Made of Honor review

"I love you. You...complete me."

The line from Jerry McGuire is immortalized as one of the most romantic lines in the movie industry.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about ANY one-liners in Made of Honor. The movie was, quote unquote by one of its characters, generic. There is a line when a chick flick becomes a boring movie. Made of Honor is that line.

In case you don't know a thing about the storyline, Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) is best friends with Tom (McDreamy aka Patrick Dempsey). She goes off to Scotland, comes back in 6 weeks with a fiancee. Did I mention Tom has commitment issues?



What I find disconcerting about MOH is the fact that Hannah is potrayed as plastic. Tom discovers he has feelings for Hannah before she finds out she loves him? Strange. Usually women will be the ultra-sensitive side in a relationship.

Hannah is unbelievably silly for not seeing what a great best friend cum husband material she has in Tom but would settle for a stranger from Scotland. Yes, so the Scottish stranger is rich, talented, of royal blood and handsome (personally I didn't find him at all handsome).

Another grouse I'd like to pick on would be the shameless publicity for certain brands in the whole movie-coffee collars for Starbucks (I'd rather call them java jackets), Sony Ericsson handphones, Nike sports apparel, Scotland, and the Figaro Bakery. Want to know something? The bakery isn't actually located in New York. It's in California. I think this is some sort of nugde-poke to Sex and the City's bakery. (SATC mentions a bakery in NY itself that sells cupcakes. The bakery got lots of business since then.)

Oh, and they made fun of celebrity bloggers, too. allthingstom.org? Come on! Why not give Perez Hilton a cameo? Click it if you like, it goes straight to the movie's site. It just goes to show how short-sighted some movie makers can be. All of the brands mentioned (minus Scotland) will not stand the test of time. A timeless romantic movie would be something that sets trends, not follow it.

Something else that's rather ridiculous, I think, is the fact that Tom and his buddies hang out at the basketball court. As far as I know, most men these days watch sports, not do it. They'd go hang out in bars or night clubs. But hey, it's not bad, at least men are potrayed as athletic, successful family men, eh? Not neccessarily bright, but you can't have the cake and eat it, you know.

Not all of the movie is bad, though-the soundtrack is alright. Stolen (Dashboard Confessional) was stuck in my head three days after I saw the movie. The clothes are spiffy too-Tom sure knows how to dress up.

My favorite scenes from the movie has to be the early parts of it-before Hannah flies off to Scotland. I like the fact that the writers decide to build Tom and Hannah's relationship on their likes and dislikes. In the line at the bakery, at the antique shop, and at his dad's wedding. I don't know about you guys, but I wanted to eat lemon cake after watching MOH. (Secret Recipie doesn't sell them, but Dome Cafe has Lemon Lime Brulee-nyum. No cream though.)

Oh, and another funny scene-the men wrapping gift baskets for Hannah's bridal shower.



All in all, this is the kind of movie you shouldn't watch with high hopes. Instead, watch it with your girlfriends.

2/5 stars

all pictures were googled.