I know what you're thinking, "Am I reading this right? Did she just say she hates Nicholas Sparks movies?" While what you read is correct, let me explain before you jump to conclusions. Now don't get me wrong, I love a good Nicholas Sparks marathon on TV. I could sit on the couch all day and watch them over and over again, but right now, that is not the point. Recently, I sat down to watch one of the marathons on TV and I realized something very important. Nicholas Sparks has come up with so many great movies with awesome storylines and perfect characters, and that is what makes every movie so successful and great, but what is it about them that makes me hate watching them? It is not that I don't like the storyline, or I don't care for the person portraying the character; instead, it's the smaller details that drive me crazy, which is why I figured I would lay them out for you in a way that I think you would understand.
1. First, and most importantly, why do all of the male characters look like models or Greek gods?
Again, don't get me wrong, I love a movie with a hot male lead. But c'mon Nicholas Sparks, almost 99 percent of the time, men like this don't just come around that easy. And if they do, they don't just fall in love with a girl they just met. This is why I have trust issues .Nicholas Sparks: unrealistic expectations for future boyfriends/husbands.
2. Moments like these don't happen in real life, like ever...that is, unless you plan it.
Let me ask you something. Can you remember the last time you got into a huge fight with someone and ended up kissing in the pouring rain instead of slamming the door and storming out? Yeah, me neither. Like I said before, it doesn't happen in real life...unless you're trying to create a candid pose for your Instagram in order to make it seem like it really happened this way.
3. There always has to be a tear-jerker. It can never be just a sweet love story. NEVER.
You think the movie is going to be simple: boy likes girl, girl doesn't care for boy, boy chases after girl, girl falls in love with boy and they live happily ever after, right? NOT. Instead, it goes a bit something like this: boy likes girl, girl doesn't care for boy, boy chases after girl, girl falls in love with boy, girl's dad gets cancer and dies soon after. WOW, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? WASN'T EXPECTING TO BRING MY TISSUE BOX WITH ME TO A MOVIE ABOUT ROMANCE. Touché, Nicholas Sparks, touché.
4. And if tears are not enough, what about when he drops a big bomb on you at the end.
You finally have reached the end of the movie and you think you have successfully survived the movie without crying. But oh no, that is just not enough for him. Instead, he drops a major bomb like this on you two minutes before the credits begin rolling and you're all like "WHHHHAAATTTTTTT?!" True story.
5. He always shows the softer side of the men that you normally wouldn't see.
Like I said before, you don't see this in real life people. When is the last time you saw a bad boy go good just because of a girl? When is the last time you saw a man change all of his ways just to win a family over? Men are always too obsessed with making themselves seem big and bold, but sometimes all a girl really wants is someone to be loving and compassionate.
6. Isn't it ironic how the storyline or life lessons in the movies just so happen to relate perfectly to things going on in your life?
Running into a person from your past? Falling for someone you never would have expected to have feelings for? Living with the pain of knowing someone you love is sick? It's all something you've probably experienced once or twice before. But isn't it funny how just when you sit down to watch a Nicholas Sparks movie, it just so happens to relate to your life at the moment so easily? That's probably why we cry extra hard watching these movies. I swear this man is a genius. Touché Nicholas Sparks, touché.
7. And lastly, he creates unrealistic expectations for women EVERYWHERE.
If all of these things above weren't enough to make you understand why these movies are the worst, this one definitely is the kicker. I wish it was this easy to fall in love. I wish it was this easy to find the person meant for you. I wish it was this easy to find someone to stick by your side by anything. But unfortunately for us, it's not. Maybe it is for some, but probably not for many. He creates these characters to be the picture perfect people that we aspire to be or find, but let's be honest, he makes it look way too easy. Trust me, if I could walk out the door tomorrow and meet a man like John Tyree, you best bet that I would never let him go. But it isn't realistic in our world today and that is the worst part about these movies. They give us false hope.
