There are two things I like in regards to Watching Films. Please note that I said "in regards to", like a very posh person. I mean there are more than two things I like about watching films, but there are two specific ones I want to talk about today. And I don't want your opinion of me to change, so before you read this post you have to promise me that you wont look at me weirdly should we ever meet in real life (For the record, if we did meat in real life I would like you to look at me with a smile that isn't creepy, but has a certain mystery to it, like you're thinking something interesting and intimate that you don't want anyone to know but that you'll tell me if I ask nicely).
So the two things I like about films that I want to tell you today. I like watching really, really Predictable Romantic Comedies that have Happy Endings. And I like watching them over and over and over again. Now, the reason why I like these are many, and so, because I haven't done it in a while (almost two years), and because you know I like them, I am going to write a list.
So
Kathryn Gynn's List of Reasons Why She Likes Really Really Predictable Romantic Comedies With Happy Endings and Watching Them Over and Over and Over Again (or something shorter than that)
1. Life is very varied, and I am a very sporadic and spontaneous person who often makes decisions very quickly without thinking. And so sometimes, in my leisure time, I like to know exactly what is going to happen. I like to not have to worry about what is going to happen to the characters. I like being able to guess that these people, who I have a sudden in instantaneous emotional connection with, are going to be ok. I feel that my life can sometimes be a bit crazy, and so I like having a formula that a film can follow and know that there is some sort of order. Which is the opposite of what I do (an example of me being spontaneous would be me quitting my teaching job after a year because I didn't like it with no job to go to, which effectively makes me jobless and will eventually lead to me being penniless too).
2. Life isn't always very nice. And so in my leisure time (this is the second time I have said leisure time. Please notice this) I like to watch something that has a happy ending. And that I know will have a happy ending. I think that there is so much bad in the real world, it doesn't make sense to look at it for pleasure. It seem... oxymoronish to me. Life sucks enough. At least we can be happy whilst watching films.
3. I like knowing the end of things before I start them. I don't know why. I can't really explain it, but if I know what the ending is then I can relax, and just enjoy the story and not have to be thinking "oh, holy fuck, what is going to happen now?!" Which is why I like watching films Over and Over and Over Again. It is also why I read the ends of books after I've read the first chapter. And also why I very rarely read books in chronological order.
4. Everyone like Romance Stories, even if they think that they don't, because who doesn't like a story about two people being happy? If you are one of these people please leave a comment to this post explaining why you don't like a story about two people being happy.
5.They teach us about life. As humans, we learn empathy and social norms from our parents, our friends, and popular culture. And the way I see it, if everyone acted like actors do in Really Really Predictable Romantic Comedies, then the world would be a better place (unless people decided to act like the antagonist in these films... then not so much). And to be honest, I guess people do act like this. We take our cues from films like this. And I know people who live in a world where they believe they will be swept of their feet by prince charming, and really, why shouldn't they be? And one day they will be. And it probably wont be like it is in the films, with a grand open declaration or a horse, but it will be good, And it will be sweeping. And it might not even be a guy sweeping a girl off her feet. But someone will be swept off their feet. Which I guess brings me on to...
6. Hope. I have a lot of hope. And faith. I have a lot of both of these things. And that is what Really Really Predictable Romantic Comedies gives me. It allows me to hope and have faith, and ultimately have that hope and faith rewarded with a romantic kiss and the naive promise of True Love Forever (I also love the naive promise of True Love Forever, because of all the hope and faith it has attached to it. Even if the more cynical part of my mind is telling me that it's a load of crap)
7. I am a Hopeless Romantic. Sort of. I want everyone to be happy.
And Finally...
8. At 26 years old I still don't know exactly what I want to do. I guess what I am doing is trying everything out to try to find the thing that I love more than any other job in the world, one that I can imagine doing every day for the rest of my life. And so while my life has not plans, and I'm still working around to being an actual real Adult, I like to watch films where the main character is also trying to find their place in life, where they too are trying to work around to being an actual real Adult. And yes, they are usually younger than me, but not always. Sometimes they're older. The point is, these films make me feel less alone in my quest to be an actual real Adult, and they make me feel like it's ok, because eventually everything will be alright.
So there you go. This is why I like really, really Predictable Romantic Comedies that have Happy Endings. And I like watching them over and over and over again. It doesn't make me a child. And it doesn't mean I have bad taste in films. I know that these are bad films. I can see that. But I love them anyway. No apologies
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