[ SECRET POST #7030 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7030 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I admit I haven’t seen a ton of romantic movies but I’ve never seen any that don’t show how the chemistry leads to them falling in love.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, half the time "chemistry" is all they have. At least one, often both, of the characters are completely terrible people and it doesn't make any sense why the other character would love them or how a relationship could work without a whole lot of therapy.

[(Anonymous)]

That’s a different criticism than what the other anon said, though.

[(Anonymous)]

That doesn't have anything to do with the other anon's point, and is a subjective complaint that is fair to you, but not a universal law to others.

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the romantic movies I've seen focus more on the drama of whatever interpersonal problem is between the two leads. 90% of the movie is basically "Yeah, they have chemistry, but they fight all the time and really shouldn't be together" and then 10% "Someone said sorry, so everything is good foreverrrrrr. The End."

Rare is the movie that shows them hanging out, enjoying each other's company, showing why they make a good couple, not just that they're sexually attracted to each other, but actually like each other, as people.

[(Anonymous)]

But that isn’t the same issue as what the other anon claimed. And there are plenty of romantic couples in movies that don’t fight but they’re not in romantic movies because slice of life films just aren’t a thing. There needs to be conflict and if the conflict is outside the couple, by definition it will be a different genre.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it is. You can do conflict within the couple without making the resolution either stupid or toxic AF. Showing the conflict as something that they navigate together strengthens them as a couple and builds up their relationship. Making them fight amongst themselves only to get a last minute resolution to the initial problem does not resolve the inherent divergence of them as people. It just makes it a relationship that is probably doomed to fail, which makes for a disappointing and unfulfilling movie.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this is literally why I find romance movies so boring. I'm not interested in watching the entire process unfold and that's what the whole point of that type of movie is.