Batman's 'love' bit was as terrible as they come, because the actress they cast was far too young (weren't they supposed to be the same age? She looked about 18!) and though they kissed at the end, they just sorta...I don't know...decided they didn't want to be with each other after all or something. It was pretty bad.
Sahara's obligatory love interest was even worse than that, though. I swear, someone in post-production noticed that there was a female character and a male character on screen without any kissing going on and demanded that a scene be tacked on to the end where they pranced about on a beach getting all loved up.
What I hate even more than that (though only a bit more), is disappearing girlfriend syndrome. Hero and obligatory love interest get together after the normal trials and tribulations, and then in the sequel...she just vanishes. Men in Black is the perfect example. Original: I love you! Sequel: Oh, she, er, decided she didn't like being a man in black...or something...god, I dunno, you figure it out. Hey look, another pretty gal for me to have as a love interest! (I don't generally watch soaps, but it's impossible not to get the jist of the plots, and they're even worse for having couples meet, get together, get married, then have an affair and get divorced within the space of a month. It seems, I don't know, kind of lazy writing.)
Makes me kind of sad that when a couple ever gets together in a film, then that's it, end of romance...people generally spend more of their lives in a relationship than chasing one, so surely there's got to be some material in there that the filmmakers could use...
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Sahara's obligatory love interest was even worse than that, though. I swear, someone in post-production noticed that there was a female character and a male character on screen without any kissing going on and demanded that a scene be tacked on to the end where they pranced about on a beach getting all loved up.
What I hate even more than that (though only a bit more), is disappearing girlfriend syndrome. Hero and obligatory love interest get together after the normal trials and tribulations, and then in the sequel...she just vanishes. Men in Black is the perfect example. Original: I love you! Sequel: Oh, she, er, decided she didn't like being a man in black...or something...god, I dunno, you figure it out. Hey look, another pretty gal for me to have as a love interest! (I don't generally watch soaps, but it's impossible not to get the jist of the plots, and they're even worse for having couples meet, get together, get married, then have an affair and get divorced within the space of a month. It seems, I don't know, kind of lazy writing.)
Makes me kind of sad that when a couple ever gets together in a film, then that's it, end of romance...people generally spend more of their lives in a relationship than chasing one, so surely there's got to be some material in there that the filmmakers could use...