Comments on: Opposites Attract: Romantic Comedies http://screenstorysuccess.com/?p=75 from Lindsey Hughes Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:07:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim W. http://screenstorysuccess.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-16 Tim W. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:07:06 +0000 http://screenstorysuccess.com/?p=75#comment-16 I gotta say, I love a good romantic comedies. One of my favourite movies is When Harry Met Sally. Unfortunately, I think a lot of romantic comedy writers love this movie, too, but don't seem to understand why it works. Yes, Sally is uptight, but also inherently likable (well, except at first, when neither is entirely likable). I haven't seen Katherine Heigl in a romantic comedy where she WAS very likable (although I haven't seen in her many). The problem with making the woman a shrew and the man boorish is that you don't really care what happens to anyone. Another problem with these types of movies is that it reinforces the notion that asshole guys can change and become `nice' guys. 99 times out of 100, they don't. Boorish single guys become boorish boyfriends and boorish husbands. On a separate, but somewhat related note, one reason I didn't like Knocked Up was because it just felt like a couple arguing the entire time. I've been around couples like that and it's excruciating. I don't want to pay to see it. I understand there needs to be conflict, but they just argued ALL THE TIME. They really had one connection- the baby. How long would you think that relationship lasts? Opposites attract (like my wife and I), but there needs to be some important similarities or at least connections or it simply won't work. I gotta say, I love a good romantic comedies. One of my favourite movies is When Harry Met Sally. Unfortunately, I think a lot of romantic comedy writers love this movie, too, but don’t seem to understand why it works. Yes, Sally is uptight, but also inherently likable (well, except at first, when neither is entirely likable). I haven’t seen Katherine Heigl in a romantic comedy where she WAS very likable (although I haven’t seen in her many). The problem with making the woman a shrew and the man boorish is that you don’t really care what happens to anyone.

Another problem with these types of movies is that it reinforces the notion that asshole guys can change and become `nice’ guys. 99 times out of 100, they don’t. Boorish single guys become boorish boyfriends and boorish husbands.

On a separate, but somewhat related note, one reason I didn’t like Knocked Up was because it just felt like a couple arguing the entire time. I’ve been around couples like that and it’s excruciating. I don’t want to pay to see it. I understand there needs to be conflict, but they just argued ALL THE TIME. They really had one connection- the baby. How long would you think that relationship lasts? Opposites attract (like my wife and I), but there needs to be some important similarities or at least connections or it simply won’t work.

]]> By: Elena http://screenstorysuccess.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-10 Elena Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:30:41 +0000 http://screenstorysuccess.com/?p=75#comment-10 I'm not a fan of these kinds of movies. In my opinion, they reinforce that as long as you're gorgeous, you can be a much of a bitch or a lunatic as you want. In real life, however, if you're not that hot, you don't really get a chance to be even quirky. My own personal thing, obviously, but I have seen a lot of guys be with unbelievable bitches just cos they're beautiful. I’m not a fan of these kinds of movies. In my opinion, they reinforce that as long as you’re gorgeous, you can be a much of a bitch or a lunatic as you want. In real life, however, if you’re not that hot, you don’t really get a chance to be even quirky. My own personal thing, obviously, but I have seen a lot of guys be with unbelievable bitches just cos they’re beautiful.

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