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May 18, 2011

Greatest Marriage Proposal Ever?
— Ace

From Hot Air. Pretty good. He uses a movie trailer to propose.

Posted by: Ace at 08:27 AM | Comments (51)
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1 Soothsayer!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2011 08:29 AM (OW0nw)

2 Good afternoon, Ace! The natives were getting restless!

Posted by: MWR at May 18, 2011 08:30 AM (4df7R)

3 Awwww, schmaltz to the max

Its a conspiracy I tells yah!

Posted by: Vic at May 18, 2011 08:32 AM (M9Ie6)

4
u bastard

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2011 08:32 AM (gM4zK)

5 So last night was foreshadowing?

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2011 08:32 AM (djcwr)

6 Yeah, Ace. Can't you hear the organ? Get up and dance for our amusement, monkey-boy.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2011 08:32 AM (OW0nw)

7 How the hell did she just sit there?? I would have gotten up on the chair and started looking to the back of the theater screaming 'give me the damn ring!!!!!!!'

This of course has no correlation to the fact I'm still single.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 18, 2011 08:33 AM (pLTLS)

Gheyest Marriage Proposal, Ever?

Posted by: Alt Headlines at May 18, 2011 08:33 AM (djcwr)

9
ever since Ace watched Bridesmaids, he's got marriage on the brain

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2011 08:33 AM (gM4zK)

10 Holy shit! Not only has the spam become self-aware, it's fuckin' HORNY! WOOT!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2011 08:33 AM (+61wI)

11 I hate chick flicks.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2011 08:34 AM (jx2j9)

12 Yawn....Solid B+

Posted by: TheGarbone at May 18, 2011 08:34 AM (403oc)

I would have gotten up on the chair and started looking to the back of the theater screaming 'give me the damn ring!!!!!!!'

It's in the Popcorn...Dig Deep.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2011 08:34 AM (djcwr)

14 I proposed on board a cruise ship in between Aruba and Curacao.

Piker

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2011 08:34 AM (wOGfT)

15 That was cute! But...who's Charlie and why is she at the movies with him?

Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2011 08:36 AM (VuLos)

16 heh that was pretty good

Posted by: chemjeff at May 18, 2011 08:36 AM (7mSYS)

17 Rat bastard makes the rest of us look bad. I hate it when people raise the bar. I prefer to keep people's expectations of me low.

Posted by: yinzer at May 18, 2011 08:36 AM (/Mla1)

18 That dude is so in, he could bang his fiancee's sisters and get away with it.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 18, 2011 08:36 AM (kaZUb)

19 That was cute! But...who's Charlie and why is she at the movies with him?

Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2011 12:36 PM (VuLos)

At one point she says "is that dad?", so I'm assuming it's her brother.

Posted by: yinzer at May 18, 2011 08:37 AM (/Mla1)

20 If the girl was fugly would anyone think it was the greatest?

Posted by: Rocks at May 18, 2011 08:37 AM (Q1lie)

21 That's a great proposal that she bang other dudes.

"I do!"

Posted by: oblig. at May 18, 2011 08:38 AM (xvZW9)

22 My wife's exact words were, "You're fucking shitting me!" Then she jumped all over me, ripping the nail off my right big toe, and I limped back to my truck trailing bloody footprints.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2011 08:38 AM (+61wI)

23 Ugh.

sorry. I think the idea is great, and the execution is not so great.

She knew what was happening instantly. You need suspense for this to work, and maybe less catering to the father (it's great to ask his permission, but not great to go on and on about how you're not taking her away from him... which arguably isn't even true... he's giving permission for his daughter to move on for her own good despite his attachment to her).

I dunno.

Posted by: Dustin at May 18, 2011 08:39 AM (Q3nWV)

24 Not bad. Still, I need a 2000-word review of this trailer.

- the popcorn part was drawn-out and ineffective
- somewhat trite musical selection - O Fortuna is more overplayed than "Stairway to Heaven"
etc.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 18, 2011 08:39 AM (fsGgs)

25 Too much running walking, getting in car, etc. That should have been compressed more. When I was in film school in the 80's there was an old study from the 70's where poor native Americans were giving film equipment, rudimentary training, and asked to go out and make a movie. The movies had all these scene of people walking from place to place. So, the hippies came to the conclusion that walking and traveling distances was culturally more significant to native Americans and it was only to be expected that they would emphasis this more in the films they made. What the hippies failed to realize was that that was a common mistake of all rookie film makers. You need to compress time and skip over the irrelevant stuff. One shot of him running, one shot of the car driving off, one shot of him going into the theater, then back to the funny stuff of him in line. Or better yet, show him running off from his father in law, then cut to him running into the theater. Do we really need the rest of that stuff?

