…But instead of one of them, there’s a flock of look-alike dresses, all fitting (painfully) differently on each attendant…
What we can learn from 27 Dresses?
The problem with bridesmaids dresses is that they’re overcute. Especially the ones from the ’80s—you know what I’m talking about. Go to your closet, way in the back where you hid them and take a close look. Puffy sleeves, dropped waists, mermaid curves with one-shoulder straps. And the colors—peach, turquoise, metallic blue. Yes, there wasn’t one woman in the audience of the movie 27 Dresses who didn’t wince just a little when Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigle) opened her overstuffed closet and dragged out her monstrosities.
We vowed, right there in the theater, to run home and take a match to our own closets full of bygone trophies. But the very element that made this movie’s premise sympathetic and even endearing is also the reason this movie doesn’t work. Why it is . . . in a word . . . overcute.
Or, in another word: Sappy.
I really wanted 27 Dresses to be sweetly romantic. I love Katherine Heigl and James Marsden, who plays hero Kevin Doyle. The truth is, it’s not their fault the movie is syrupy, to the point of eye-rolling sappiness.
No, I blame the dresses.
Think about it. A bridesmaid dress is made to accentuate the bride’s dress. But instead of one of them, there’s a flock of look-alike dresses, all fitting (painfully) differently on each attendant. It’s overkill of theme and color. It is, in writer’s terms, overwriting. Overwriting is simply saying the same thing over and over, in different ways, with different words, using different angles . . . you get the picture. Sort of like wedding photos.
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And I love the reponse from the blog tour contest! So many cherished memories and good ideas for this coming winter…
I love sitting in the falling snow and stitching! Weird, right? But sooo relaxing. The other thing I love doing is helping my 7 yr old twins make snow angels. Truly something that we all enjoy but DH & I know won’t last much longer because the twins are growing up so quickly. Ah well, that’s what memories are for! -Katherine M. Portland, TX USA
One of my favorite winter time memory is when my Brother and I tackled my Mom to the ground in the snow! LOL It went something like that. hahaha It was a lot of FUN!! -Jo
I like walking in the woods in the winter and ‘hearing’ how quiet it is. You can sometimes here animals walking in the snow. it’s the best! – Pam
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