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3 DIY Wedding Movie Party Games #saturday #atozchallenge #atoz #trivia #karaoke
Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 11:20PM 
“Maybe you might be more than just a one night lady. Maybe you might be matrimony trying to save me.”
“Matrimony: Maybe You” by Maxwell often delivers the necessarily relaxation that I’m seeking when I listen to this tune. Although it’s not among my top favorite Maxwell songs, I found the track to be appropriate for today’s post as the A to Z Challenge hits Letter M. I like this song for it’s smooth melody but the lyrics could use a little more variety because they tend to get repetitive after about one minute or so. Once the tune starts to play, it’s not unusual to start thinking about weddings, which got me wondering “what’s my favorite wedding movie?”
I don’t think I have one yet but for today, I’ll select “The Best Man” starring Taye Diggs and Nia Long, directed by Malcolm D. Lee. This movie is filled with lots of drama after an advance copy of one of the main characters’ autobiographical book titled Unfinished Business ends up in the wrongs hands.
Controversy and secrets brewing in a wedding party made up of childhood friends began to jeopardize relationships in the hours leading up to the big day. Inspired by the happenings in this romantic comedy-drama film, here are three wedding movie party games that I put together for you to play in celebration of your big day -- or someone else’s if you are in the wedding party or if you are among the happy in-laws.
The Battle of the Wedding Party: Groomsmen vs. Bridesmaids Games:
1. Host a karaoke game of Groomsmen vs. Bridesmaids teams where each team sings songs from wedding movie soundtracks and the Bride and Groom serve as judges, scoring these performances. The team with the highest score by the judges, wins this game. You could also assemble an alternative judging panel made up of guests in attendance if this wedding movie party game is being played during an engagement party or wedding reception.
2. Host a trivia game where Bridesmaids and Groomsmen have to compete against each other by naming as many movies that contain any variation of "wedding," "marriage," "bride" or "groom" in the title as they can -- within 60 seconds. You can provide each team with notebook paper, posterboard or a large chalkboard to list their answers.
Give the Bridesmaids and Groomsmen one point for each correctly identified movie title that they list on their sheet. The group with the most points wins this movie trivia game. So, to keep in line with these rules, movies about weddings or marriages that do not contain any of the aforementioned words in the title, such as "27 Dresses" and "Fools Rush In" -- even my favorite flick “The Best Man,” perhaps, do not qualify as a point for any of the playing teams.
Just for spontaneous kicks, I’m putting a spin on the 2nd game for the sake of this post and challenge YOU to also name the wedding movie in the following photo -- right here, right now, in the comments section!
WEDDING MOVIE SCENE:
Movie Title: ______________________________
3. Host a reverse movie guessing game where both the Bridesmaid and Groomsmen teams perform short scenes from movies about marriage, weddings or relationships and the bride and groom have to guess the name of the movie. The key element here is the guests of honor are playing on behalf of their entire wedding party. So, if the bride guesses correctly, the bridesmaids team wins a point. If the groom guesses correctly, then the groomsmen team wins a point.
You can also mix this 3rd game up by placing the bride with the groomsmen and the groom with the bridesmaids -- but someone has to keep score, so designate a parent, friend or wedding planner to do so. This wedding movie guessing game is suitable to be played during an engagement party, since there are more choices for someone to keep score -- unless the wedding party is large. In cases of large wedding parties or circumstances where outside guests are not available, choose either the Maid of Honor or the Best Man to keep score.
Can YOU name the wedding movie depicted in the photo in this M blog post?
How many movies containing any variation of “wedding,” “bride” or “marriage” can YOU name within 60 seconds? Ready, set, go!
Also, which one of the three games mentioned here would YOU be likely to play if you were getting married or chosen as a member of someone's wedding party?
Reader Comments (6)
The only weddings on my mind these days are my kids -- my oldest son will get married in August, which leaves only one holdout. "The Best Man" sounds like a good story. I'll add it to my Must See list.
Patricia
The Best Man is the perfect example of hollywood throwing as many beautiful people together into one movie and hoping for a hit. I haven't seen the entire thing, just bits and pieces, but what I saw wasn't that bad. Perhaps a rental some day?
And I believe that picture is from the movie Just Married with the now-deceased Brittany Murphy. I remember her from Sin City.
Patricia Stoltey,
Your son's end of summer wedding leaves a lot of time to plan fun activities for guests to play during the engagement party, bridal shower and reception. I doubt he'll want any meddling in the bachelor party plans though, lol, so I guess we'll leave that one out! Feel free to share this post with your son or future daughter in-law, to find out if they are interested in incorporating any or all of the wedding games I mentioned, during the celebrations for their big day. Thanks for visiting and be sure to let me know what you think of The Best Man when you do get around to watching it ;)
Herman,
The Best Man is a worthy rental. I have the movie, if you want to borrow it....but it's a VHS tape, so maybe that might not work, unless you are one of few in the world who still own a VCR like I do. If so, I'll be sure to send it your way! I'm with you on the "beautiful people" bit. My grandmother is a Morris Chestnut fan. I like Nia Long, myself. It's funny you should mention Sin City....earlier this weekend, someone was just telling me about Brittany Murphy being in that movie. It's on my Netflix list but I don't think I ever knew she was in it. My only concern was watching Bruce Willis. In fact, if it weren't for him and Robert Rodriguez, I probably wouldn't have added it to my rental queue.
I'll leave word on your answer to the trivia photo, and whether it is correct or incorrect in my next post ;)
Great post. I love your ideas about wedding games. I haven't watched a lot of wedding movies but I think the one that I liked best is 4 Weddings and a Funeral. That would work in the game #2, which I like a lot by the way. Have no idea what the scene pictured is.
I have no idea what that scene is from.
I'm a bridesmaid in June, but I'm the only one, so I won't be suggesting any of those games - especially not the karaoke one!
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The answer is 10. Ten movies in 60 seconds.
I'd be most likely to play either #2 or 3, but knowing my friends, we'd end up doing #3. Less chance of making fools of themselves. Of course, at my wedding there were no bridesmaids or groomsmen, and at the rehearsal dinner we played board games. Because that's just the way we roll.