License to Bore me.

Interesting story.
I pinched a nerve in my shoulder in the shower the other day. Horrible feeling if you've never pinched a nerve. Plus anyone who knows the slightest about anatomy your shoulder region is huge so subsequently I could not move the left side of my body from the waist up for the rest of the day (it was killer trying to get the rest of the shampoo out of my hair).
Since I could not accomplish anything I actually set out to for the day I had nothing to do but lay on my back and pop pain pills and watch tv.

that is how it came to be that I actually watched License to Wed. Not by choice. Because I was incapacitated for 8 hours. That is the only reason it was alright to watch this lame-o movie.

First of all. Robin Williams was funny. Back in the day. And let me tell you folks back in the day is not today. Personally I think he should go back to making family comedies (a la Mrs. Doubtfire, Hook etc.) and doing raunchy stand up on the side. That was when Williams was at his finest. The only thing we get from this movie is that he can deliver the lightening fast amount of lame, predictable jokes. Did I chuckle at them? Sure. Was it mostly because I was on a bunch of high dose pain pills? Most likely.

The comedy overall is rather predictable. Originally the storyline sounds promising, a young super preppy super adorable couple wants to get married in the bride-to-be's old church by the pastor she grew up with. Insert larger than life marriage course. Madness ensues. Overall though it was the typical cheap chuckles, lets watch them have their first fight, lets watch other couples who have gotten married and now hate each other fight, lets watch Williams really make us question if he is that creepy priest. I had heard that the mechanical babies the couple gets saddled with were the highlight of the movie. Even those were predictable and not as exciting as promised.

Now granted I did not hate this movie. The original plot line alone warranted it a higher ranking as did its young hot B list cast (although WHAT was up with all the Office people in the same movie....totally killed it) made it watchable and enjoyable. But it did by no means cancel out the lame factor. The highlight was obviously Ben writing his wedding vows in the sand. That's like epic love story shit right there. Even that was ruined. Instead of focusing on the romantic gesture and having him read them too us or something they have the woman rush down and run all over it before we even get to enjoy the fleeting chance for a little romance.

All in all if you get incapacitated physically, asked to watch it with a friend/significant other, or have literally nothing else to do one day then License to Wed should make you enjoy yourself. And for those of us not getting married in one of those pseudo-strange churches like in the movie (Were they catholic or new age I couldn't tell) you can at least breath easy at the end knowing you will not have to be subjected to that one day and simply go though the traditional church ceremony routine.