Here is my confession: I absolutely love sappy predictable cheesy romantic movies. Now that you all know this little secret of mine, I thought I would share a bit about the last movie I saw (which happens to be a flawless example of my confession) and my not so great choice in movie time.
Let me start out by setting the scene for you. It’s February 14, Valentine’s Day to some, a day to celebrate being single while indulging on chocolate and hanging out with your best friends for others. Seeing that I fall in the latter of the two categories, my friends and I decided to embrace Valentine’s Day and see none other than Endless Love, the newest romance movie. I must admit that I loved the movie, but the theater atmosphere, not so much.
I will come back to the movie, but let me continue with the setting. Thinking that couples would go on their Valentine’s date that night, we decided to hit up the movie theater at noon. We thought, “Who would go to the movies on a Friday before 5:00?” but boy were we wrong. By the time it started, every last seat in the theater was occupied.
If you haven’t been to the theaters lately, let me tell you, there is this new thing they have called assigned seats. Assuming that no one followed the rules, we made the decision to sit where we liked. As you’re probably guessing, we thought wrong once again. One-by-one people trickled in and each time they sat closer and closer until we finally got the boot. By this time the entire theater is packed, the previews had started and it was pitch black, but here we were moving to our lovely assigned seats.
Here is where it gets even better. While moving to our seats the entire theater stared and we realized that we were surrounded by a bunch of happily in love couples. As if this wasn’t enough, we got stuck sitting directly between two couples that were, I kid you not, full on cuddling and making googly eyes at each other. There went our plans of making fun of Valentine’s Day and avoiding all non-single people.
But even amidst the couples that made me cringe, I enjoyed the movie. Endless Love, was the perfect sappy love story that I was looking for. The movie, starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, tells the story of a privileged and sheltered girl who falls for the charismatic “bad boy.” They instantly connect and fall in love, but her parents attempt to end their relationship in any way possible. Of course, like any romantic movie, their love conquered all and in the end they ended up together despite all complications. Was this movie predictable? Yes. Cheesy? Yes. Will it get horrible reviews? Most likely. But I loved it!
If you share the same secret love for these movies you should absolutely go see Endless Love. If you tend to hate these movies, at least watch the trailer. If anything, the cast is easy on the eyes!
molly grosdidier 