I've just shared my review of The Big Wedding which is due to hit the shelves on Monday. Starring Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon and Robert DeNiro, this comic film is about a modern family trying to cope with a wedding weekend that could turn into a full blown fiasco.
If you want a funny rom com to snuggle up under the duvet with your other half with on a cold autumnal evening, it's the perfect lightweight entertainment.
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I am not married but was bridesmaid at my older brothers wedding. It was a lovely day - we (the bridesmaids) and the bride travelled by horse and cart to the church - stopping half way for one of the horses to drop it's load!
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ReplyDeleteIt's been so long since I was at a wedding but always remember the first dance a cousin had very romantic
ReplyDeletea few years ago we went to a wedding where instead of getting a photographer one of their friends filmed the whole thing. In the evening the groom wanted to see what the film of the ceremony came out like, so he rewound the camcorder (this was back in the '80's) ready to look through the footage when he got distracted and put the camcorder down and forgot about it. The friend who was filming it picked the camera up and carried on filming therefore he went over all of the recording of the day, all they ended up with was the last hour of the evening reception.
ReplyDeleteOh no, how awful :(
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ReplyDeleteMy dad married my cousin last year - my dad's a vicar. ;O)
ReplyDeleteAt my brothers wedding the videographer kept flirting with my sister the whole time. My brother ended up with a whole lot of my sister on his wedding video and no sound
ReplyDeleteOne of our guests was in hospital in labour whilst her partner was at our wedding enjoying a few drinks.....lets just say he wasn't very popular when people found out!
ReplyDeleteNo way !!!
DeleteOur wedding transport was a white minibus. My husband drove us and many guests to our reception!
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ReplyDeleteWe had a caricaturist at our wedding - lots of funny pictures!
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That's a great idea !
DeleteA secret band that popped up to play at the end of the ceremony :D
ReplyDeleteAt my wedding, one of the guests was demonstrating how well he could still do the splits on the dance floor, when a slightly tipsy (ok - completely wrecked) guest tripped over the extended leg and caused a mini pile up on the dance floor! Needless to say, Poor splits man had a slight limp at breakfast! Emma xx (@beachpebble)
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Deletemy friend tripped while walking down the aisle was funny to everyone but her lol
ReplyDeleteOh no !!
DeleteMy wedding is in 2 weeks, I have been having nightmares about it
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ReplyDeleteMy husband was late for our wedding and I had to hide until he arrived,he's still late for everything now!
ReplyDeleteThe look on my Dads face when he got the bar-tab at the end of his wedding day was quite funny.......
ReplyDeleteWe stole the sugared almonds from a wedding we went to as children!
ReplyDeleteI'm getting married in a few weeks (31st) no Halloween theme... I just know my bro is up to something though because at his wedding a few years ago a family member pulled a prank on him and replaced his 3 tier wedding cake with a cupcake! he was so upset bless him
ReplyDeleteit was November 2010 and had loads of Snow it was amazing :-)
ReplyDeletei got married in las vegas so from start to finish it was a mad day the cheesy pics and video say it all
ReplyDeleteOn my wedding day, we had ring delivery by owl which went perfectly in rehersals, however when it came to the actual ceremony, the owl landed on the ribbon which attached the rings to it and wouldn't let the best man untie them without several rather sharp pecks which left him scarred!
ReplyDeleteAt my aunt's wedding they let off doves which was so amazingly romantic! :)
ReplyDeleteThe best wedding I've ever been to was my auntie and auncles. I was head bridesmaid :D x
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I had some musicians play in front of me as I walked into the reception hall after the ceremony-it was lovely
ReplyDeleteAt a wedding which I attended:- The bride's dog attended to present her with a horse-shoe (a decorative shop bought token for good luck) for good luck. There were photos taken at the time. Those of us attending had been told the groom had arranged for the dog to be included / involved on the wedding day. As the dog was considered as part of the family, he behaved perfectly. We were all delighted that he had been involved and we got the brief chance to greet their beloved dog.
