(a real post)
This just appeared in one of Rachel's and my journal entries, but since I'm pretty sure no one but 
bland_hyssop is reading those, and since I'm pretty bitter about this, I decided to post it by itself, as well.
A bitter rant.
I've noticed a disturbing trend in movies. When we want a racy, sex-filled romance movie, the main characters are teenagers, or, at least, unmarried (The Wedding Crashers, Shakespeare in Love). When we want a sweet, innocent love story, however, more often than not at least one of the characters is married or otherwise taken (reference: It Could Happen to You, You've Got Mail, The Accidental Tourist). Why? If the main characters are single, all the prelude needed to going to bed together is, "hey. I'm attracted to you." If one is married, though, there is a pretense (at least) of a platonic friendship. "Hey, let's have lunch." "Let's go skating." "Let's go hand out money in the subway." And through all these innocent activities, they (sweetly) fall in love. Then, of course, there's the little matter of breaking the existing ties so that the new lovebirds can have their happily ever after. Aww. He married the wrong girl, but he still found love (with someone else). Marriage, after all, is not about promises or commitment or unconditional love. It's about luck. And finding the right girl out of the billions out there. Or, the right mistress if that fails.
I demand movies about sweet romances between unattached people! People who don't sleep together for some other (better) reason than that one of them is still married and feels guilty. Or, about a married couple who decides their marriage is worth saving, even if they don't see eye to eye on everything. Breaking up a marriage over someone you just met three weeks ago but makes you feel young and in love again is not sweet or innocent, damn it.
If you want to read
starducks' idea of movies worth watching, I recommend checking out the last entry of the Day 6 journal writes. :)
bland_hyssop is reading those, and since I'm pretty bitter about this, I decided to post it by itself, as well.
A bitter rant.
I've noticed a disturbing trend in movies. When we want a racy, sex-filled romance movie, the main characters are teenagers, or, at least, unmarried (The Wedding Crashers, Shakespeare in Love). When we want a sweet, innocent love story, however, more often than not at least one of the characters is married or otherwise taken (reference: It Could Happen to You, You've Got Mail, The Accidental Tourist). Why? If the main characters are single, all the prelude needed to going to bed together is, "hey. I'm attracted to you." If one is married, though, there is a pretense (at least) of a platonic friendship. "Hey, let's have lunch." "Let's go skating." "Let's go hand out money in the subway." And through all these innocent activities, they (sweetly) fall in love. Then, of course, there's the little matter of breaking the existing ties so that the new lovebirds can have their happily ever after. Aww. He married the wrong girl, but he still found love (with someone else). Marriage, after all, is not about promises or commitment or unconditional love. It's about luck. And finding the right girl out of the billions out there. Or, the right mistress if that fails.
I demand movies about sweet romances between unattached people! People who don't sleep together for some other (better) reason than that one of them is still married and feels guilty. Or, about a married couple who decides their marriage is worth saving, even if they don't see eye to eye on everything. Breaking up a marriage over someone you just met three weeks ago but makes you feel young and in love again is not sweet or innocent, damn it.
If you want to read
starducks' idea of movies worth watching, I recommend checking out the last entry of the Day 6 journal writes. :)