Did you ever watched a certain movie, then there is this one part of its storyline that hooked you the most (could be making you real happy or real heartbroken….. it could go either way, you know :p), most important is you’re so in love with the story that it made you wanting to look for more similar movies that probably have the same theme, same type of storyline? Here are 5 storylines that get me hooked the most in Drama-Romance-Comedy movies.
1. Nothing’s as big as your first love
Yup! A movie that tells story about someone experiencing first love. We all certainly have our first love story to tell. One fact about first love is, you can never forget it! Some lucky people have their first love as their last. But most people are not that lucky and only have their first love as a sweet memory. As sweet as movies that bring this storyline up, like Little Manhattan (2005). Josh Hutcherson played an adorable 10 ¾ years old boy who “fell in love” with his old friend from kindergarten. Nothing as cute as the way Hutcherson’s character tells us how he’s feeling about this one girl. Some moments will make you go ‘awww’, some other moments will make you go laughing out loud, but the most important message I think is on it’s epilogue that goes…
2. I fell in love with my best friend’s boyfriend a.k.a. triangle love
Well well well… this is it. After speaking about first love, now we’re on to the kind of love that we usually call as “unrequited love”. This type of love is the truest love of all kind. Because you know damn well that he loves someone else but you still love him no matter what. If that’s not the truest love, I don’t know anymore then what is it? Stupidest love? Well there’s a fine line in between, actually ;) There are many, many, many hollywood D-Rom-Coms that bring up this triangle love story. Some are great, like My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and 27 Dresses (2008), some are just so-so, like Made of Honor (2008) and Something Borrowed (2011).
My favorite kind of plot usually goes like this: a woman and a man are close, the woman falls in love with the man, she never tells what she feels and the man doesn’t seem giving any chance either, the second woman enters the picture (if the second woman is the first woman’s close friend, it’s getting even more interesting!), the man clearly falls in love with the second woman, the second woman loves him back, aaaaaaand this is where everything starts getting complicated for the first woman. But honestly, any kind of triangle love story will serve me right ;) The ending can vary. The first woman can end up with the man eventually, or she can end up finding a new man who really loves her. I always prefer the second kind of ending. This is related to my point on the next list… hey, keep ‘em coming!
3. Simple basic rule in life: You can’t always get what you want
Of course I’m still talking about love here <3 <3 <3 Do you know why I love The Ugly Truth (2009)? It’s because Abby ended up with Mike Chadway, not with her dream guy. Maybe it’s not exactly the point of the movie but… I’m sick. I’m so sick of common D-Rom-Com plot that has the lead female character ends up with her dream guy. Maybe the point of such movies is like ‘pursue your true love’ yada yada yada… but come onnnn, seriously, come on. If that’s not irritating enough, this lead female character usually has a boy best friend who clearly loves her but she keeps ignoring him and pursuing her dream guy instead! Puh-lease… all I dream is one day I could marry my boy best friend. I mean, what can be better than marrying your own best friend?? (Sorta out of topic :D) But many movies seem like to have this boy best friend character to suffer in the end, my heart always breaks for them. I’d like to mention some titles which have such ending but I can’t remember them, yes, I hate them that much. Wait, what are we talking about again? My point is, sometimes we should just stop pursuing something we thought we want, and grab everything that’s already there before your eyes. Makes any sense?
4. “Parent Issue”
Enough with the Rom now and we have only D-Com left. If a drama doesn’t talk about boy-girl-love, it usually talks about family-love. One of the most touching love in a family is between parents and their sons and daughters. The parent issue I’m talking about here is having this following formula: something bad happened in the past, the relationship between parent and son becomes tense in the present, the tension is building up, the parent becomes more and more authoritative while the son becomes more and more rebellious, the tension finally blows into an open quarrel between parent and son, but in the end of it all they realize the fact that they only need each other’s help to overcome the situation.
My latest-watched movie where I could find this type of storyline is We Bought a Zoo (2011). I must say Colin Ford is a talented young actor since his scene quarreling with Matt Damon always brings me to tears every time I see it.
5. “Bromance”
[Still wiping the tears from previous point] And still about family, now moving on to the love between brothers! Actually any sibling-love will do; sister to sister, brother to sister, but I think the most cute is when it’s brother to brother ;) You know siblings, they can be bickering like old married couples all the time but when the shove comes to push, it always gets back to the same basis:
That was my top 5 D-Rom-Com storylines. Do you agree? Do you not agree? What’s your favorite kind of storylines? Maybe you have any movie suggestions that would fit some characteristics above? That’d be great!
1. Nothing’s as big as your first love
Yup! A movie that tells story about someone experiencing first love. We all certainly have our first love story to tell. One fact about first love is, you can never forget it! Some lucky people have their first love as their last. But most people are not that lucky and only have their first love as a sweet memory. As sweet as movies that bring this storyline up, like Little Manhattan (2005). Josh Hutcherson played an adorable 10 ¾ years old boy who “fell in love” with his old friend from kindergarten. Nothing as cute as the way Hutcherson’s character tells us how he’s feeling about this one girl. Some moments will make you go ‘awww’, some other moments will make you go laughing out loud, but the most important message I think is on it’s epilogue that goes…
“Love is an ugly, terrible business practiced by fools. It'll trample your heart and leave you bleeding on the floor. And what does it really get you in the end? Nothing but a few incredible memories that you can't ever shake. The truth is, there's gonna be other girls out there. I mean, I hope. But I'm never gonna get another first love. That one's always gonna be her.”Couldn’t agree more.
