Rom Coms

Like romantic comedies? Well I don't. First of all, they just make us feel depressed, like we'll be forever alone, like we need to find someone to spend the rest of our lives with ASAP, like this...

Besides making us feel entitled to sit on a couch and eat a bunch of junk food while feeling depressed about our lives, I also don't really like them because they're very predictable. There's nothing I hate more than a predictable movie. I mean, I don't feel accomplished when I can guess the end of a movie, I just feel mad.

Poor and/or unpopular girl falls for rich and/or popular boy. With the help of her best friend whom she's known since birth, she gets him to notice her. He defies his friends cruel judgments and they kiss and get together. Sometimes it's a poor guy who loves a rich girl, and she ignores her family's disapproval. Sound familiar....

Usually there’s a speech and/or profession of love in a very public place and at a random time thrown in there. That’s one of the many generic plot lines of a romantic comedy. It usually goes something like this... and well you know how they all end. They end up together, everything's awesome. <3

However, I get really happy when I can find a good, not annoying, slightly less cliche and corny than others, romantic comedy. I mean hey, sometimes we just wanna watch people fall in love, and I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I love my cliche romantic comedies that make me feel alone and depressed. But what I want everyone to know is that there is a way to make a romantic comedy into an awesome movie. There is a right way to do it!!!

So let's talk about my favorite romantic comedy....My Best Friend's Wedding.

Released in: 1997

Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everette

Well-known quotes: "Maybe there won't be marriage...maybe there won't be sex...but, by God, there will be dancing"

I really love this movie because it's everything a romantic comedy should be (funny, cute, endearing) but it's actually real.

It tells the story of two best friends, Julianne (played by Julia Roberts) and Michael (played by Dermot Mulroney). They dated briefly when they were younger, but broke it off due to Julianne's fear of commitment. However, they remained best friends since. But once Michael tells Julianne he's getting married, she realizes that she really does love him and sets out to break up the wedding.

I know the story sounds cliche when reading it, and believe me it has it's "romantic comedy moments" like this..

But with the help of Michael's fiancee Kim (played by Cameron Diaz) and Juliann's gay best friend George (played by Rupert Everette) the funny and endearing moments of the movie outweigh any cliche and corny parts. Especially Everette, he's gold.

Now the reason I love this movie so much is because it's realistic. So, needless to say (SPOILER ALERT) Julianne does not win Michael in the end. But they make it okay. And for those of us, like myself, who do have a best friend that's a guy, this scene really does warm our hearts. The scene where after Michael's wedding, and he's leaving with Kim, he comes back to give Julianne (his best friend) a hug goodbye.

I really think that this movie is for anyone who has loved someone at the exact wrong time, and has had to get over it and move on. It's for the people who don't get the romantic comedy movie ending... who just get the real life ending. I think it shows that there's nothing wrong with that, that most people don't get the cliche perfect ending and that's totally fine.

And, well, the ending is just perfect thanks to George. In case you didn't watch the above clip all the way through...here it is: