"I'll NEVER stop cashing in on my Greek heritage" vows Nia Vardalos

And yet still no "MY BIG FAT GREEK DIVORCE"

r1=Ian Gomez

I would rather have my cock ripped off in Trumps asshole than watch this garbage.

I will never understand how this franchise has been so successful. The first film was a dumb, boring and unfunny attempt at ripping off Moonstruck, the second film tried to rip off teenage comedies and now, Nia's trying to rip off Mamma Mia.

She should just give up and try to do something that's written by competent people, for a change.

Is this the frau-iest version of Marvel movies?

Don't forget the lame, short-lived, TV sitcom with laugh track (sans John Corbett).

[quote] now, Nia's trying to rip off Mamma Mia

Actually she already did that - just a year after Mamma Mia was released she starred in My Life in Ruins. In many countries that movie was released under the title "My Big Fat Greek Summer", so they misleadingly marketed it as being a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

That movie also included a painfully unfunny homophobic joke that even co-star Rachel Dratch later distanced from in some interview.

Don't forget when she ripped of SOME LIKE IT HOT.

those ethnics all support each other.

I only saw the first one, whose only reason for being was Andrea Martin.

Does she keep getting divorced and remarried in the sequels?

The original one was charming. The sequel sucked big time. I saw only two episodes of the TV show and it was horrible.

"My Big Fat Greek Assisted Living?" "My Big Fat Greek Funeral?" "My Big Fat Greek Afterlife?" The possible sequels are endless!

My Big Fat Greek Salad?

I guess if you get an overweight Athenian top, you can call him "My Big Fat Greek Active."

John Corbett: major pussy hound, big Trump supporter.

In theaters today the 8th, streaming tomorrow the 9th.

Isn’t this woman almost 60? Is 60 the new 30 or something?

My Big, Fat Inexplicable Career

Nia Vardalos And Kathy Najimy are the same person in my head.

"My Big Fat Greek Yogurt?"

The bitch won’t be cashing in this time. The reviews make it just about the worst movie of the decade.

And notice they released it in the September dead season. There’s your clue that not even the suits believe in this bullshit.

I'm Greek, but could we perhaps have some adult drama, murder/mystery, love story, bank heist, marriage break-up, etc., set in Greece? These continuous "My Big Fat Greek" clown shows are embarrassing and have worn out their welcome.

My Big Fat Greek Pussy... Stinks

R22 Are your Greek-Greek or Geek-American?

She's like Harvey Fierstein who's taken decades to discover he really can only rewrite one play about gays in drag over and over and nothing else.

If you’ve ever known a Greek-American you know that they think they’re fascinating, whilst being relentlessly boring and exhausting. They scream “opa” then break a dish and act like that’s a compelling personality. Honestly, fuck them. They bore the shit out of me.

David Sedaris's memories of his Greek grandmother (or "Ya-ya")were far funnier and more interesting than anything I've seen of the Big Fat franchise.

My big fat Greek menopause.

We watched the trailer last night and it felt as long as a movie. It was awful.

I came to say what r29 said. Every time I went to the movies this summer, I had to sit through that god awful trailer.

I guess she is making the most of what she has to offer. Greek this and greek that.

The reviewer on rogerebert.com, Matt Seitz, gave the movie one and a half stars and decided that the cinematography is apparently the standout aspect of the film. Ouch.

Oh, and the mayor is non-binary.

R32 what mayor?

My Life In Ruins was a rip off of the classic If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. Connie and Carla was a mess that even Toni Collette couldn't save. She should have quit after the first Greek Wedding which I'm sure made her very wealthy.

My Big Fat Plastic Surgery Bill

And I’ll NEVER stop not caring.

I feel like I’ve seen it just by watching the preview. And it’s absolute rubbish.

[quote] what mayor?

McCheese, Rose.

[quote] what mayor?

The mayor of the town in Greece that they’re visiting.

I'm pretty sure that non-binary bullshit doesn't fly in Greece. Not to the extent that they are winning elections.

Combining R14 and R20:

My Big Fat Tasting Activio Low Fat Greek Yogurt

Is there a single person in the audience who isn’t a middle aged or elderly frau? I have and will never see these abominations.

Yikes, the reviews are almost unanimously terrible. And I know these movies were always escapist fantasies but I still can't believe they made a rural Greek mayor non-binary. Greek orthodox hicks would sooner elect a convicted serial killer over a tranny for their mayor.

Will twink-o-licious Elias Kacavas in supporting role be enough to attract at least a few queens to the cinema (along with the fraus)?

