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Study Finds Romantic Comedies Can Take Fun Out of Real Relationships
 The BBC reports that a study has found that watching romantic comedies can give viewers unrealistic expectations for real life relationships. The study involved student volunteers watching a romantic comedy.
The movies included You've Got Mail, Maid In Manhattan, The Wedding Planner and While You Were Sleeping.
The university's Dr Bjarne Holmes said: "Marriage counsellors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it.
"We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people's minds.
"The problem is that while most of us know that the idea of a perfect relationship is unrealistic, some of us are still more influenced by media portrayals than we realise."
It would be interesting to see this study conducted on older subjects. Young people tend to be more idealistic and have less experience with relationships so it is possible romantic comedies have a bigger impact on them.
Posted on December 27, 2008
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Portman and Christensen Least Convincing Screen Partnership
The BBC reports that Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen were voted the least plausable on-screen partnership in a recent survey of 3,000 movie watchers conducted by Pearl and Dean.
That's too bad for Portman and Christensen who played Senator Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker. Their relationship was rather unconvincing thanks in part to some clunky dialogue. Even though it was a little awkward their scenes really didn't detract anything from what was a fantastic series. The article says Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman also made the list for Eyes Wide Shut. TomKat would be wise not to make a film together.
Posted on August 19, 2007
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