thejcowboy22 Review of Getting Married

Getting Married (1978 TV Movie)

Murphy's Law does not come into play here...

[4/10 · 22 August 2017]

I wanted to ask this girl out on a date but got rejected. Time after time I would approach her and the same result, "NO!" I sent flowers, no response. Wrote poems, nothing. I forced the issue and ended up in a screaming match." My methods to this madness was sparked by this unrealistic made for TV movie. Definitely a feel good movie for the person who is the underdog trying to win affections for a love from a distance.Michael Carboni (Richard Thomas) is an associate producer at a TV station who is captivated by his co-worker. This vision of loveliness is a blonde television news anchor named Katie Lawrence played by Bess Armstrong. Carboni would stare at her from the adjacent cameras day after day trying to work up enough courage to ask her for a date? No! This is love a first sight. Carboni wants to marry her immediately. Well, He'll give her at the very least, one week. As Carboni is crushed to hear the bad news that she is about to be wed to some prominent executive type named Howard Lesser (Mark Harmon) from an upstanding family.Our optimist Carboni has some outrageous plan to win her affections, propose marriage to her, plan a backyard wedding involving his clueless parents and breakup the regular scheduled wedding the Lesser family prepared in a fancy setting. It's as if Carboni didn't let the news sink in to his head that he was the only guy for Miss Lawrence? Determined and positive it's as if Carboni attempted a dive off ten foot diving board into a bucket of water. Total fantasy without special effects. So many things had to fall into place for this plan to break up a wedding. Let's not forget the real selling point for this woman to take a 180 degree turn for Carboni. Carboni plans to break up the catered affair by riding into the ceremony on a palomino dressed as a white knight by proclaiming his love for her. So unbelievable and far fetched. The reality is Carboni would get the thanks but "No Thanks" from his LOVE "Katie" routine and there would be no wild adventure. This TV movie reminds me of the movie Pretty Woman that irritates every prostitute in the world with another wild fantasy that never happens. There are lonely guys out there who attempted some kind of outrageous act to win the heart of an unattainable woman. A disclaimer should be posted on the screen before story and after the credits. Do not attempt this stunt at home or the office. Richard Thomas makes his romantic return in another TV movie in 1993 entitled I Can Make You Love Me (Stalking Laura) and these results are very real and tragic.