I have never seen many movies but a few days ago I signed up for the unlimited package of LoveFilm.com. Now I watch every movie I missed.
What I quickly noticed is that every Hollywood movie has a relationship/love story in it, no matter what the hell is going on. It annoys me because I look for movies, I read their summaries and I think "Hey, that is an interesting concept, I wonder how this will turn out." only to find out that there's a (sometimes) unnecessary relationship/romance going on, outweighing the interesting concept, making the outcome predictable.
Of course there are movies where the relationship is the main thing and that's ok but now I look for good movies where the relationships are only subtle/short and not interfering much with the rest of the plot. [B]Inception[/B], [B]Pursuit of Happyness[/B] and [B]Into The Wild[/B] are some titles I remember that made me feel that way.
Thank you in advance!
Sling Blade doesn't have a coupley relationship iirc
Funnily enough, I think The Avengers is the first super hero movie ever made that doesn't have a love interest.
[QUOTE=darcy010;37518965]Funnily enough, I think The Avengers is the first super hero movie ever made that doesn't have a love interest.[/QUOTE]
What about Hulk and his love of smashing?
The good the bad and the ugly :v:
[QUOTE=darcy010;37518965]Funnily enough, I think The Avengers is the first super hero movie ever made that doesn't have a love interest.[/QUOTE]
It does but they don't really play any major roles and affect the plot to much minus the last one I listed
Penny and Tony
Widow and Hawk
They make a brief mention of Thor's bitch from his movie
Coulson's raging hard on for Capt. America
Penny?
ya for some reason I mixed her name up with Miss Moneypenny from 007
I think History of violence is the only movie that comes to mind where there is a relationship but it doesn't properly interfere with the plot even though it's still a factor.
Dirty Harry pentalogy
12 Angry Men
[QUOTE=geogzm;37521038]Dirty Harry pentalogy[/QUOTE]
Doesn't one have a girl in it he falls for?
Hot Fuzz
Well, there is a friend relationship, but no women involved.
No Country for Old Men
Has no new relationships, only pre-existing ones
Michael Clayton
[QUOTE=DasMatze;37507999][B]Inception[/B], [B]Pursuit of Happyness[/B] and [B]Into The Wild[/B] are some titles I remember that made me feel that way.
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I think you need to rethink what the word "relationship" means.
Unless you mean solely "romantic" sequences, of which there are thousands of and this is just silly.
Good Ritchie's movies, e.g. Snatch and Revolver.
Thank you for the suggestions!
[QUOTE=AK'z;37533770]I think you need to rethink what the word "relationship" means.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I mainly meant romances between a guy and a woman. The typical "guy rescues girl" and "guy wins the heart of woman" (or with the genders reversed) endings are what annoys me.
In Inception, Cobb tries to find his love who's lost in the limbo. But the movie focuses enough on their mission, the inception, to not make me say "Wow, what a ruined plot!"
In Pursuit of Happyness the relationship between Chris and his wife goes downhill and once she's finally gone you'll never hear of her again. The relationship to his son is a different story. And apart from that one scene where he screams at his son in the bus, their relationship is steady, their poverty and luck are the focus of the movie.
In Into the Wild there's only that girl from the Slabs. And he doesn't let her get too close. It's over quickly and this scene covers only some minutes.
ahh, you're talking about "true love" movies then?
I think the original post means movies where the movie is about one thing, yet the plot comes to a halt to deal with a relationship that is not needed.
Armageddon is a perfect example. You can remove that Affleck/Tyler thing and still have the same story. That's because Willis, as the boss of the whole operation, can still do his thing without an excuse to 'save' Affleck's character.
Why they do this is pretty simple- it's harder to sell a sausage fest to the general audience. You need to attract moviegoers who want to see more than just guys on the screen. You need a lead female character at least. Once you have a lead female character it's tough to avoid some kind of sexual tension. Expendables 2 is a good example of that. You could tell that Stallone faced a tough choice, make the female character just be one of the guys, in which case the male characters look gay OR have some psuedo-romance stuff thrown in there. He tries to have it both ways though, by having the character fall back to that old "Where I have to go, you can't follow, what I have to do, you can't be a part of" tough guy angle.
Alien.
Fargo.
There Will Be Blood.
2001 a space odyssey.
Dr Strangelove.
Se7en.
The Big Lebowski.
The Usual Suspects.
Apocalypse Now.
Reservoir Dogs.
The Thing
[QUOTE=Melkor;37539687]Alien.
Fargo.
There Will Be Blood.
2001 a space odyssey.
Dr Strangelove.
Se7en.
The Big Lebowski.
The Usual Suspects.
Apocalypse Now.
Reservoir Dogs.[/QUOTE]
The Big Lebowski has Dude and that Julianne Moore chick so it doesnt count
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;37551659]Cast Away if you don't count Wilson.[/QUOTE]
wow that's the most important aspect of the film. :)
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;37551659]Cast Away if you don't count Wilson.[/QUOTE]
[sp]And Helen Hunt's character.[/sp]
[QUOTE=TheKritter71;37551890]The Big Lebowski has Dude and that Julianne Moore chick so it doesnt count[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but it's not a romance. They just fuck because she wants a child.
The Right Stuff is a good one. They all haves wives and whatnot but it isn't even close to a romance movie.
The Expendables didn't have any women, they just had Stallone dressed in drag
[i]Robocop[/i]
Minority Report
The Notebook
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