Two Movies, Life, and Reality

As the supposed best man, I had to give a speech at Jem and Grace’s wedding. I was clueless at what to do and I asked Alex, who had been best man before, for help. He said that Dom, another friend, told him to watch Four Weddings And A Funeral and do what Hugh Grant did. It’s supposed to be like the ultimate best man speech or something like that. I was skeptical about the whole idea. Mainly because I couldn’t imagine pulling off a Hugh Grant :P This blog entry proved my skepticism and I ended up piecing together some sort of speech and delivered it my way.

Which brings me to another movie: A Bronx Tale and the infamous car door test. In the movie, a gangster was giving advice to a younger gangster about a girl. It’s supposed to go like this: Your car is locked. You unlock the passenger side door with your key and open the door for her. You then walk around to the other side. If she reaches across and unlocks the door for you, she’s cool. If not… well, she’s not cool :P

I know of two friends who were in a relationship and I’ve never observed the girl unlocking the door for the guy. So what then? The question is, is this still applicable in this modern age of remote keyless entry systems? Would such a thought even occur to a girl used, conditioned even, to automagically unlocking car doors? I don’t know the answer. But my friends? They eventually got married and are happily together. So much for that test.

But I think some of us do get caught up with patterning our behavior and actions from movies. We sometimes forget the fact that it is all scripted.