Saturday, May 28, 2011

When I get tired I write about weird things.

Don't judge me.

So I watched The Ugly Truth, and while it didn't suck, the humor was perhaps a little too awkward for my taste, because while I think awkwardness in real life is ridiculously funny, I don't enjoy watching it onscreen. However, there were previews for Julie & Julia in the beginning, which made me think about the following topic.
So normally I don't really think about movie genres in a clearcut, verbal way, but there is an intense sorting system going on in my head, and though I sometimes find it hard to vocalize reasons why out loud, I know which movies should be grouped together, both broadly and specifically, so that feel and genre are right for me (wow, I kind of sound insane right now/on something, though I swear I'm not). Anyway though, so yeah, I'm going to try to explain a genre that exists in my head, though maybe not completely in real life; I call it guy romcoms. You know normal romcoms? Well, guy romcoms are kind of like those, except they focus more on the comedy aspect/may be referred to as comedies only, and tend to be from a (nerdy) guy's perspective exclusively (ex. 40-Year Old Virgin) (we could talk about the sexism that is sort of present in the (non)existence of the exact girl equivalent of movies like this and how that's changing (ex. Bridesmaids), but that's another post for another day)
I should probably establish right now that there is a distinct difference between adult and teen romcoms, and I'm referring to adult romcoms throughout this entire thing.
ANYWAY THOUGH so what I think is sort of sad is that there aren't many girl romcoms (and I'm going to define these as romcoms that involve/are centered around the perspective of the girl) that involve the girl falling in love with a nerdier/quieter guy, which slightly disturbs me, because that's totally who I'm going to fall for one day. With the exception of 13 Going on Thirty, in fact, I'm not sure if this type of comedy exists. But it should, because I WANT IT TO and the universe exists to give me what I want, duh, I wish.
So in conclusion: future film makers, make this movie, for me, and for all the pretty nerdy girls out there who don't necessarily want to date that awesomely handsome man, but instead like his slightly nerdier and less-hot-but-more-adorable friend. (I suppose that I should maybe mention that there are some notable movies that do follow this, but none that I can think of that aren't teen-oriented and/or stupid. But for examples, let us look at Princess Diaries, Bring It On, and John Tucker Must Die.)
(Also: please give this friend glasses, because glasses can be surprisingly sexy, and they don't exist enough in movies.)

(also also: you may wonder how Julie and Julia led to this topic. Well, it is the result of that one scene where her husband wears glasses and I realized that glasses are awesome. And then I thought about adult romcoms and how there aren't any nerdy cute guys in them.)

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