ST left a comment a few posts earlier (here) and shared this interesting clip from “Runaway Bride”, which showed a rare occurrence of a lady proposing to a man.
Now I’ve never seen “Runaway Bride” before (I’m guessing it’s one of the more missable of Julia Roberts’ romantic comedies?), but I found this scene strangely unwatchable.
Unwatchable in the sense that I found it boring and difficult to sit through.
I guess it doesn’t help that I’ve not seen the movie before and that I do not know the context of the scene.
Firstly, I think this clip shows us why it is just unnatural for a woman to propose to a man.
The dynamics just seem plain awkward.
I think we can all safely agree that a man is supposed to be the one doing the proposing.
Secondly, I found the scene unbelievable, because…why in the world does Julia Roberts need to propose to anyone?
It’s not as if no one wants her to marry him.
It’s just like when Topher Grace decides to walk out on Anne Hathaway in that scene from “Valentine’s Day”…I mean, which guy in the right mind walks away from Anne Hathaway?
So therefore, when a scene is not believable, I won’t feel particularly drawn into it.
And I still don’t think I will want to watch “Runaway Bride” any time soon. =)
Hi, Jeremy,
Maybe because you do not know the full story of the movie, therefore, left you quite puzzled of why this scene occurred in the first place. =p
The story of “Runaway Bride” is about Julia Roberts who became famous of her reputation for her many times of running away on her wedding day. Richard Gere as a journalist wrote an article with not very nice comments about her, being scolded by many readers, ladies especially.
He then wanted to write another article to defend himself or to prove his points, so he had to know her in person to find out more about her, slowly getting more and more curious about her, and of course, to all our expectation, he had fallen in love with her himself in the process.
They were in love with each other after that, and together, he wanted to help her to overcome her wedding day’s phobia and everything went on quite smoothly, but who knows, she ran away again while they were so close to succeed; leaving him ‘unexpected’ (as their wedding rehearsal was fine), shocked and heartbroken in front of the pastor and all the guests at the church on their wedding day, just so close before saying ‘I do’.
Then here we are: the final scene which you had watched in the video clip; of why it’s Julia’s turn to have to propose to him this time.
Agree with you that it is a quite weird to see lady proposing to guy, especially the kneeling part. That why it is So…o unnatural for lady to propose. All guys, you know?! Haha!
As whether is it possible for Julia Roberts to propose? Perhaps possible? Because that person is Richard Gere!!! ;) haha…
Mm, I think “the running away” from wedding day is far worse/more painful than a rejection from a proposal!
Well, Julia paid her due with her proposal to Richard, and I think she did it sincerely with wise choice of words and action (kneeling down). I reckoned if the groom was the one who ran away, then it will be much harder to mend a broken glass, don’t you think even with all the kneeling and … unless is another Richard Gere? :D
This reminds me of an article I read recently about a Brazilian man having to pay a fine for being a “runaway groom”:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/brazilian-ordered-to-comp_0_n_1076522.html
Kkat – Oh dear! I just couldn’t imagine if my groom will run away on our wedding day; it must be a real nightmare for me!!! Or a real nightmare for him to marry me so much so that he chooses to run away at the last minute, haha! =p I hope if that is the case than It’s better if he can tell me before that. Actually, I really don’t know if I dare to give him another chance if he asks me to marry him again…maybe if he is Richard Gere, then it might be a different story, haha! ;)
Jeremy – Thanks for sharing the article. A terrible thing to happen to anyone; I don’t think a fine can mend a broken heart.
To Kkat and Jeremy – Actually anything also can happen; nothing is new already in the world we are living – getting more and more strange than ever. (Maybe the generation before or before before us also find us strange and not able to understand us as compared to their times. =p)
I find that more and more people in our generation and after – do not view marriage as sacred as our grandparents or parents’ times; quite sad actually. A lot of them either married too fast without much considering or divorced too easily without trying hard enough.
I hope to see more people not only focus to make their proposal or wedding day a special and significant one but also make ample effort to make their marriage a meaningful and solid one throughout their lifetime.
The penalty to pay for running away is not going to make up for the emotional loss, well, it is better than having to deal with a life time regret to know that the marriage will not work. Let’s hope that more people will take up the challenge of trying out and working things out before giving up!
Well said, Kkat. =)