Cheesy Love Movies

How many times have we gone and seen one of those cheesy love movies where everything works out perfectly? I’m the first one to raise my hand and say that I’m guilty of seeing those cheesy love movies. Some of these movies even blend together for me that I’m not sure what part goes with what movie. My main concentration for this blog is the movie “He’s Just Not That into You”. Before I started this class, I had seen that movie a few times and thought it was really cute. I liked the way that (most) of the characters ended up happy in the end whether it’d be with someone else or alone. However, most of the characters ended up with someone else by the end of the movie. Why does most every “chick flick” movie have to be created so that love is the main theme and everyone lives happily ever after? I know, I know, most people only want to see movies where it’s a happy ending. But why? Maybe it’s because we as the general public have not seen many other movies where the characters in the movie don’t live happily ever after. Also, these movies enforce the myths that many Americans tend to live their life by. In this particular movie, there is cheating and heartbreak that is laced with it. But, the main character ends up changing his way of being a player in order to win the girl. How is this possible when this rarely happens? The media is giving the public false hopes about how things really work in the universe. I’m not sure how this can be changed because like many other people, I am guilty of wanting the characters to end up happily and in love. I find that I contradict my thoughts in that even though I want the characters to end up happy and in love, I also know that this is not always reality and most of the movie is made up of myths. Maybe I do this because I know how life really is and how things work in the real world. I know that people don’t change and I have seen it happen first hand. However, this does not apply to the general public and the media who knowingly what sells and what doesn’t, even if what they are talking about are myths. In order to stop this vicious cycle where people live their lives on what ifs or myths, the media needs to stop producing movies, magazines, books, etc. that includes said myths. Even though this is what needs to happen, it won’t. Love and myths are what sell in our society. It is frustrating that this cycle won’t stop even though lots of people can clearly see what the media is doing but there is not a whole lot we can do to fix it. Maybe the best way is to make sure that everyone is educated about these myths and understands how things work in the real world.