that one of them did something good for the other and helped her out in her time of need. And I'm just realizing that this would've made for a rather sweet and perfectly decent short film. But nope, we have to stretch this thin-ass premise to movie length and humiliate two talented actresses in the process and insult the audience's intelligence in the process!
my former best friend has terrible taste in movies he loves aaron seltzer and jason friedberg my former best friend told me my favorite ww2 movie is pure garbage and that movie is called saving private ryan he also hates my other ww2 movie and its called downfall
This movie sounds like an insult to womankind everywhere. I think the only thing that could've saved this movie is if their fiances' called them out on their shit and hooked up with each other.
I find this kind of "chick flick" movies more offensive than all the sexist comments I've read in RU-vid. I absolutely loath these movies that paint women as such insipid creatures. And what's worst is that these characters often display personality traits of the Dark Triad. Such awful, terrible people.
I couldn't agree more, and the fact that they're supposed to be marketed towards women just makes it all the more insulting. You don't see McDonalds commercials making jokes about all their customers being fatties who only eat there due to lack of self-control.
I hate these kind of movies in general. I'm a woman, and I act _nothing_ like this. Sure, I have a fair bit of girly moments (I wear the same black leather boots in every outfit I wear) but I'm not completely one-way; I play video games, I like action movies, I'm into car shows, etc.
Thank you. My girl would never lower herself to watch this nonsense...but yet this movie somehow made money. It wasn't men that went and saw this. So, why do women continue to support trash being made for them?
Having messed up my hair color once (they put the wrong color in the box) I happen to know they make hair dye remover. They could've just used that the same day to get rid of her blue hair.
dyeing back from blue (that has been on as if it was bleach/blonde, so longer than normal) to blonde involves bleaching, though - which could destroy her hair and turn it into string cheese or make it fall out - especially if she had weak or thin hair to begin with (which she probably has, since blonde hair is generally very thin compared with dark hair). It is never a good idea to put bleach on multiple times in one day. (... i dyed my naturally blonde hair dark green as a teenager and my parents made me go to a salon to remove the dye - still had greenish tint in the back where the hair was lighter from natural sun bleaching for months and every time my hair got wet it smelled like the remover, so i wouldn't recommend doing it o.O they didn't mind when i cut it down to 5mm, still don't know why they hated the green that much)
Seriously, they could have just had a morning wedding and an evening wedding and then had their own receptions at a later date. It's not like the reception has to be had the moment after the I Do's. This would have allowed both of them to have their moments and be at each other's weddings. The writers really should have made it so only one slot was available, although it's not that rare for people to wait up to a year after a proposal to have a wedding so one of them waiting for another slot shouldn't have been a problem at all. And even I know all this despite being a girl who has never had much thought to weddings! Think of how quick it would have been for the writers to think past this lame 'war' and think up a couple of decent problems.
You're assuming this was written by people who actually cared about the product. They probably just did the minimal amount of work possible to turn this crap in as quickly as they could. It shows.
If they had gone past the sabotage and/or collective friendship fallout that ensues in the movie and just have the nuptials together instead,then what was the issue? They could've done it together and would've saved some money,as you can see-Weddings are freaking EXPENSIVE,for god's sake! There,then the sabotaging and fighting wouldn't even have to matter-easy solution,dammit..! Eh..?!?
Very true, and of course would have made for a boring movie. Therefore, if they wanted a fallout and a 'sabotage the wedding' theme movie then why not go the rout of not having two bookings for one day? Or better yet why not have it so that Anne's character gets hit with an expensive problem and therefore can't afford the wedding unless it's on a specific day so therefore they have a reason to fight over something. I'm not saying the fight itself wouldn't be very petty, but you could at least sympathize with one of them in that case right?
You know the sad thing about this whole movie and it's "conflict"? It could have been fixed! Have the two weddings be at different times on the same date, make one get jealous of the others' more fancier wedding, replace most of the petty embarrassment attacks with more brutal sabotage like spiking the wedding cake and completely go with the black comedy satire Matt mentioned and the plot would have been fine! Sure, it might be crap but it would be a more watchable film than the film we got, especially towards the female demographic it was aimed at. Speaking of, women apparently hate this film. No joke. I found an online list of chick flicks that even women hate years ago and Bride Wars was one of them. Though i'm guessing if you one of those casual comedy movie watchers that just wants to laugh regardless of the movie's quality... maybe I could see a woman with a different mindset getting their kicks out of this...
about 2 minutes after the two guys started doing : the worm : , my brain checked out, and i think i started drooling on myself from lack of brain activity.
I'm a woman and I hate chick flicks. They are little more than sexist cliches that should have been left to rot in the 1950's, and constantly depict women as shallow harpies and shrieking idiots despite the fact that women are the target audience, and all male characters are either jerks or non-entities that could be replaced with store mannequins with zero impact on the plot.