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At my wedding I said there was to be no sermon so the vicar decided to have a go before I arrived. Apparantly the organist who was a friend decided to pull out all the stops and all you could see was the vicars mouth moving!
ReplyDeleteAt a friends wedding, a guest did the full monty on the dance floor - Very Very funny!
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ReplyDeletei got married during a thunderstorm
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Spent most of the day on the M5 eating wedding cake as there was loads of fog.
ReplyDeleteMy wedding was just a haze and I cant remember it! not sure if this is good or bad - but still married 24 years later x
ReplyDeleteSorry but not married and don't go to weddings either!
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ReplyDeleteone wedding that I attended a while back had a gorgeous cake, however it was covered with hilarious little funny one-liners that the groom had said over the years!!! with love, faye xx
ReplyDeletewhen i got to the altar my husband to be whispered those beautiful words...... "I've got a bit of metal in my eye!" He'd had an accident in work the day before so the next day we had to go straight to the eye hospital! x
ReplyDeleteOn our wedding day my hubby's side of the family had to travel to the wedding by hired coach. Due to delays on the road they arrived without much time to spare. It was beginning to look as if we'd have to go ahead without his family, the best man and the bridesmaids!
ReplyDeleteAt my cousin's wedding her friend sang a beautiful song - in a National Trust meadow with the woods behind in the sun it was so romantic!
ReplyDeletemy brother had a photo booth at his wedding, it was brilliant! and made the night amazing
ReplyDeleteI made our "guest book" out of old pallet boards. We sanded them, conditioned them and then stained them. I wrote our last name in the middle. Our guests signed all around the board. It is now hanging in our entry hall!
ReplyDeletemy best friends wedding she was saying her vows and said awful husband we all cheered and clapped,of course the vicar made her
ReplyDeletesay the proper words second time round
At a friend's wedding it was lovely when they did their first dance and then the little kids copied them (Kim Neville)
ReplyDeleteThe best mans speech was the funniest thing at my wedding.
ReplyDeleteIt's time for s fun dvd
ReplyDeleteBride's mum getting pooed on by a pigeon! Poor Mum!
ReplyDeleteWe got married on a cruise and the captain was Italian. When he asked my husband to say he would be honest my husband misheard cos of his accent and promised to be in harness! I've often reminded him of this
ReplyDeletewe wrote our own vows and decided to hide some lines from erasure songs (similar to what they did in gavin and stacey) - noone noticed but it made us smile xx
ReplyDeleteI woke upon the morning of my wedding having got drunk the night before and forgotten to take out my contact lenses! I had to literally PEEL them off my eyes, my eyes were bloodshot all day and I couldn't see a thing as my eyes were too sore to wear glasses or contacts.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were leaving our wedding reception one of our guest ran into the road in front of the car and mooned his bottom at us. Will never forget that!
ReplyDeleteAs best man I did the traditional thing of decorating the groom's car before he and his new bride set off after the reception. Being giddy and in a rush I didn't check what I was using propeerly and instead of using washable markers...you guessed it.
ReplyDeleteMe laughing at my husband (I know me bad but I was probably nervous as well) because his hands were shaking badly when we were exchanging vows...and yes we are still married (23 years)
ReplyDeleteMy Dad and I were waiting for the wedding car just the 2 of us and I waited for him to say something nice about the way I looked - but all he said was - you don't have to go through with this if you don't want we can easily cancel everything!
ReplyDeleteLooking back at my weeding pictures always gets me laughing. the hairdos and dress sense of the time leaves plenty of room for improvement.
ReplyDeleteon our wedding day, the best man got so flustestered with the ring box he couldn't find the open side so he just ripped the lid off!! very funny
ReplyDeleteOur daughter (bridesmaid) broke her arm 2 days before our wedding and had a big plaster cast on her arm.....
