A Woman’s Life in Romantic Comedies

Romantic Comedies - we’ve established that they don’t mirror reality, we know they’re formulaic and unrealistic, but it really takes a sarcastic rundown of a woman’s life as seen through romantic comedies to realise: Watch romantic comedies, laugh and cry at them all you like, but – pretty please – do NOT base your plans, ambitions and dreams as a woman on romantic comedies or your life will be a bad romantic comedy joke!

See for yourself what a woman’s life in romantic comedies would look like….

This Lovefilm will make you Long for Summer

This short lovefilm doesn’t have an exciting plot, no dialogue, no tearsome happy ending. It’s only about 7 minutes long, but nevertheless, it’s a beautiful, touching lovefilm, bound to put a smile on every viewer’s face and guaranteed to make you look forward to summer and dream of a Roman Holiday. Rome is where the young girl at the centre of the story misses her train, allowing a young man to grab the chance and show her his city at night…. but see for yourself:

Notte Sento (English subtitles) from napdan on Vimeo

Between Passion and Madness – a Fine Line

The line between passion and madness can be quite fine, and easily crossed. The romantic poets knew this and the following video illustrates it. Well, not the video but the different reactions to the video. But first, see for yourself what you think of this little love story:

A friend sent me the link to this video saying: “it will touch you – sooo beautiful!” To her, it was heartwarmingly romantic.

My first thought wasn’t of passion, but rather of madness. Read more

4 Totally Unrealistic Romantic Phantasies from Totally Unrealistic Romantic Comedies

Maybe you’ve read about the study that “proves” romantic comedies harm real romances, because they encourage unrealistic expectations. On the one hand, that’s true. On the other hand, we didn’t need a study to tell us that romantic comedies are pretty unrealistic. But admittedly, some romantic comedies do prompt unrealistic romantic phantasies. For instance?

- Wouldn’t it be totally romantic to have accident-induced amnesia, so your boyfriend has to make you fall in love with him again every day, like in 50 First Dates?

- Wouldn’t it be totally romantic to fall in love with the auditor checking your bookkeeping due to tax evasion, like in Stranger than Fiction? Read more

A Life of Love – Beautifully Captured In a Short Film

A love story can be told in many words – or in a beautiful short film. Love at first sight, the first kiss, starting a family together and growing old together in just over 3 minutes. In all its banality, this story of a lifetime of love is touching thanks to stunning animation and fantastic music!

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.