I am a huge fan of movies and will watch anything from The Godfather to Finding Nemo. However, I don’t understand the obsessions with romantic comedies. The story lines are way too predictable and the jokes are never original or as funny as the actors make it seem. So why would someone pay about 7 bucks for a ticket and at least another 15 on drinks, candy, and popcorn? Chances are, the movie that person wasted his money on has been done before just with different actors and even worse punch lines.
What Happens in Vegas, a typical romantic comedy. Just by looking at the movie poster I can make a pretty good assumption on what the movie is about, and because every romantic comedy follows the same story line, I already know how it’s going to end. The movie is set in Vegas (hence the title), and Vegas is always associated with those drunk, random, and crazy marriages. So Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher get super wasted and end up marrying each other. Then through some dilemma, they are forced to live with each other against their will. Then in the end, they realize how madly in love they are and stay together forever! Throughout the movie, while the relationship is blossoming, Ashton Kutcher will be his typical, over the top self and not say anything clever but only repeat immature jokes, and Cameron Diaz will be the gorgeous woman standing alongside of him only to make disapproving looks until they both confess their love in the end.
I have never seen the movie What Happens in Vegas, but seeing how I already know how it will begin and end, why would I waste $20 on it? I just think romantic comedies are played out; it’s time for a new storyline.
3 comments:
I agree with you. Romantic comedies are too predictable to be entertaining. They're generic. What's funny and weird at the same time is that they seem to lose the public interest the moment they leave the movie screen. This happens even faster when there are very big movies out at the same time like The Dark Knight or one of the Star Wars movies.
The assumption that romantic comedies are the same is a very broad opinion. True, while most of them have the same complexion and ending....some of them are pretty fucking funny and amazing. obviously you do not enjoy romantic comedies....and i in fact would have to agree. there are only a couple that i like such as wedding crashers or you, me, and dupree, but i must say they are fun to watch when you want to chill with a girl and not be wrapped around her tears in moves such as the notebook or serendipity. well written, and a very well guessed plot on what happens in vegas, just like you said it would be.
I liked the argument, but as a huge fan of romantic comedies I must say that they do shed a familiar light on previous blockbuster hits. They were good for a reason, and will continue to be good as long as the typical person wants to believe in the whole 'romantic comedy' way of life. These movies bring emotions that only certain movies can bring, and every so often you get a hit. I'm much more into just romantic movies, but I see your point in storyline after storyline being the same over and over. The movie What Happens in Vegas was actually a good movie if you give it a chance. Most of what you predicted would happen did indeed happen, and everyone really did know it. We pay because we like to be entertained, and people want to drag their dates to see something to put them in a ‘lovey dovey’ mood. It's the right amount of light and depth. There does need to be a change, and right now screenwriters are not giving us much hope of that in any genre. Until then, we remain in our money spending ways until the next movie hits the screens.
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