#mbfgw

None of the Greek words have τόνους in them (are they called tones in English? Idk) those little dots above letters like the letter "i", in greek every (big) word has, like it should be Ναό του Αγίου Γεωργίου Τούλα και Ίαν Οικογένειες Κώστας και Μαρία Πορτόκαλος(/or Πορτοκάλος? I'm not sure) και Ροντνή και Χάρρυ Μίλλερ

Also they spelled Portokalos wrong in greek they've written Rortokalos the greek P is Π (aka ✨π✨) Ρρ is Rr

Also I think it's grammatically incorrect? But this can be due to translation, like usually a name like Portokalos is masculine so the women of the family should be Portokalou so that's what should have been written in the invitation? I think? At least it'd make sense after Maria's name

It depends on which movie of the trilogy we are talking about!

I love the original MBFGW. It is very funny and many moments ring true. Idk if you are Greek, but this movie is very loved in Greece. It is not exactly exaggerated, however it is representing the Greeks of diaspora better than native Greeks, because Greeks of diaspora are a little more traditional. It is a common occurrence in immigrants trying to keep their culture and customs alive in a new place. Besides, it was released in 2002, 20 years ago, which was a time such a type of comedy felt very relevant and fresh.

Things are different now - MBFGW 2 and 3 are disappointingly underwhelming. They feel like Nia beats the dead horse again and again. I haven’t actually watched the 3rd but the 2nd movie was an utter disappointment to me. It was some random American teen dramedy with some sprinkles of “Greek misfit”(???? the daughter felt bad to be half-Greek although she was 100% indistinguishable from Americans???) and a few of the old jokes from the first movie regurgitated. Utter, utter disappointment.

I fear the flop of the second movie might have sabotaged the third one too. It is a shame because this one has two important elements: a) it was made solely in order to honour the last wish of Michael Constantine, who wanted his character’s ashes (Mr Portokalos 😢) to return to Greece, which was such a sweet and noble last wish and even nobler that they all did it for him, b) well, it was about the Portokalos family coming to Greece finally, this was such a huge opportunity to rejuvenate the movie series. And yet it flopped, because it’s 20 years after the first movie and the jokes are the same again and Greece is portrayed in a way that is now irrelevant and inaccurate for the sake of ethographic comedy. That’s what I have heard anyway - the movie gets bad reviews from Greeks and foreigners alike. I think it didn’t do well even inside Greece commercially. It’s a pity, especially because it was Constantine’s wish.

But what is a MBFGW movie without Mr Portokalos anyway, right? He was the star and the heart. The first one is a classic you never get tired of.

Gus and Alexandra were destined to fail as a couple. He was adventurous enough to leave for America and wanted to be with a woman who was willing to join him on that adventure.

"My daughter is gunna marry EE-ahn MEE-ler xeno, xeno with the toast family."