Last night my boyfriend and I watched The Lucky One. This is a really romantic movie by Nicholas Sparks and I really enjoyed it. I found myself saying, "I want someone to look for me!" as if these things really happen in real life and my boyfriend leans over and says, "I found you!". This gave me my sappy romantic media a reality check and I felt all better knowing I had someone in my life who loves me and cares for me, and that alone can be difficult to find in real life sometimes.
Why does media induce feelings like this? This reminded me of the Sex and Media lecture we recently had and how producers find that sex induces feelings from the audience to cause them to act in their favor. A tip for any sappy romantics out there: understand that media is there to cause us to feel in some way and that not all feelings are found within reality. Enjoy romantic media, but don't get carried away like I often do : ) Also if you haven't seen The Lucky One! Do!
I like what you said about not being carried away in romantic sappy media. Going into marriage, I definitely had some misconceptions of how my husband should treat me, but reality is so different than the movies. I'd actually argue that it's better... because it's real. You get to appreciate life for what it really is :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, this looked good, I might have to go see this one!
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