4:49: Okay, first off: Who puts ice cream in the microwave to begin with...? Secondly: Even if someone DID, she put it on for 46 seconds at full blast. That's not defrosting it, that's a sugar soup.
Rae Johnson I assume the makers of this film thought that it was clever commentary that a wedding would drive friends into enemies, which is totally OK because they make up at the end when Anne Hathaway breaks up with Chris Pratt on the day of their wedding in front of all their family and friends. I don't know if I would have enjoyed a film where two women who are enemies fight over their weddings. I'm tired of the trope of women seeing each other as competition in movies.
They both wanted their best friend at their wedding as her maid of honor. But in true reality it's more then that. Emma acts like a pushover and Liv likes to control of everything. By the end of movie Emma has more a of a back bone now stands up for herself and Liv learns to give up more control.
I think it would have been better if it turned out that the anne & kate went through all of that conflict because of the sexual tension between them both, and they didnt realize that they were actually in love with each other, and in the end they hooked up and got married, the unnecessarily conflict between two apparent best friends would make more sense and we see a love making scene with Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.🤔
Christina Wilke To be honest when I saw the first trailer and saw their young selves pretending to get married, I was REALLY hoping that's what this movie would be about. Damn you Hollywood.
Smile Chris Pratt. Not only did you get to leave this movie early, nobody remembers it and can’t even stain your career with all your successes that overshadow it. Parks and recreation, Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, and getting Anna Farris pregnant
just another black man It's almost as if some people find her hot enough to comment on. Which is stupid, but not as stupid as the surprise you're implying. Also, their divorce was refreshingly free of scandal/drama.
I remember seeing this in a theatre with a bunch of little kids (because the film is PG) which probably made the syrup club scene very awkward for the parents to explain to their kids.
If I was writing this shit, I would have it be that they both get married to each other. Because it would be more interesting to say they’ve been friends for so long because they’re to nervous to confess their love for each other.
Think about it, the only reason a man like me would watch this when it was released is if I’m forced to see it, so seeing 2 women kissing would be my award.
I think this might've even been before Parks and Rec. Pratt's typecasting at that point had pretty much been season 1 Andy, so he was basically pigeonholed into shitty roles like this one
So, if Anne Hathaway's character is married to the BFF's bro by the following year, what happened to that "no June weddings available for 3 years" plot point? It's been years since I've seen this film, so does Hathaway's character just completely give up on her dream of a June wedding by the ending?
After this review I'm just going to re-watch Almost Famous and remember how much potential Kate Hudson's career had before she started saying yes to movies like Bride Wars. At least most of Anne Hathaway's movie choices are pretty good or at least tolerable.
Also Kate Hudson recently had Sia's movie Music in her filmography. You know, Sia? The successful Australian pop singer/songwriter of "Chandelier", "Elastic Heart" and "Cheap Thrills" fame? As well as writing hit songs for artists like Rihanna, Shakira and Ne-Yo? Yeah, well, she made a movie that starred that dancing girl who has served as her public face Maddie Ziegler portraying an offensive caricature of autistic people, and where Kate Hudson portrayed the older sister who becomes the caregiver.
My headcanon is the events of this movie are an alternate dimension which Star-Lord's soul is trapped in by Thanos via the Soul Stone and nothing more.
Couldnt they just share a wedding DAY and not get married at the same time? Cant they be like 5 hours apart? Talk about selfish women. I'm sure they could work something out other then hurting and hating each other
No because they wanted to be at each others wedding. Watch the film you'll find out some of the things he skipped over. The film is good if you have all the information not a shitty 20 min video
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 have u actually seen the movie? Do u know the things that happened that caused the bride war? There was so much information left out of the video. Like how there was a 3rd woman who was also trying to get a wedding day sorted and the receptionist messed up the booking date causing both the brides to fight
Thank you for pointing out which version of Pratt this is. So many comments are asking why he lowered himself to be in this movie because they don't remember the kind of roles he was getting circa 2008. Even Andy Dwyer is season 1 wasn't all that different from the douchey bf types he used to play
"I don't want a double wedding because I've shared everything with my best friend and I want just one day to be about me" First of all, it's a ceremony where you marry another person. It wouldn't be just about you regardless. Second, you both have different careers, so you must've gone to different colleges. Were your graduation ceremonies on the same day? Are your birthdays on the same day? This reasoning makes you sound like you're desperate for attention.
I hate-watched this with my partner and it truly was as horrendous as I expected. The only bright sparks were the secretary lady, Michael Arden as Kate Hudson's catty assistant, and a really good Duffy song that had no business being in this movie. The worst crime it committed was making me sympathise with a character played by Chris Pratt. PS the guy playing Kate Hudson's boyfriend is Kev from Shameless, and I almost didn't recognise him until I googled this movie.
I never understood why their super great lawyer tactic was to try and bully that woman into changing her date. Obviously you're not going to do those women a favor, they're treating you badly. If they came up to her and explained that there was a mixup, and they have both been dreaming about this since they were kids, then offered her the new date plus help covering her fees for switching everything (with help from the wedding planner since it's her fault) things probably would've worked out.
