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I should be working on chapter five of Chasing Redemption, but I've decided to screw off and procrastinate by writing a short rant inspired by the Batman Begins (which I thought was absolutely fantastic, btw).
Okay... so if you've seen the trailer for the movie, you'll see that Katie Holmes plays Bruce Wayne's love interest. It's truly annoying. Every time she comes on the screen, the rather interesting plot screeches to a halt while they wangst about their non-love affair. It's clear that she's tacked in there because someone producer or something decided that Batman has to have a love interest. While they do a somewhat decent job of integrating her into the plot, her character is entirely generic and most of the plot purposes that she serves (other than a predictable, wangsy romance) could have been done better by a character like Jim Gordon.
I just don't understand why the hell movie writers insist on tossing half-ass romance subplots into stories that simply don't need them. I admit that I’m a sucker for a good romance, but not every damn story needs one.
Does anyone understand why this happens? Am I the only one who gets annoyed by this?
Okay... so if you've seen the trailer for the movie, you'll see that Katie Holmes plays Bruce Wayne's love interest. It's truly annoying. Every time she comes on the screen, the rather interesting plot screeches to a halt while they wangst about their non-love affair. It's clear that she's tacked in there because someone producer or something decided that Batman has to have a love interest. While they do a somewhat decent job of integrating her into the plot, her character is entirely generic and most of the plot purposes that she serves (other than a predictable, wangsy romance) could have been done better by a character like Jim Gordon.
I just don't understand why the hell movie writers insist on tossing half-ass romance subplots into stories that simply don't need them. I admit that I’m a sucker for a good romance, but not every damn story needs one.
Does anyone understand why this happens? Am I the only one who gets annoyed by this?
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Because they think that's how to get a female audience/a bone thrown to the women who get dragged to the movie by their boyfriends? That's my best guess, anyway.
I adore a good romance myself, but I prefer that it be mixed in with a good story. I don't much like romance novels or movies, but give me a good mystery/sci-fi/STORY and punch it up with a romance, and watch me swoon. :-)