2. I fell in love with my best friend’s boyfriend a.k.a. triangle love
Well well well… this is it. After speaking about first love, now we’re on to the kind of love that we usually call as “unrequited love”. This type of love is the truest love of all kind. Because you know damn well that he loves someone else but you still love him no matter what. If that’s not the truest love, I don’t know anymore then what is it? Stupidest love? Well there’s a fine line in between, actually ;) There are many, many, many hollywood D-Rom-Coms that bring up this triangle love story. Some are great, like My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and 27 Dresses (2008), some are just so-so, like Made of Honor (2008) and Something Borrowed (2011).
My favorite kind of plot usually goes like this: a woman and a man are close, the woman falls in love with the man, she never tells what she feels and the man doesn’t seem giving any chance either, the second woman enters the picture (if the second woman is the first woman’s close friend, it’s getting even more interesting!), the man clearly falls in love with the second woman, the second woman loves him back, aaaaaaand this is where everything starts getting complicated for the first woman. But honestly, any kind of triangle love story will serve me right ;) The ending can vary. The first woman can end up with the man eventually, or she can end up finding a new man who really loves her. I always prefer the second kind of ending. This is related to my point on the next list… hey, keep ‘em coming!
3. Simple basic rule in life: You can’t always get what you want
Of course I’m still talking about love here <3 <3 <3 Do you know why I love The Ugly Truth (2009)? It’s because Abby ended up with Mike Chadway, not with her dream guy. Maybe it’s not exactly the point of the movie but… I’m sick. I’m so sick of common D-Rom-Com plot that has the lead female character ends up with her dream guy. Maybe the point of such movies is like ‘pursue your true love’ yada yada yada… but come onnnn, seriously, come on. If that’s not irritating enough, this lead female character usually has a boy best friend who clearly loves her but she keeps ignoring him and pursuing her dream guy instead! Puh-lease… all I dream is one day I could marry my boy best friend. I mean, what can be better than marrying your own best friend?? (Sorta out of topic :D) But many movies seem like to have this boy best friend character to suffer in the end, my heart always breaks for them. I’d like to mention some titles which have such ending but I can’t remember them, yes, I hate them that much. Wait, what are we talking about again? My point is, sometimes we should just stop pursuing something we thought we want, and grab everything that’s already there before your eyes. Makes any sense?
4. “Parent Issue”
Enough with the Rom now and we have only D-Com left. If a drama doesn’t talk about boy-girl-love, it usually talks about family-love. One of the most touching love in a family is between parents and their sons and daughters. The parent issue I’m talking about here is having this following formula: something bad happened in the past, the relationship between parent and son becomes tense in the present, the tension is building up, the parent becomes more and more authoritative while the son becomes more and more rebellious, the tension finally blows into an open quarrel between parent and son, but in the end of it all they realize the fact that they only need each other’s help to overcome the situation.
My latest-watched movie where I could find this type of storyline is We Bought a Zoo (2011). I must say Colin Ford is a talented young actor since his scene quarreling with Matt Damon always brings me to tears every time I see it.
Son: You hate me!
Dad: I hate you? Wait a second. Okay we've had some problems, man, but we're figurin' it out, okay?
S: That is bullsh*t! Admit it! You wish I wasn't here!
D: Hold on! Enough with the drama, all right? Knock it off!
S: I can't stand it here! Can't you see that?
D: No, but thank you for telling me, AGAIN! I thought you liked it here. And I'm sorry, I thought… I thought you liked me! I thought this was a dream come true for us!
S: It's your dream! You can't force a dream onto someone else, Dad!
D: YES, I CAN! I can force a dream on you!
S: Why are you yelling?
D: Because it's a good dream! And because I'm your father and I'm the only one you've got! So stop moping around this place, man! And pick up a shovel and dig a hole! Do something! You just sit here and feel sorry for yourself! Help me with your sister! Help me, damn it!
S: Help me, damn it! Help ME!
D: I'm sorry that you didn't get more of a childhood. That's just how that one went. But we live with a 7-year-old girl who still believes in the Easter Bunny. What are we gonna do?
S: You never ask me how I'm doin'. You never even taught me how to shave.
D: What, you want to know how to shave? I would love to teach you how to shave. Let's shave!
*******tears*******
5. “Bromance”
[Still wiping the tears from previous point] And still about family, now moving on to the love between brothers! Actually any sibling-love will do; sister to sister, brother to sister, but I think the most cute is when it’s brother to brother ;) You know siblings, they can be bickering like old married couples all the time but when the shove comes to push, it always gets back to the same basis:
“I’ll never let anything happen to you.” –Zathura: The Space Adventure (2005)
“I won’t leave you, I promise.” –Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
“Because I’m your brother.”Isn’t that sweet? :))
That was my top 5 D-Rom-Com storylines. Do you agree? Do you not agree? What’s your favorite kind of storylines? Maybe you have any movie suggestions that would fit some characteristics above? That’d be great!
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