In Which I Rant About Romance...

[scifi_tv_addict]

So I freely admit that I'm a romance junky - period pieces, rom-coms, superhero movies, the works. I say this before I make the following comments, just to give you an idea of where I'm coming from as a viewer.

WHEN YOU WRITE A ROMANCE, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY WRITE. THE. ROMANCE. I don't care what genre you're in - fantasy, action, comedy, drama,

Comments

[bkwurm1]

I get what you are saying and even as I watched MoS and acknowledged the brevity of Lois and Clark's interaction I found them believable as a couple. It had nothing to do with the seventy years of history behind them since on Smallville I had huge issues with TPTBs choice to pretty much only tell viewers Lois and Clark were meant to be but skip the showing. MoS skimped on the personal relationships in general but I think they did give us a reason to believe why both Lois and Clark would have fallen for the other. Lois finds an amazing man who not only saves her life but is a huge discovery. She tracks his life and only discovers more and more about this super man who saves people and takes no credit for what he does. Then she finally meets the man and learns why he doesn't want to come forward with his secret and even understands the emotional weight and real cost he's had to bear and I think she only admires him more and I'd say the movie established that she had learned to admire him long before she tracked him down, I'd go so

[kathpup]

This is how I read MoS. I do wish they'd have shown more though, or, *gasp* not have them get together on screen at all. Don't people do UST anymore?

...I would pay good money to read a devious!Lois fic.

[scifi_tv_addict]

I feel like they don't...not even on some shows now.

Sometimes I feel like studios/filmmakers are courting female viewers when they tack on or force these sorts of romances. They can't be bothered to actually write strong/interesting female narratives...so they throw this at us and think that makes everything squared.

[scifi_tv_addict]

Oh, I can believe them as a couple...but that's based more on reason than feeling. Logically, they make sense in the context of the movie. Unfortunately, I find that logic can only carry me so far if there's no heart behind it.

Understanding why they'd be attracted to each other doesn't justify the 'epic love' angle the filmmakers seemed to be going for. Yes, maybe there was something there...but they didn't EARN what they tried to make me swallow. You can't give two characters a couple of scenes (no matter how engaging) and then play it off as some sort of sprawling intergalactic love story. Allies, with a spark of attraction? Sure, but that's not what they were trying to sell. Not in my opinion, at least.

[entwashian]

Oz was terrible.

The thing that really bothers me about a lot of current 'romances' is that they have the two 'love interests' basically be jerks to each other in the name of banter. And then their crotches connect.

[scifi_tv_addict]

Ha! I love that assessment. I think those types of romances can work ...but only if you put in some actual effort, which studios aren't doing these days. It's like that shitty Katherine Heigl movie with Gerard Butler...like...was I supposed to actually want them together? (I don't know, I turned it off 30 minutes in)

[entwashian]

HAHAHAHAHAHA, yeah, that's one of the specific movies I was thinking of. Like, I love both of them SO MUCH as actors, but after seeing a few really short clips from the movie, I have absolutely zero interest in seeing it.

[lar_laughs]

I had a mini rant about this the other day when I saw someone mention that there was "unrealistic science" in Man of Steel. Why do we never say that a movie has "unrealistic romance" because that happens all the time and I've never seen anyone point it out. Until now. Thank you! I can now say that I've seen unrealistic romance pointed out in a movie! :)

And kudos to you for even seeing Oz because I couldn't even think about paying money for that thing.

[scifi_tv_addict]

Ha...unrealistic science was the least of that movie's problems.

Well, I paid a dollar for it (which I kind of want back?). I guess the optimist in me hoped it would be better than I imagined it would.

[mfirefly10]

I can't remember the last movie I saw that had a decent romance...Pitch Perfect, maybe? Though I prefer the non-canon, femslashy option because of ~reasons. Safety Not Guaranteed had a cute romance but it was kind of the back-drop to a really quirky time-travel movie. And I really liked Friends with Kids but that's probably just because I adored the cast.

Les Miserables - I liked the movie but the Cosette/Marius thing was ridiculous. Sure, you're both pretty and you harmonize nicely but what else drew you together? The whole 'love-at-first-thing' thing doesn't work when you don't back it up by giving the characters genuine interaction/development.

After everything I've heard about Man of Steel and that Oz thing, I have no desire to see either.