Movies are like this parallel universe you can escape to just by watching the T.V. When you watch a movie, it's like you're part of that life, just for a few hours. You can escape reality for a while and get lost in the story the movie is telling. But then, when it's over, you're back to your reality. And this is why watching romantic comedies sucks, but at the same time is such a beautiful thing.
I love movies. I could spend hours on a rainy Sunday watching all my favorite so-called 'chick flicks' over and over again, and this drives my mom crazy. She'll walk into the living room and ask "seriously, again?" maybe five times that day, because I have a habit of rewatching the same few movies over and over again. But once you find a good one, why stop? You get to escape into that life at any time you want, just by watching the movie again. And it'll always be there, waiting for you until next time.
But as much as these movies are such a great day-waster, they're also such heart breakers. Romantic comedies, Disney movies, and those chick flicks are the exact reasons I, and so many other young girls and even grown women, have false hopes, false expectations for how life is supposed to go.
Men will always hold open the door for you. First dates are romantic and there is no thought of what will happen later that night. Tragedies are easy to overcome, and every story ends with a happily ever after. How perfect does that sound? But oh, how untrue. Now can you understand why I would rather live life in that magical place of happiness, innocence, and love?
Even at a young age, girls are taught to believe in these things, and it's a beautiful thing. At the age of three or four, we start watching these happily ever after Disney movies, and sometimes (if you're like me) we never stop. Don't get me wrong, I love those movies that can make you laugh or make you cry, but in the end, it's those happy ending ones that are my favorites. The guy gets the girl, the castle is saved, and everything is at peace. What's wrong with this?
Yes, these movies give false hope, but is that really a bad thing? No, not every story ends with a happily ever after, but I won't stop working until my story does. Maybe I'm sort of an old soul. Sometimes I don't fit in with the 21st century. But I think that guys should hold open doors for girls, and that first dates should be romantic and innocent, and that although all tragedies aren't easy to overcome, one day, there will be a happily ever after. So don't stop wishing upon the star, and keeping rewatching your favorite movies until your own reality is so good that you don't want to escape it.