ReplyDeleteOne of the bridesmaids fainted at our wedding but she was alright
ReplyDeleteour best man, telling my uncle the spurs football score as he missed the match lol
ReplyDeletemy father-in-law decided as throwing rice at the happy couple to symbolise fertitlity was a tradition but loose rice would make as much mess as confetti(which was banned at the church I married in!) he would throw a tin of rice pudding to us!
ReplyDeleteOn our wedding day i walked towards my hubby to be with the same song playing that he gave me the night we had met - we have loved that song ever since and it always reminds me of that wonderful day
ReplyDeleteNot been to many weddings and not married myself i love watching the first dance though!
ReplyDeleteit was lovely having our 1 year old son give us our wedding rings ^^
ReplyDeleteim not married and havent been to a wedding since i was about 10! ive been with my partner for 14 years so maybe one day he will propose! im not too fussed though. weddings cost a fortune!
ReplyDeleteWe got married at an aquarium called The Deep. Towards the end of the night and after a few glasses of wine Adele's song 'Rolling In The Deep' came on. All of the guests and me in my wedding dress rolled around the floor in front of the tanks to the chorus. I love hearing that song now. It always brings back such good memories!
ReplyDeleteI'm not married and never attended a wedding! :(
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ReplyDeleteme and my hubby got married on a ranch in Texas with just my little girl there, best day of our lives x
My mum suffered from Multiple Sclerosis and my dad died when I was 3. When I got married, although my step-dad gave me away, my brother accompanied me in the wedding car to the chuch. He kept laughing as we got into the car - it turns out my mum had made him take a couple of carrier bags in the car as I was prone to travel sickness!! Needless to say, I didn't use them!
ReplyDeleteive never been to a wedding, only my parents an i was 2 and im not married :( but fab giveway! would love to win and watch with my mum :)
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ReplyDeleteI recently attended a wedding where all of the guests on our table ended up hunting for frogs in the pond outside!
ReplyDeleteI've been to lots of weddings but nothing funny happened.
ReplyDeleteAt my brother's wedding as they were exchanging a man walked into the room, looked around the room in a confused state and just walked out again.
ReplyDeleteI have been engaged 11 years haha!! :-D
ReplyDeleteMy wedding day was the best day of my life, everything went perfectly and we have some wonderful memories! We had 3 'first dances' as we have 3 special songs. Our first 'first' dance was to a song that was extremely special to us, but at least 98% of the guests had never heard it before, and as we danced on the dance floor, sneaking the odd glance at the massive crowd watching us, the look of sheer confusion on their faces was priceless!
ReplyDeleteWe got married with just the two witnesses there - the Registrar directed all the questions to one of them right at the start as she was heavily pregnant, must have thought that was why it was such an intimate affair!
ReplyDeleteMy best friend was very late arriving at the church, the vintage wedding car she was travelling in caught fire en route to the church, she and her dad eventually arrived in a battered old minibus, courtesy of a passing good samaritan.
ReplyDeleteWe decided to have our reception at our house as we had a good sized garden, but all week the weather forecast said it would chuck ot down on the day so I was worried. As it turned out, the sun shone & it was the hottest day of the year. We were going round the garden offerring guests a top up of their champagne & some suncream!
ReplyDeleteA surprise boat trip up in the lakes!
ReplyDeleteI was half an hour late to my wedding because we were stuck behind a milk float needless to say my husband thought I had done a runner, our best man couldnt untie the knot on the ring pillow because he had no fingers literally he doesnt, and the singer at our wedding was entertaining everyone then the microphone slipped down the pole getting smaller and smaller and so did she talk about professional hahaha. pretty adventurous day if you ask me wouldnt change a thing though
ReplyDeleteThe reception was held at my mum's home, in a shared terrace area,so we naturally invited the neighbours to come and have a drink with us. When we got back from the ceremony one neighbour was already there, and he managed to be at the head of the buffet queue, he got himself in all the photographs, he drank so much that he was totally drunk, lolling in his chair and flirting with all the lady guests, and he was the last to leave - we practically had to carry him home. To add insult to injury, I had never even met him before that day!
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