Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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Uh, it's a little alarming how many movies I recognize from the descriptions in that article. I love the romantic comedy genre (when done well), but realistic expectations of relationship? Not so much.
Can anyone think of a well-done rom-com that skirts closely to what might actually happen in RL? I can think of many I adore (The Lady Eve! Philadelphia Story! Say Anything!) but realistic they ain't.
Can anyone think of a well-done rom-com that skirts closely to what might actually happen in RL?
Top Gun.
Ok, I haven't actually seen Top Gun, so I could be wrong.
Can anyone think of a well-done rom-com that skirts closely to what might actually happen in RL?
I think American cultural myths/stories about romantic love and relationships are toxic and damaging. Filled with weird and stupid assumptions.
And I love screwball comedies! I even like a lot of regular old Hollywood romantic comedies. I have seen much of the Meg Ryan ouevre. French Kiss? Oui. Addicted to Love? Yep. Joe Vs. the Volcano? I own it! (admittedly that's a John Patrick Shanley fable, but there is romance in it and the iconic Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks pairing.)
The first 30 minutes of Joe v. Volcano is some of the most magical film-making I've ever seen.
Bridget Jone's Diary
Shop Around the Corner (Original version--and once you get past the pen-pal premise)
Pat and Mike?
Fever Pitch (original Brit version)
High Fidelity
I think American cultural myths/stories about romantic love and relationships are toxic and damaging.
Tim still -- after 6 years of dating -- feels bad, or regret, or something, because he didn't fall head over heels crazy in love with me right away. That drives me nuts. Like our relationship *now* is less valid because it didn't start out like some dumb movie?
FTR, *I* didn't fall head over heels crazy in love with him right away, either. I'm just not wired that way, and it doesn't bother me.
wrod. It's Complicated(the people struck me as real-ish in that one) Catch and Release(apart from the hero banging the caterer in the bathroom thing turning into a meet-cute, that is)
I wonder how many parents scolded their daughters for sighing over the romantic tales the bards told back in Medieval Europe.
IE, the unrealistic nature of romance stories is hardly new.
probably...although the fantasy itself was different then, anyway, right? Real Women Have Curves(friends fuck and part friends...Ana goes to college.)
Dirty Dancing, till the big dance where All is Forgiven, of course.