one groom...*two* grooms...oh, my medication

[bossymarmalade]

...Lord, I am not cut out for romantic comedies. I just watched "Serendipity" and it ENRAGED me.

My dad, however, loved it. Typical.

Comments

[koneko-meow.livejournal.com]

What did you not like about it? I thought it was pretty decent...though cheesy as all romcoms are.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I think that's just the thing -- lots of romcoms follow a basic plot of "boy and girl meet and for some reason don't stick together, then they get engaged to other very nice people, then they LEAVE THOSE NICE PEOPLE AT THE ALTAR so they can have their selfish idealized love back". grrrrrrrrrr!

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

I've never seen that movie but it still enrages me because it came out while I was living in B-more and working at Donna's and do you have any idea how many people came in and asked for frozen hot chocolates and then would look at *me* like *I* was the moron for not knowing what they were talking about?!?!

ahhh, my bitter barista days...

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHHAH! That is possibly the best reason for hating the movie that I've ever heard. What the hell *is* a frozen hot chocolate supposed to be? A chocolate milkshake? I missed the first bit of the movie so I have no idea either!

[joyfulseeker.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah, no. My sister and I chose Serendipity as the random movie to see my freshman year of college when we needed a break from classes because we thought, "John Cusack, good sign, right?" Oh my good lord it was bad.

I think I've actively repressed the plot at this point.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Heh! I just get too invested in the feelings of the people the romantic leads always end up spurning, y'know? It never ends the way I want it to, and in the end, aren't MY feelings the most important thing?!?!

[between-names.livejournal.com]

I've neer seen the movie, but I gotta confirm that those "Frrrozen" Hot Chocolates are awesome. You can buy the mix on the restaurant website -- but the restaurant itself is really overpriced for standard fare.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Interesting! So it's basically hot chocolate mix but with ice. I should make a ghetto version and try it out. *g*

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

I hate most romantic comedies. I still loathe Sleepless in Seattle to this day for the notion that it's okay to leave a perfectly nice, decent man for a stranger whose sob story you've heard on the radio because it's all in the name of TRUE LOVE.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

FUCK YES. I mean, not that I've seen that movie, but I've seen enough romcoms to know that's the basic pattern of them. I always end up despising the main characters because they've thoughtlessly hurt these other, really nice people!

[evilprettykitty.livejournal.com]

I hated it. HATED IT.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I've rarely been so annoyed by a movie when I liked the stars! I think the last one was King Arthur.

*blows up*

[kitchendinah.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, John Cusack hasn't put out a decent movie (and I say 'decent', which doesn't even require half the qualifiers of 'good',) since High Fidelity in 2000. Please do not torture yourself further.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Heh! Fortunately, it just happened to be on tv and the pater was watching it with great enjoyment, so it didn't put me out any money, at least. *g*

[indirajames.livejournal.com]

Romantic comedies that don't have zombies = not as interesting.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

One of life's smaller but more potent truths!!

[marej.livejournal.com]

will see your romantic comedies and raise you my complete inability to grock the beauty of chicklit (don't get me started on YA chicklit, no really don't).

and if i ever again hear that the above somehow disqualifies me from all things girlie-like (it happened. i was so so mad. SOMAD maggie!), i will punch them in the nose, too.

*mwah*

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

*snort* I don't know if I've ever picked up a chicklit book. Not even out of undue snobbery, but...I don't think a book specifically catered to what somebody thinks are feminine interests would work for me. Societal-norm-speaking, I have already given up my rights to have ovaries by not liking romcoms!!!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to get through this movie, and I am a fan of romantic comedies. What is up with John Cusack choosing such crappy romantic comedies? This, Must Love Dogs, American Sweethearts - it's like he's testing our devotion to him! Say Anything can only carry you so far, Mr. Cusack!

Don't give up on the genre entirely! Have you seen Bridget Jones's Diary or, hmm, While You Were Sleeping? I'm not sure if Legally Blonde counts, but it's a favorite of mine. Those are my ultimate romantic comedy comfort flicks.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lord. I tried multiple times to watch Bridget Jones and just *failed utterly*! I'm such a curmudgeon about these movies, I swear.