Well she's not the first bitch to make a buck going Greek.

Apparently there is almost no one left in this town, and the mayor voted for herself and won.

Oh for God’s sake, will you bitches lay off her? Yes, she’s cashing in, just like all the others in Hollywood. I like her, and knowing you don’t, makes me like her even more.

"I vote third party"

R46=Antonia Eugenia Vardalos

Oh, was she a big fat Greek girl?

My Big Fat Moneygrab.

Nia divorced her white guy husband, so when will she make a stinker about her big fat Greek divorce and voided prenup?

The film takes place in Chicago.

I bet Midwestern Greek-Americans are uber hot.

The only one I can think of is Billy Zane (née Nanetakos) also from Chicago.

He truly was a beauty in his youth.

*Zanetakos

[quote]Nia divorced her white guy husband, so when will she make a stinker about her big fat Greek divorce and voided prenup?

Her husband was Puerto Rican.

I didn't know they were divorced.

A gay friend of mine saw the movie yesterday and raved about it. He's very simplistic in his tastes, and he also loved the previous two movies. He was so enthusiastic when he told me all about it last night. I just went along with his enthusiasm. I didn't have the heart to say the reviews sucked.

They’re releasing two new versions of the franchise for the holiday season-

My Big Fat Greek Heat Wave

and

My Big Fat Greek Flood

R54- and half Jewish

Which half?

R58 She made him convert to Greek Orthodox religion before marrying him (which inspired one of the plot points of the first film).

I wonder if he threw all the Panagia icons into the garbage and put the menorah back on the table once Nia left.

This just in: Nia Vardalos Hates the Jews!

Someone Christ, King of the Jews!

To be fair the first film was very entertaining, even if it wasn't that well received by critics.

So are the leads Toula and Ian or Nia and Thomas? Because the horrible, short run TV show 20 years ago (which was actually better than what I saw in this trailer) changed their names to Nia and Thomas.

I'm surprised John Corbett turned the tv series down since he usually takes any crap that's offered.

R65 IMDB says:

[quote] John Corbett had to turn down the role of Thomas Miller because of his contractual obligations to Lucky (2003). He agreed to be a guest star on the show, portraying Thomas Miller's best friend, but the series was canceled before that could happen.

Unfortunately he didn't turn down Nia Vardalos directorial debut "I Hate Valentine's Day" back in 2009, a movie which got even worse reviews than MBFGW3.

John Corbett needs the cash to pay for Granny Bo's weekly injections of fetal-grindings.

I hear the upcoming sequel, My Big Fat Greek Chemotherapy Treatment, is an effective tear-jerker. Reportedly, it's heavy material is made even better by some welcome comic relief in the form of Andrea Martin's character trying to cure utetan cancer with Windex.

Finally watched the movie last night. There are few laugh-out-loud moments and little of the wit the first part had but it's still a perfectly entertaining summery movie (didn't have to check my watch once) and definitely an improvement over the terrible second part. All those shots of Greece were absolutely divine and there's lots of male eye candy too. Unfortunately Elias Kacavas has only one very brief shirtless scene and the camera doesn't linger on his magnificent bubble butt nearly enough. Louis Mandylor gets totally naked in one scene (with only his genitals covered) and he has an awesome body for someone who's almost 60.

The controversial mayor character actually turned out to be very likeable (she has the cutest Greek-English accent I've ever heard), though I'm not sure what's up with all the non-binary nonsense: she looks and acts like a plain old school dyke!

I'll probably never feel the need to rewatch this one but I'm still glad I went to see it. Had a great time out with my fag hags.

I really enjoyed Connie & Carla. Heaps of silly fun.

I've never seen any of the Greek Wedding films.

r59 - Tragically, the lower half.

Nia is excited to announce she will be directing the next instalment in the franchise - My Big Fat Gaping Greek Asshole.

And what else is it that she has to cash in on?

R73 bunt cakes

Not a shocking surprise that Corbett is a big MAGAT-the former Mrs Derek has been a big Republican supporter going way back to "W" Bush, and maybe even before.

I wonder if it means that John Derek was a rabid Republican too? Obviously there are several well known couples who don't necessarily agree politically, but knowing how controlling John was, and how young and impressionable Bo was when they hooked up, it makes more sense that John's politics were also on the conservative side.

Again, I know it's wrong to assume Derek was Republican leaning, but if that indeed was the case, just another example of the "family values" party in action. Didn't he leave his first wife and children (including a disabled child) and screw around with Ursula Andress while still married? Not to mention screwing an underage Bo while still married to Linda Evans, and leaving the country with Bo so he wouldn't be charged with statutory rape? Yes the party of "family values" and the religious right doing what they do best: acting like dishonest, hypocritical , sanctimonious idiots.

