Title of the movie: Wedding Crashers
Director: David Dobkin
Actors/Performers (at least two): Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn
Distributor: New Lines Cinema
Year: 2005
Medium: Film
1) How do the main male characters behave in the movie towards other male characters? Toward female characters? Do you consider their behavior masculine? Why? Explain.
For the majority of the movie, the main characters treat the men as obstacles and the women are the targets of their whole procedure, the purpose for them to crash weddings is to get girls basically. In my opinion their behavior is not masculine with the idea that they think of women as objects instead of actual people, but seeing it from societies view of masculinity, men are supposed to be players, so I guess they are masculine in societies view.
2) Does the movie place more emphasis on the relationship/bonds between males or between males and females? Are there any connections between the movie and what David Grazian discusses about males behavior in "The Girl Hunt: Urbon Nightlife and Performance of Masculinity a Collective Activity"?
Well, the purpose of the movie is that Owen Wilson (John Beckwith) who falls for a woman at a wedding can try to get together with her, but unlike the other times, he thinks he's in "love", while Vince Vaughn (Jeremy Klein) ends up being tortured by another woman who he finally ends up falling for, even though the friends are constantly bickering for the help of one another, I believe the relationship of the women with the men is shown better through the movie. David Grazian talks about men playing a game related to the number of women when they go clubbing, basically, these two do the same with women just at weddings.
3) What seems to be the ultimate message of the film? In other words, what ideas about men and masculinity do you, the viewer, walk way with from this film?
The movie is about two men, who crash one of the biggest weddings in the century, and in that wedding, one of them (John Beckwith) tries to get a specific girl, and in doing so, he gets his friend (Jeremy Klein) mixed up in the family of the girl John Beckwith is after,
Your response to the first question is very insightful as you stress the difference between what is considered masculine in society (i.e. men should be players) versus what individuals consider as masculine(i.e. objectifying women is not masculine). Is seems that the social definition and what is sanctioned by society as masculine is damaging to men and their relationship with women? This is reminiscent of Theroux's ideas, right? You also touch on Grazian's discussion of the 'game' men play when they 'girl hunt.' How does this approach to women emphasize the social version of masculinity?
ReplyDeleteYour third response is a summary of the movie's conclusion. Think about what the movie, overall, is communicating to the audience about men and masculinity? Is the movie promoting the 'girl hunt'? what about the bromance?
Please finish the assignment by composing a paragraph long reflection based on the responses to the three questions. Also, compose a Works Cited entry the format for which can be found in The Little Penguin Handbook.