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Friends: The Movie – A Thought from the Chic Geek

By • July 9, 2008 • 3 Comments

So, last week I reported on here about the Friends movie possibility. Since then lots of people are wondering about the Friends movie, including myself…As a 19 year old…I didn’t watch it when it was on TV so I have been borrowing them from my brother (Yes he watches it, too). I was watching season 6 last night where Ross and Rachel come back from Vegas married and I had forgotten how many times Ross had been divorced.

Then I got to thinking about the Friends “movie” and what it would be like. A soundtrack by the Rembrandt’s, a new type of cinematography, a story not in front of a live audience. Then the question came up of how good can a Friends movie be? Well certainly the idea is intriguing and having the full cast back would also be perfect but with Friends it seems like you need more than that. The show that spanned a decade seems to have had something that was rare in a sit-com and that was the camaraderie that the stars had. Also the fact that they were so good at feeding off one another it becomes so believable and that is something that later sitcoms have had a hard time doing.

SO what is my point? My point is that the live audience that the show was filmed in front of became a vessel for that connection and when they laughed you laughed and the actors all fed off that. So can that connection be successful again? Can these people become “Friends” one more time while we the audience see where they are now?

These are questions that I have thought of while pondering a Friends movie. The other thing I have thought of and this is my brother and his friends thought process rubbing off on me but what story would you have? Would you start where you left off? Would you start years later making the aging and time spent away evident and part of the story? Would you make this a romantic comedy? Who gets romantic because Chandler and Monica are together. The romance part of the series, though I loved Monica and Chandler finding one another, it has always been about Rachel and Ross. Do we want to relive the “We were on a break”?

So do I have answers? NO! But the simple thing to me is you do the movie because it will make money. Do the movie because I want to see these people again and become part of their lives again. I want o hear Joey saying “How you doin?” I want to see Chandler make fun of people, be a dad and a husband, I want to see Ross and Rachel reunite, I want to see Phoebe sing “Smelly Cat.” I want to see all these things and I know that the shows creators can come up with something good. At least I hope.

So anyway my brother wrote a post about the Riddler based on an idea he had while driving his car, well this is what I think about when curling my hair.

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  • http://twitter.com/shabbygeek shabbygeek

    You have a lot of valid points here. I agree – the live studio audience was a huge part of what made the Friends environment so funny.

    If they do decide to do a film, it’s certainly going to take more than the “How you doin’s” and “We were on a break!” lines to make it worthwhile. The little pieces of dialogue and cute nuances played to each character well, but I’m not sure how much water it will hold on the silver screen. I personally like the idea of them picking up where they left off, but with some major life changes. Perhaps Ross & Rachel didn’t get back together…perhaps they’re all disjointed now and that plays into the storyline. Who knows!

  • Chandler2

    I think the friends movie should be about how they all have drifted apart but then they come back together. Joey comes back froom hollywood,chandler and monicas & the kids decide tto move back to the unsold apartment due to money probs. Ross is trying to propose to Rachel and phoebe and mike are pregnant.– —————————————————————————————
    Monica and Chandler start getting annoyed with each other and ironicly are ON A BREAK. Ross keeps trying to get the chance to propose but is always interupted. Phoebe gives birth to her kids and they look for a good place to live. Joey is living in an apartment in the same building and is getting desperate for a job and becomes a taxi driver. Suddenly Jack geller dies of age and Monica and Ross are very sad (duh) Chandler sees Monica and trys to win her back. Ross is sad in his apartment and for some reason he just proposes there and then to rachel she says yes.
    At the wedding Monica and Rachel are talking a once again rachel runs from her wedding…. Joey starts to get into auditions but then gets into 2 films wich r filming at the same time…at the end he gets in to neither….but then manages to get the part in a third one.Chandler hears rachel has gone and looks everywhere for her and finds her in the airport going to england where barry is… He takes her back and Rachel and Ross get married. Hearing what he did Monica gets back together with Chandler and the family get all happy.
    Finally after a month Joey is shooting a film which will air, Ross and Rachel are a proper family,and Chandler and Monica find a cheaper house in the city near central perk. Which leave the apartment open and Phoebe and Mike move in.
    Finally we leave the gang in central perk all living in the city drinking coffee.

  • Chandler2

    I think the friends movie should be about how they all have drifted apart but then they come back together. Joey comes back froom hollywood,chandler and monicas & the kids decide tto move back to the unsold apartment due to money probs. Ross is trying to propose to Rachel and phoebe and mike are pregnant.—————————————————————————————–
    Monica and Chandler start getting annoyed with each other and ironicly are ON A BREAK. Ross keeps trying to get the chance to propose but is always interupted. Phoebe gives birth to her kids and they look for a good place to live. Joey is living in an apartment in the same building and is getting desperate for a job and becomes a taxi driver. Suddenly Jack geller dies of age and Monica and Ross are very sad (duh) Chandler sees Monica and trys to win her back. Ross is sad in his apartment and for some reason he just proposes there and then to rachel she says yes.
    At the wedding Monica and Rachel are talking a once again rachel runs from her wedding…. Joey starts to get into auditions but then gets into 2 films wich r filming at the same time…at the end he gets in to neither….but then manages to get the part in a third one.Chandler hears rachel has gone and looks everywhere for her and finds her in the airport going to england where barry is… He takes her back and Rachel and Ross get married. Hearing what he did Monica gets back together with Chandler and the family get all happy.
    Finally after a month Joey is shooting a film which will air, Ross and Rachel are a proper family,and Chandler and Monica find a cheaper house in the city near central perk. Which leave the apartment open and Phoebe and Mike move in.
    Finally we leave the gang in central perk all living in the city drinking coffee.