Posted by: tommylotto at May 18, 2011 08:40 AM (oHIHU)

26 The only thing that would have made the trailer better is if she's said "NO!" and kicked him in the nuts. Other than that, I give it a solid B+.

(I hate public displays and stuff.)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2011 08:40 AM (UOM48)

At one point she says "is that dad?", so I'm assuming it's her brother.

Posted by: yinzer at May 18, 2011 12:37 PM (/Mla1)

Yeah, you're right. I though it read 'Is that Matt & my dad'.

Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2011 08:41 AM (VuLos)

28 I would have had him going into the wrong movie at first then going into the right one.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 18, 2011 08:41 AM (kaZUb)

Ace -

This. is how I know you are gay.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2011 08:42 AM (djcwr)

30 Sweet...but I would have killed him (depending on the size of the diamond).

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at May 18, 2011 08:45 AM (FnRYN)

31 Someone should have FightClubbed it and stuck in 3 frames of penis. Every 120 frames or so.

Posted by: Abiss at May 18, 2011 08:53 AM (efUrF)

32 Too much running walking, getting in car, etc.
(blah, blah, blah)

And not enough boobies.

There. Fixed!

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2011 08:58 AM (wOGfT)

33 What no snakes? Mutha Fuc......

Posted by: Samuel L Jackson at May 18, 2011 09:02 AM (re6ik)

34 A bit cheesy but it got the job done.. Chicks will dig it.. And if the one you are going to propose to complains that she didn't get a movie trailer proposal. . . Move on..

Posted by: Dave C at May 18, 2011 09:05 AM (Xus7V)

35 Dr Spank@29: Going into the wrong movie theater and asking someone else to marry him.

Posted by: California Tower at May 18, 2011 09:09 AM (QF8uk)

36 All that planning and he didn't think to charge the battery in the recorder just in case.

Posted by: nate at May 18, 2011 09:12 AM (4nxhP)

37
It would have sucked if she said "no".

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at May 18, 2011 09:16 AM (1hM1d)

38 That was almost as good as my proposal where I took out the ring box, tossed it at her from across the room and said, "I wuz thinkin' we should get engaged if'n ya got a mind to."

Posted by: slug at May 18, 2011 09:18 AM (kHDaT)

39 If I had done ANYTHING like that when I proposed to MY wife... I would have walked away with no wife, possibly no face, and a permanent limp.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 18, 2011 09:19 AM (kUaEF)

40 36 Dr Spank@29: Going into the wrong movie theater and asking someone else to marry him. Posted by: California Tower at May 18, 2011 01:09 PM (QF8uk) And if the wrong girl said Yes...

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 18, 2011 09:20 AM (kUaEF)

41 Is there a way to do that without having to get married?

Posted by: Michael at May 18, 2011 09:25 AM (FC2+c)

42 Old joke, I know.

Q: How does a High School boy propose to his girlfriend?
A: "You're what?"

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2011 09:36 AM (wOGfT)

43 This is why I like squeezable mayo.

You see, those lids on the squeeze mayo are the right size for a nice fake diamond ring. You put the ring in there, and she has to make you a sandwich before she can get engaged.

And you should never marry a woman who isn't already making you a sandwich.

Posted by: Dustin at May 18, 2011 09:41 AM (Q3nWV)

44 Cute, clever, and funny.

But too long. And it gave too much away at the beginning--she figured out right away it was her boyfriend and father.

Also "Making the Movies Jealous" was a terrible title.

Other than that it was fine.

Posted by: Leo Ladenson at May 18, 2011 09:48 AM (mAm+G)

45 Southern boy with too much time on his hands.

Posted by: Kemp at May 18, 2011 10:33 AM (JpFM9)

46 Absolutely fake. Professionally edited, lit, shot, etc. Youtube account created specifically for the video. Multiple unnecessary mentions of "Hangover 2". THIS HAS THE STINK OF VIRAL AD AAAALLLLL OVER IT.

Posted by: kanyewest at May 18, 2011 11:10 AM (wZSGd)

47 "Speak for yourself, John," and she bones the filmmaker. It's old.

Posted by: comatus at May 18, 2011 11:15 AM (W5ilH)

48 "Ace - You know how I know you're gay?"

- "How do you know I'm gay?"

"Because you listen to Cold Play"

Posted by: Biff Baxter at May 18, 2011 11:15 AM (FjJrR)

49 THIS HAS THE STINK OF VIRAL AD AAAALLLLL OVER IT. The girl goes to college with my daughter. This is a local girl and it is real.

Posted by: Snafu at May 18, 2011 02:38 PM (8d28r)

50 Divorce countdown 3............2..................1.............. Cornball proposals never work.

Posted by: bobbymike at May 18, 2011 05:55 PM (SMuqP)

51 I totally cried through that.

Posted by: Jade Sea at May 18, 2011 06:06 PM (oPSrT)

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