Has MAGAT Bo ever publicly stated her position on Abortion? Her party was successful in reversing Roe v Wade and is responsible for outlawing abortion in several Republican states. Don't tell me if Bo had gotten pregnant at 16 or whatever age she was when they hooked up, John wouldn't have insisted she have an abortion.

Sorry, I should have apologized earlier for this way off topic post.

Getting back to the topic at hand, did "My Big Fat Greek whatever the F" Part II make a lot of money? I guess the studio was hoping that lightning will strike thrice.

I'm assuming DL fave Lainie Kazan is in this shitfest? Hopefully she was paid enough to afford a week's groceries, and maybe a trip to McDonald's as a bonus. Seriously (I know, off topic again) WTF was that Lainie shoplifting groceries all about? Was she really that broke that she couldn't afford a week's groceries? Wasn't it Christmas Eve?

I know she has a daughter. If Lainie was really that hard up, I would think her daughter would give her Mom some cash to tide her over, or at least offer to pay her grocery bill until she got back on her feet.

r75, my father in his later years would shoplift groceries, when he could afford it.

The first film was entertaining, (I only remember the Windex gag), but not enough for me to see anyting else she put out.

Oh and Billy Zane does not wear eyeliner or mascara- he's like Nestor Carbonell, with think inky double rows of lashes.

Over a millennium of innovation and brilliance, and this fat bitch is what's left to carry the flag?

John Corbett hit the jackpot to get roles in 2 franchises, he's a terrible actor.

Louis Mandylor is aging much better than his brother Costas, who looks like some kind of a bloated fish, and is also a Trumper.

Utetan cancer is always terminal. There’s no known cure…on Earth.

OT: Nestor Carbonell gets the worst lines on The Morning Show…the writers have no clue how to portray him as a “conservative” Latino…it’s just embarrassing to watch.

Geez what are they? Ten years apart? I think I saw the first one with my mother and she’s been dead for 30 years.

Set for imminent release: My big fat Greek WAP! 🍑 🇬🇷

Watched last night. Who the hell was the grey haired aunt? Looked her up and apparently she was in the first one but I have zero memory of her and I watched the original only a few weeks ago. She was terrible, unfunny and practically the star after Nia and Corbett. She had more lines than Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin and Gia Carides combined. Maybe Lainie didn't want to travel but to have her character not only lose her husband but then have Dementia is not the fodder for a comedy.

Nia must have had a contracted running time and got into trouble in the editing, because it just ended, no goodbyes to the town that welcomed them, just cut to them all on the plane home sleeping. Just a really sloppy money grab.

My Big Fat Greek Anal Adventure

R75- and he's a HOMO too

R15- Yes , he's a pussyhound like

Richard Simmons

Ben Affleck

John Travolta

Tom Cruise

The first one was literally THE only movie I've ever walked out on in my life -- and that was pretty early on, when it became clear to me that the "humor" of the movie was NOT something I could relate to. So I'm as mystified as anyone else over the success of the franchise, as I think that woman has very little if any talent.

Did anyone else see the original one-woman show that was the genesis for this franchise?

No, but an ad caught Rita Wilson of Greek heritage's eye who went and the rest is history. She bought the rights for her and Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions and made a fortune. Playtone also produced the blockbuster "Mamma Mia!"

[quote]Playtone also produced the blockbuster "Mamma Mia!"

Which, of course, also has a Greek connection.

Nia did get ripped off by Hanks and Wilson though, didn’t she?

R91 So does anal sex. Where's Rita Wilson's movie about THAT?

I'd much rather see Chet Haze star in that project.

John Corbett always plays such nice guys.

I wonder how nice of a guy he is in real life.

Sex was invented by Greeks and Italians taught it to women.

^^^he doesn’t seem to be that nice. When Oprah interviewed Bo back in the early aughts, John Corbett was there and he acted like a douche bag. Like he was upset that Oprah was there interviewing Bo, with her dumb behind.

[quote]^^^he doesn’t seem to be that nice. When Oprah interviewed Bo back in the early aughts, John Corbett was there and he acted like a douche bag. Like he was upset that Oprah was there interviewing Bo, with her dumb behind.

That's disappointing.

That Rita Wilson is one smart koulouráki!

Nia is so proud of her Greek heritage that she allows them to use the Greek letter S for the letter E in the movie's ads. For that alone the bitch should die in a grease fire.