Movies Are Reality

lauren
lauren
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

I have watched a tons of movies lately (especially romantic ones) and they all end the same way; the guy falls in love with the weird girl. It’s all predictable and boring. Why do we keep getting attached to these on going themes in movies? Is it because we want the reality of it? Or, is it because we live in the reality of it?

I believe in old school romance. When “dating” was the concept of getting to know each other before anything serious happened. Now, when you hear “dating” the seriousness of a relationship is already there. And I want to blame it on movies; I get it, a story can only be so long in a movie. It always go to the guy and the girl meeting that morning and then, to them having sex and confessing their love that same night. You don’t get to see the friendship, the connection that grew into something beautiful. Movies don’t show the weeks or months of conversation and laughter.

So why do we rush into relationships? Why does a “talking” stage exist? Why do we go from “I think you’re cute” to “I’m in love with you” in a matter of 3 days? I blame movies; we want the romance of the movie to be our reality so bad we make it one. We fast forward our whole love life to equal an hour and 30 minutes just so we can see a glimpse of what we could have if the movie was longer.

I dated a guy for two years and we only kissed twice. That’s crazy right? Where’s the movie of that? Because taking it slow is boring right? I blame movies that most of us don’t get our happily ever after because we skip past that part. We want the idea of love so bad, we want to just scan the book to the end. Here’s the thing, true love has no loopholes. So, take the long route. Grow, connect, and prosper with your significant other. There’s no rush to sex, commitment, or even the big “L” word. We are young, how are we suppose to connect with ourselves if we are too focused on finding our “twitter goals” partner? I blame movies that we only want the false advertisement of love, so let’s play the director and find the real thing.


Go kickbutt in life, I’m rooting for you

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