I agree with you, especially because the other bride doesnt state a reason, why she wont switch, so there is no particular obstical to overcome. I realize that switching your wedding is an incovinience but if someone explained it to me and offered me help and money, like you said I would probaly do it...
"If the next available dates weren't until three years from now, then why were there bookings for this year?" Well... I'd imagine the two that backed out had brides like these two. Which meant the grooms were smart and called it off before making a get away out the window and escaping to Mexico. XD
7:18 Because deep down they don't want to marry their boyfriends they wanna marry each other. Hey do that for the overly manly men I can do that for the extreme girly girls.
10:25 - It's pretty gross that none of Emma and Liv's friends say anything about how stupid they're being. Shows what company they keep as shitty people!
One very high scriptwriter: "Quick, one of our characters is a lawyer, what do those sound like!?" Someone with a hint of reason still unburnt by years of drug abuse: "Ummm, you do realize YOU are writing the story, if you don't know how they sound like - change it." Someone who just woke up from a fever dream with their pants peed wet: "Ummm, "Legally, de facto, I'm like a law person and I do law but judicially it is now hammer time." " Scriptwriter: "I'm a genius!" The guy who actually wrote that: "I actually wrote that line of dialogue." Satan: "Yes, but your heart attack from all the drugs is coming in 3...2...1..." "You can have it as my last will." ~ Potty pants' final words
It's not like studios have armies of lawyers that they could just invite over to lunch and ask, "so, does this dialogue make even a shrew's left testicle worth of legal sense?"
It's no secret that many women can turn into bridezillas when planning their wedding day. But the real reason behind this behavior may be rooted in the fairytales we grew up with. From a young age, we were taught to dream of finding our own prince or princess and living happily ever after. These fairytales often depict a perfect and beautiful wedding, which can become ingrained in our minds and lead to the desire for perfection on our own big day. And when things don't go as planned, it's easy to become a bridezilla.
This film was baseline comedy, and also - even though it wasn't written or directed by him - had that Judd Apatow era problem of just like, "Well, we've got a script, but we don't look at it; just say what you want, and we'll cut around it." And what you end up with is 89 unfiltered minutes, where not every joke lands.
you know, I miss old slasher movies, now that halloween, it and child's play coming out, I wish the genre would stay for the next generation that would not grow on ghost movies and haunted houses.
why does the wedding day matter? have they already bought their marriage license? don't they still need to technically get a divorce? or were they going to get it after the ceremony? i don't understand weddings lol
I saw the trailer when it first came out and "boring" and kept walking. Yet it was a hit. Then again so was the "50 Shades" franchise and I found it entertaining. Though both were equally unrealistic but, when the guys did all the heavy lifting...I'd realized I was ready for 50 Shades 4 (rumor has it!) I need a vacation. I like the Film Brain site and look forward for more reviews on movies I avoided and may watch after all. Oh, I like your accent where're you from?
Fun fact: this movie is rated PG. Yes, you read that right. This has male strippers and a story that CLEARLY is aimed at an PG-13 audience, and yet it got a PG rating? Why? What's the point? Did they really think this was kid-friendly or family-friendly?
For Liv's meeting, why doesn't she just explain she had an accident at the salon that will soon be fixed? Like, yeah, it might look bad, but her "solution" was worse... Oh, yeah, shitty writing
Matt, pleaseeeeee PLEASE get a new mic soon! And perhaps a light to brighten yourself up a bit. The audio has so much echo to it, and sounds very ‘tinny’. AKA excess treble. I’m sure the rooms acoustics don’t help, but hey, a new mic versus new room is far more reasonable. The sound has seemed to be the same for years now man. Honestly, if you need to open a go fund me for a mic, I’ll gladly throw you $50 towards it and I’m sure plenty of us would pitch in too. That and better quality = more views/subs! Seriously though...your content delivery is great, the edits between the movie and you are on point, etc. Everything is there other than a needed production boost. You can easily get a decent mic for $150-200, hell there are some super simple mic/mixer combos on Amazon for that much too! Same with a light stand/projector. They’re as cheap as $50. Hopefully you’ll take this into consideration man, only trying to help!
Well, it's funny that you mention getting a new mic, because I did recently. All the reviews from Mary Magdalene onward are with the new mic (certainly for the Projector reviews). The Bad Movie Beatdown re-edits with new voiceover have also been on the new microphone. The reason it sounds especially tinny here is because this was recorded on my very oldest camera I used for the show, a miniDV camera; I actually fixed up the audio here too, performing noise reduction on the tape and camera noise that were very prominent in the original (you can hear this in other re-edits prior to me knowing how to do this). As to why I didn't upgrade my microphone sooner, honestly, no one really complained about it until around the time I did the Stormbreaker crossover.
