she realized she wasn't ready to be married, and broke it off with him in the nicest fashion possible
Interesting. So he doesn't get to do the leaving.
Sumi -- remind me about 4 Weddings.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
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§ ita § - Aug 25, 2004 4:31:01 am PDT #3005 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat - Aug 25, 2004 4:39:54 am PDT #3006 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In Ever After the prince leaves the hysterically crying Spanish princess at the altar to go marry the Drew Barrymore character.
Fiona - Aug 25, 2004 4:41:28 am PDT #3007 of 10001
remind me about 4 Weddings.
I'm not Sumi, but I was going to suggest 4 Weddings too.
Hugh Grant is in love with Andie MacDowell, but she's married to someone else, so he's going to get married to an ex-girlfriend. At his wedding, as people are arriving at the church, he finds out that Andie has got divorced. He starts to go through with the wedding, but at the "does anyone here present object" bit his brother says Hugh's in love with someone else, and Hugh admits that he is. Whereupon his no-longer-bride-to-be punches him in the jaw.
§ ita § - Aug 25, 2004 4:56:17 am PDT #3008 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In Ever After the prince leaves the hysterically crying Spanish princess at the altar to go marry the Drew Barrymore character.
I don't think I've seen this either... I am remiss.
Whereupon his no-longer-bride-to-be punches him in the jaw.
Whoot! Why did I forget that? More women deserve to be recipients of righteous ire when the tables are flipped.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2004 5:02:52 am PDT #3009 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Whereupon his no-longer-bride-to-be punches him in the jaw.
Kristen Scott Thomas, right? Anybody who throws over KST for Andie MacDowell deserves at least a punch in the jaw (and I like Andie).
Nutty - Aug 25, 2004 5:11:53 am PDT #3010 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I don't like either of them, but then, I don't like Hugh Grant either.
In Ever After the prince leaves the hysterically crying Spanish princess at the altar to go marry the Drew Barrymore character.
Oh yes. But, part of the reason he can laugh and leave is that her much older, ugly boyfriend is standing in the front row, crying and reaching out for her as she cries out for him. So, the prince is doing her a favor breaking up with her, rather than breaking her heart.
(The best part is that her parents bust out in a screaming argument (In Spanish) about whose fault it all is.)
Fiona - Aug 25, 2004 5:15:00 am PDT #3011 of 10001
Kristen Scott Thomas, right?
Nope, Anna Chancellor. Kristin plays the friend who has secretly been in love with him all along, but she doesn't get him to the altar.
Whoot! Why did I forget that?
Plus there's that great shot from above of Hugh crumpling onto a gravestone on the church floor after the punch connects.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2004 5:21:20 am PDT #3012 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Nope, it's not KST who clobbers Hugh in 4Ws&aF. She plays the stalwart best friend who never catches his fancy.
Anna Chancellor plays the whiney ex-girlfriend, "Hen"rietta, whom Hugh finally agrees to marry.
That movie introduced me to John Hannah-love. Man, he was great.
eta: x-post!
Vonnie K - Aug 25, 2004 5:27:55 am PDT #3013 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Duckface!
Her character was such a wackjob though. In contrast, most guys who get left at the altar by the girls tend to be decent and stodgy sorts.
Fred Pete - Aug 25, 2004 5:30:08 am PDT #3014 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm not sure this counts as a jilt, but what about My Best Friend's Wedding? Julia Roberts's character does not come off well at all.
But then, the only sympathetic main character (Rupert Everett) isn't involved with the wedding at all.