Reflections on Bromantic Comedy

Title of the Movie: Wedding Crashers
Director: David Dobkin
Actors/ Performances (at least two): Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walkin
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Year: 2005
Medium: Film

Works Cited Entry:
Dobkin, David. Wedding Crashers. Perf. Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. New Line Cinema, 2005.

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 male main characters behavior towards other males in the movie varies from male to male. When dealign witht he father of the female objective a certain behavior and standard of must be up held to make sure you are in good standing with the father of the girl your trying to sleep with if the situation arises.
• When the male main characters go back with the family to there off the shore home they are dealt with the complicated situation of having there group versus another group of males. The males that already exist within the family compete with them on various levels. Each group of guys are defensive of other groups of guys.
• They treat women like sexual objectives to be conquered. They go out during wedding season and run scams to get single womem at weddings to sleep with them. The movie does take an interesting turn and shows that the male characters are into sexually objectifiying women until they find a woman they are really interested in.
• Yes, I think there behavior is masculine, they have a clear attraction for women. They perform in the typical behavior related to being masculine.

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 an Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity"?

• I think the movie puts a very stromg emphasis on both types of relationships. The storyline of the movie focuses on the "bromance" between the two male characters. The movie also focuses on the relationship between one of the male main characters and one fo the main female characters, and on the other types of interactions the male main characters have with other women.
• There are several connections between the movie and what Grazian discuss in the "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife an Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity". The movie depicts the pre-scenario that guys go on before they go on the "hunt"; bigging eachother and talking about goals and objectives. The movie also depicts the hunt and the different scenarios that playout while guys are on the hunt and it gives great example of the "wingmen" concept.

3.) What seems to be the ultimate mesage of the film? In other words, what ideas about men and masculinity do you, the viewer, walk away with from this film?

• From this movie you get the sense that the masculinity displayed is a act or tempoary behavior displayed by men to deal with women and interactions in the real world until they feel a need to be serious about women and love. It also shows the boundaries and issues that may arise within a "bromance" depending on how the situation may play out.

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             The movie Wedding Crashers is abotu to guys who crash weddings in order to find single women to sleep with. This movie depicts several references of charactertistics associated with the concept known as "bromance". Both guys constantly playing the "wingmen" for each other at the weddings aiding in the conquest of women. Reluctantly both guys fall in love depicting a transition from the 'bromance" and treating women like sexual objectives to a more serious relationship and feeling. The movie corresponds very well with a reading by David Grazian called "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife an Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity". The movie does a great job of depicting several of the different things Grazian says about men and amsculinity and the way in which guys hunt girls.