Two of my favorite wedding movies are "The Wedding Singer"and "Four Weddings and A Funeral", plus Rupert Everett's turn in "My Best Friend's Wedding." Singing and dancing, that's what I like.
Of course they often have someone behaving badly toward someone else whom they have supposedly loved. And usually the story has to begin with a preposterously mismatched couple so you know that, in the end, each of the two will be with someone else.
Simon Callow and his vests, Rowan Atkinson and his mumble-mouthed officiating ("In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spigot. Spirit.") - both are jewels in the "4 Weddings & A Funeral" crown. Of course, if you enjoy watching Hugh Grant (and I do) his presence is sufficient without adornment. His character drops his bride at the altar, something I frown on in real life. Better to find your true love before you plan your wedding... Although not the most dramatic movie plot.
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler make a good couple in "The Wedding Singer", and you know that because he helps her when she throws up. He will love her "in sickness and in health", is what he is suggesting in that scene, "for better or for worse."
And that's what it's all about!
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