I seriously can't grasp it. Filmmakers clearly still know how to make romantic dramas as there are quite a few good ones, but ever since we entered the 2000's a lot of the ones that are marketed as comedies fail horribly.
Most recently I saw P.S. I Love You. The attempts at being funny are the worst kind of "lulz I'm so awkward" humor, and the supposedly emotional scenes are so cheesy and hamfisted it's jawdropping. I can't believe some of the dialogue that comes out of the actors' mouths.
Romance in real life can be quite comedic. You run into plenty of screwed up situations you can poke fun at. Woody Allen did that for example. Or if you've really got to go the predictable route, at least make the dialogue not sound like it was written for babies.
And what's with all the stuttering? Every time someone is nervous that character starts stuttering like crazy. It's ridiculous. In real life you're often more reserved and very carefully choosing words when being around someone you're crushing on. Now everybody just sounds like Sandra Bullock.
I simply want to figure out why the writing for this genre has declined so badly. Even horror manages to impress more.
About Time was a shining example of how to do it right since the dialogue isn't painfully corny and the characters aren't shallow tropes. I just wish we could have that more often.
Most recently I saw P.S. I Love You. The attempts at being funny are the worst kind of "lulz I'm so awkward" humor, and the supposedly emotional scenes are so cheesy and hamfisted it's jawdropping. I can't believe some of the dialogue that comes out of the actors' mouths.
Romance in real life can be quite comedic. You run into plenty of screwed up situations you can poke fun at. Woody Allen did that for example. Or if you've really got to go the predictable route, at least make the dialogue not sound like it was written for babies.
And what's with all the stuttering? Every time someone is nervous that character starts stuttering like crazy. It's ridiculous. In real life you're often more reserved and very carefully choosing words when being around someone you're crushing on. Now everybody just sounds like Sandra Bullock.
I simply want to figure out why the writing for this genre has declined so badly. Even horror manages to impress more.
About Time was a shining example of how to do it right since the dialogue isn't painfully corny and the characters aren't shallow tropes. I just wish we could have that more often.