Life, love, struggle, happiness, pain and death. From the greatest love story ever told to movies to this date whom still hold these themes. Which are constantly and repeatedly/ shown throughout any blockbuster release, indie, animation, Bollywood or even a foreign production- and yet still hold a major percentage of our audiences consumption. What is it about these movies that we just can't seem to get enough of?
It's the concept the idea that their love is banned that, that one single word (love) can have such an impact on a person. On a family, on everyone. It's as though as soon as that person utters the words it's as though you've been waiting to hear them your whole life they are the spine to your life. You were doing fine without him or her, your life was swell. So why? Why is it that after those words have been spoken you can't live without them- Can't even imagine what your life was like without them. What is it about them that makes you so weak and why we as as an audience cannot seem to get enough of them. From the classic Romeo and Juliet novel to the first ever movie adaptation in 1936 to 1954, 1955, 1968, 1996 and the current 2013 version and not forgetting Bollywood remakes of the forbidden love story of two family feuds played throughout the 2012 hit 'Ishaaqzaade' where religion and political stands hold the cause of hatred.
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who will love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head, and you listen to your heart. And I'm not hearing any heart. Cause the truth is, honey, there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, cause if you haven't tried, you haven't lived."
- William Parrish, Meet Joe Black (1998)
I personally adore the romance genre although I'd never admit it to anyone nor would it be my favourite genre but there's just something about romantic movies which make you feel good inside. Even if you aren't in love, it's the possibility of maybe someday falling for someone so hard that you could be compared yourself to Rose & Jack, Noah & Allie, Edward & Bella even Romeo & Juliet etc. Being able to see how much one person can love another is an incredible thing to witness even if they are fictional. I love, love so when watching romantic movies a big deal for me is the way in which the movie connects with the audience and how it initially makes me feel whether or not I see a spark between the two casted as the love birds... Yet at the same time every movie has an aspect of Romance In Bruges, Django, Harry Potter, Hunger Games etc. So would it be safe to say that every movie is a Romance? Just like every one is a Western... I state this because of the repetitive characteristics, themes and representations of each characters- yet either way a movie is a movie and whatever genre so long as the plot makes sense I'll happily watch and take it all in.
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