I did really like Out of Sight. Does that count?!?

[arallara.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen that one, but these days most romantic comedies ENRAGE me. I used to be able to enjoy them in a totally superficial, matinee and popcorn movie type way. At this point, I'd rather see whatever the latest action explosion blockbuster movie is. I totally hear what you're saying about the typical plot structure, but for me I think it's the fucking heteronormativity--the reproduction of icky gender roles and heterosexual behavior norms just GROSSES ME OUT.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

it's the fucking heteronormativity--the reproduction of icky gender roles and heterosexual behavior norms just GROSSES ME OUT

Heh -- it's that too, but I am making a concerted effort not to Lisa Simpson-out on EVERYTHING. My friends and family are tired enough of hearing me yak on and on about the evil of multinational corporations as it is!!

Oh, to be ignorant again (sometimes). *g*

[zarahemla.livejournal.com]

I hated Seredipity, despite all the Cusack action. I hate movies where the bride/groom leaves a perfectly nice person at the altar because they found their Soulmate or whatever. I need to rent "Gross Pointe Blank" again ... now there's a romantic comedy :D

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. I always get hung up on how nice the jilted person is, and how the characters we're supposed to identify with and cheer for totally HUMILIATED and HURT them. rargh!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_jules_/]

See, this is why I like The Wedding Singer. Because the guy she leaves on her wedding day is a total douchebag and deserves it. Also, the entire movie is based on a nice guy being left at the altar and how it RUINS HIS LIFE.

And like, who does that anyway? Leave someone at the altar? Really, I've never heard of anyone doing that in real life. If you decide you don't want to marry them the day of your wedding, tough luck. You marry them anyway, wait 18 months and then tell them you made a mistake and divorce and pay them alimony for the rest of your life. That's how it really happens. You don't skate off into the sunset, or whatever happened in Serendipity.

[msmarvel1.livejournal.com]

The Baxter is a good twist on the left-at-the-altar plot, if you're ever interested.

[msmarvel1.livejournal.com]

I like a romantic comedy once in awhile so long as it has good dialogue and romantic leads I don't want to punch out. (Or it's something like Miss Congeniality, which combines romcom with EXPLOSIONS.) However, Serendipity's commercials made me want to hurl.

Although, to be fair, the same is true of a lot of male-oriented gross-out comedies. I'm an equal opportunity hater.

[ciderpress.livejournal.com]

Serendipity was the inflight movie on a 12 hour flight I was on, ZOMG, NO! The Australian bloke sitting next to me tried to wake me up because he thought it was *good*. Yeah. Whatevs.

This post's comment thread mentions a lot of films I couldn't physically sit through; I felt so embarrassed during Bridget Jones that I left the cinema, Bill Pullman was too good for Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle, actually any film with Julia Roberts as a romcom lead makes me want to punch myself in the face. Pretty Women? AHAHAHHAHADIEDIEDIE! Oh, my all time "WHY IS THAT EVEN A MOVIE?" movie: Runaway Bride. Why do these men want to marry Julia Roberts, Maggie, why? WHY, zombie jesus, WHY?

[loveflyfree.livejournal.com]

I love romantic comedies and I HATED "Serendipity" so much that I couldn't even finish it. my general thoughts when I turned off the movie were, "oh john cusack. I hope kate beckinsale ruins your life"

My favorites in the genre never have the lead leaving someone at the alter who didn't totally deserve it. Bridget Jones's Diary (because Colin Firth is so dreamy) while no one was actually to the alter yet, the alternatives for either character are unacceptable. While You Were Sleeping, because Sandy Cohen was a total putz (and Bill Pullman should always get the girl!) Four Weddings and a Funeral because omg he can't marry duckface! Also they usually contain some combination of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. (although the one they made together, while not strictly awful, could have been much better.)

Although, my favorite is Sabrina, where no one is left at the alter, and everyone is happy in the end. \o/