Romantic comedies are everywhere because Hollywood thinks they are a safe bet to sink something like 10-30 million into something and enough couples (or aspiring couples) are going to do to the theaters and watch the same drivel over and over again to make their money back.
For he most part they are correct about this
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While the system isn't always the same it may as well be: Two people are involved in some situation or another and luck brings them together in a way that means they are going to be a couple the likes of which none of us are ever going to encounter at any point in our lives and everything goes happily ever after in a way that honestly, I think gives those of use who have normal lives rather unrealistic expectations of what sort of encounters we can hope to have in our lives.
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For one thing, very few of us are as good-looking and inexplicably affluent at Emma Roberts whoever the hell Luke Bracey are because we have to do things like go to work and in this particular movie, worry about the fact that we are not actually in our own country and need visas and other such trivial things.
I realize that in any film you have to suspend your disbelief to a certain degree for the sake of watching a film and just try to enjoy it but the major problem I have with this recent Netflix turd is the fact that in I would say less than 4 minutes into the film you can see exactly what is going to happen despite the fact that when I started watching it I didn't even know who the stars were, or even that I was watching a romantic comedy.
There are some good romantic comedies out there but this movie is not one of them. I mean seriously . Watch the first 10 minutes of this film... pause it and then write down everything that you think is going to happen in it and I can all but guarantee you that you are going to be correct about nearly everything that happens.
The film's premise is trying to be unique because Sloan and Jackson, both of whom have had a bad relationship (or lack of one for Robert's case) decide to be fake dates to please their friends and family for the upcoming year and I am sooooooo certain that you can not see it coming that this situation ends up developing into a real relationship.
It is only worth watching for the cringe factor and has almost zero value in any sort of comedic or real-world meaning. It is an absurd premise and also completely impractical from start to finish because it is apparent from the first 30 seconds that neither one of these people would have any trouble getting into any sort of real relationship in the world that all of us call life. It's borderline insulting actually.
It's near Christmas so this should have been expected because it happens every year because Hollywood already knows that we are all idiots and for some reason or another we are going to accidentally be interested in watching this sort of crap between November and January. The fact that this film is being released during a year that there are very few cinemas open just makes it purely a Netflix thing.
It is very rare that I see a film that I can honestly say that no one should bother with but this is one of them because there is zero surprise in this movie and try as it may by throwing a couple with different accents into it, it falls flat on every metric.
It's garbage. Watch Love Actually or Crazy, Stupid Love even if you have seen them before instead of wasting your time on the 1.5 hours this films will suck out of your life.
Why would I ever bother with a romantic movie? I mean, they all are bad. I watch almost exclusively sci-fi/fantasy. There is usually some hard work put into sci-fis. Fantasy are sometimes cheap, but they still can have a thrilling story.
well if you have a few favorites in the Sci-Fi / Fantasy areas please let me know. It is one of my favorite genres as well but lately I have seen some real turds and need some guidance.
Heh, I have just written my admiration for The Expanse combat. Unlike other space sci-fi, The Expanse has a lot more realistic combat provided that we would fight each other in space. No magical shields around ships and such. The story starts very slowly, but nearing the end of the first season, it starts to be worth it (the article is in Czech, so I suggest to browse other's reviews).
The Outpost is a decent fantasy. Low budget is blatantly obvious, but dialogues between some of the main characters are incredibly well written and typical thrilling atmosphere of the fantasy world is there. I could argue some shortcomings of the story, but I consider it to be a fun show.
Raised by Wolves is a new sci-fi which I hate for I had a similar idea I wanted to write. The idea is a war between religious fanatics and atheists on Earth. Unconfirmed, the space body exploding in the opening might be Earth. A colony vessel was dispatched to Kepler system by atheists with androids and embryos onboard. When the androids teach children, they start to question atheism as there is a question 'why did they lose if they were right?' However, the show goes further beyond the colonisation of the Kepler system, but I don't want to spoil it. It seems to have a little bit of every sci-fi subgenre, but some choices especially at the end of the first season are questionable. Filming is decent, I hear the director is someone famous.
Avenue 5 if a British sci-fi comedy with Dr House in the main role. It isn't that much of a sci-fi other than the whole plot is happening on board of the space vessel. The plot is mostly drama but damn good one. A similar comedy with more sci-fi plot would be The Orville.
I think those are the best recent titles which are still being filmed on. I've got more but I like every good story in these two genres, so slightly less good show for me in this genre might be bad for others. Mentioned titles are probably best ones to recommend while avoiding shows known by all like GoT.