From an interview with Nia Vardalos (of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) fame in Border’s bookstore’s “see-all-of-the-stuff-you-can-buy” magazine:
What’s your take on romance and weddings in general? Are you a romantic at heart?
NV: I am. I think the only thing that I caution is, don’t get married before you’re ready because there’s this life clock that everyone else seems to think we should all live our lives by. We all have that aunt saying to us, “When are you going to get married?” and as soon as you get married, “When are you going to have kids?” and you have kids and they go, “When are you going to have another one?” And in terms of that life clock, you want to turn to that aunt and say, “When are you going to die?”
I haven’t yet seen MBFGW (though I have seen the TV show spin-off and enjoyed it), but it’s definitely on my gotta-rent-it list now.
(BTW, the answer to the set of questions is, “we are”, “we have”, and “very soon”. As far as the question for the aunt, I wish I were the type of person who had the guts to say something like that, were it warranted, though I also hope that I’d have the restraint to clamp down on that impulse in the spirit of kindness. Those strangely opposed wishes probably deserve an entry of their own, but I’ll let that pass for now.)
I thought the movie was entertaining. I thought the TV show was a bit campy. You are more than welcome to borrow the DVD of the movie if you guys have graduated to DVD players yet.