To summarize my feelings about this episode in one sentence: it is an OK, though overrated episode, that is let down by the absolute cringe fest of an ending.
As another reviewer has said: this episode has a big event - Chandler and Monica's engagement - but a big event does not automatically mean a great episode. Sadly, it seems that a lot of people are unable to tell the two things apart.
There are a few laughs here, and Tom Selleck is absolutely brilliant. It is always great to have a guest star that is actually a great actor, not just a famous one (and this series has had a few misses in that department over the years). But that ending... Man, that cringe overload is uncomfortable to watch. And the audience screaming mindlessly just makes it so much worse. It is a typical Hollywood stupidity, this inexplicable need to reinvent the wheel with over the top proposals and wedding vows, as if anything normal would somehow mean that the love between the characters is inadequate. And so mediocre writers throw around pathetic, over the top, unbelievable plans and emotions and empty phrases that are supposed to wow the audience. Well, there is the famous quote from the Star Wars about what kind of people are strongly influenced by the Force that would fit well here.
As another reviewer has said: this episode has a big event - Chandler and Monica's engagement - but a big event does not automatically mean a great episode. Sadly, it seems that a lot of people are unable to tell the two things apart.
There are a few laughs here, and Tom Selleck is absolutely brilliant. It is always great to have a guest star that is actually a great actor, not just a famous one (and this series has had a few misses in that department over the years). But that ending... Man, that cringe overload is uncomfortable to watch. And the audience screaming mindlessly just makes it so much worse. It is a typical Hollywood stupidity, this inexplicable need to reinvent the wheel with over the top proposals and wedding vows, as if anything normal would somehow mean that the love between the characters is inadequate. And so mediocre writers throw around pathetic, over the top, unbelievable plans and emotions and empty phrases that are supposed to wow the audience. Well, there is the famous quote from the Star Wars about what kind of people are strongly influenced by the Force that would fit well here.