Reflections on Bromantic Comedy

Title of the movie: Wedding Crashers

Director: David Dobkin

Actors/Performers: John Beckwith (Owen Wilson), Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn)

Distributor: New Line Cinema

Year: 2005

Medium: Film

1. How do the main male characters behave in the movie toward other male characters? Toward female characters? Do you consider their behavior masculine? Why? Explain.
- The main male characters behave in such a manner to other males in which they have to lie to cover their identity. They treat females as if they're mere objects. Their behavior explains them as men who have motive to get the job done by any means necessary. They plan themselves to attend weddings and lie about who they are and act in a way to attract women. Their objective is to get the girl at the end of the night and do it all over again the next time they attend a wedding.

2. Does the movie place more emphasis on the relationships/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: Urban Nightlife and Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity"?
- It seems that the movie places more emphasis on the relationships between males and females because the main male characters main focus is the female. Throughout the movie, it becomes less on male trying to get the girl for the night but more like trying to get the girl to settle down with. There's a connection between the movie and the "The Girl Hunt..." article. It shows how men choose wingmen to focus on the idea of obtaining women for their own pleasure. Each male works together to obtain the same objective.

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 away with from this film?
- Certain men have the idea that masculinity involves actions that may seem repulsive for example, men acting out a plan to get the girl at the end of the day for pleasure. It really shows that masculinity is viewed in different ways.

Summary:
- In the film Wedding Crashers, there are two main male characters in the movie. They are bestfriends and longlife buddies. They seem to have a hobby of crashing weddings in a way to pickup females. They have a set of rules in which they have to follow to prevent others from knowing their identity and to not jeopardize "the mission" which is to get the girl at the end of the day. The scenes change when they each notice a woman which may seem perfect for them. They go through struggles when things don't turn out as planned. This film portrays the idea that men are people who believe that in order to have the manly masculinity you have a series of rules and have wingmen in order to pick up girls. Men view this a opportunity to show how manly they can be in front of other men as if to show an example to others. Some men need to prove themselves to becalled a "man".

Work Cited

Wedding Crashers. Dir. David Dobkin. Perf. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. New Line Cinema, 2005. Film