Spring doesn't just mean hay fever and denim bomber jackets: weddings come back in season once the sun comes out to play again. Instantly the passive aggressive mine-was-better social media photo shares start flowing freely, and while for the most part it's lovely to see people celebrate a long-awaited union, sometimes, it can get a little cloying. I'll say what we're all thinking: more than once I've chastized myself for rolling my eyes at a real wedding, but without fail, I've shed a tear at more than a dozen on-screen weddings which don't even concern real people. It's a problem that I'm hoping other people share, because while friends are responding to RSVPs and trying to decide what to wear, I'm still thinking of my top on-screen movie moments instead:
Instantly distrust anyone who tells you they watched Jim and Pam get married with dry eyes. After four seasons of never wanting each other at the same time and two seasons of being happier than they ever were before, when The Office‘s Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly finally tied the knot at Niagara, it genuinely does feel like you’re at the Falls with them, until you realize the water running down your face is actually your own tears. Few couples on this list have as much of a fan following across genres as these guys–The Office had us so wrapped up in its docudrama format, and Jim and Pam’s it-all-happened-at-the-workplace story line is so familiar to so many of us that the Niagara Falls episode truly did feel like we were at a close friend’s shin-dig.
