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The best way to end a romance story with a wedding

Joe Washington

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What, in your opinion, is the best way to end a romance story with a wedding that isn't cliche or sappy like the end of a Disney movie?

Can you think of any examples of non-cliche wedding endings? It can be a TV show or a movie or a book.
 
Weddings, as a whole, I think are supposed to be sappy. The problem is that real life weddings, again, as a whole (I'm not talking about the couple who gets married in jeans in their backyard or other such weddings, I'm talking about Church/Temple/designated wedding venue weddings) weddings are not the most exciting events. As a guy, I can't remember a wedding I went to where I wasn't a little bored, at least. So I can forgive movies and TV shows with going sappy and cliched.

What I don't like are movies predicated on a man or woman (though usually it's the woman) engaged to someone else when the movie begins, who finds her true love, dumps the other person, and marries the person they meet. I'm not advocating staying with someone you love, but the cliched "the person I've been engaged to is boring, this new person I've known for less than a week is exciting, I'll marry him/her" needs to be retired.
 
What, in your opinion, is the best way to end a romance story with a wedding that isn't cliche or sappy like the end of a Disney movie?

Can you think of any examples of non-cliche wedding endings? It can be a TV show or a movie or a book.
The 2005 Pride and Prejudice: show the already-married couple enjoying a quiet moment.
 
What, in your opinion, is the best way to end a romance story with a wedding that isn't cliche or sappy like the end of a Disney movie?

Can you think of any examples of non-cliche wedding endings? It can be a TV show or a movie or a book.


The Graduate, although i'm not sure that's what you have in mind.

Judging From The Godfather, might I suggest a nice Baptism instead? :)
 
I loved the movie Oscar, that Stallone comedy. The film felt more like a play in the tradition of old comedies. In that tradition, it ends with a wedding (actually a double wedding) that feels very appropriate.
 
I'd skip the wedding itself, and show a moment after it, from married life. It says 'these characters got married and are happy' without having an 'I do' scene which is so difficult to do in a new or interesting way.
 
I'm talking about Church/Temple/designated wedding venue weddings) weddings are not the most exciting events. As a guy, I can't remember a wedding I went to where I wasn't a little bored

Try to attend an Irish/Italian wedding. You won't be bored.
 
I'd skip the wedding as well. If the characters are gonna be together and are engaged or whatever without any kind of shenanigans being introduced then I'd skip to post-wedding as was suggested. Weddings are overdone.
 
I really liked Jim and Pam wedding on The Office. I'm not sure what it was about it, but I felt it was a really good episode. The last "great" episode of the Office, I think.
 
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