TOP 10 Worst Romantic Movie Tropes

 

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and no doubt there are going to be several romance movies lined up for you to get into the spirit. 

But year after year, you may have noticed that these movies are becoming overly formulaic and you can see the ending coming from a mile away. 

Worse, the minute the characters are introduced, you know exactly how their love story is going to pan out. 

Now you’re beginning to see the same designs and groaning inwardly. Have you become skeptical? Too Real? Or unromantic? 

Here are the TOP 10 Worst Romantic Movie Tropes:

1) The Coffee Spill

Why does it seem that every romance movie has a coffee scene? The main leads are either having coffee or spilling it on each other. There's just a gasp and then a couple of irate dialogues.

What they fail to point out is that coffee can be scalding hot. It actually hurts to have coffee spilt on you. Iced coffees are fine, but movies generally show the leads splash each other with hot coffee.

2) The Airport Scene

 Once upon a time, romance movies were ridiculed for having that clichéd airport scene. The hero or the heroine realize that they are losing their chance at true love and dash through the airport.

Every staff member at the airport is dying to help them and let them pass through security gates without proper documents.

Can you imagine that happening in real life?

You can have all the proper ID, and during security checks, you are still asked questions. But romance leads are apparently a privileged lot.

3) The Makeover

 It's always the nerd that is destined to have a fairytale ending. The most good-looking and popular person on the planet falls in love with the nerd  because they have a great personality.

But the nerd wants to look good, and the popular one hasn't realized they are in love with the nerd's personality yet.

What finally hits the popular one is when the nerd tosses of their glasses dresses up like a generic character and struts towards them in slow-motion. Then it's all fireworks and violins.

The movie never goes to show just how the nerd is able to see without their glasses. There was no trip to the optician or anything. Did they get lasik during the montage?

4) The Hate to Love story

Two characters start off as arch nemesis only for them to madly fall in love with each other. What?

When you hate someone, you hate them. You can't stand the sight of them.

There's no thin line between love and hate. It's a giant wall.

Yet, the characters somehow can't live without each other. Just what happens after the credits roll?

Do they start arguing again?

5) Stuck Together

At some point in the movie, the leads end up being stuck in an elevator/island/somewhere inconvenient. You get the gist.

Being trapped ignites attraction, and soon enough, they can't keep their eyes off each other.

Except in real life, you're still going to find the person you're stuck with unbearable. Or you may try to be polite to each other until you get out of the mess.

But fall in love? I don't think so.

7) The Bet

Teen Rom-coms had this tired old trope. The popular student places a bet that the most ignored person in school will become popular too.

Of course, the popular character falls in love with the pariah. Unfortunately, the pariah finds out and breaks up until the popular character gives a rousing speech about falling in love at first sight.

Does this relationship last after the credits? Probably not. For one thing, there will always be trust issues, and the relationship probably implodes.

8) The Pining best friend

 Somehow, best friends don't want friendship anymore. It's more convenient to pursue a relationship with someone right in front of you rather than go after someone else. Or the friend realizes that they have to constantly change themselves but can be their messy self with that friend.

And soon enough, the best friends are dating.

The problem is that the friend is only considered a romantic interest after the other has been rejected, and now they are down in the dumps.

It looks more like a rebound situation rather than actual, true love.

9) The Unnecessary Love Triangle

A character falls in love with another because they are smart, funny, and amazing. Turns out, someone else also thinks the sake way. And just before a character is about to propose, another character pops up, and the character goes running to them.

Of course, in nine out of ten movies, the character ends up with the one they are in love with. The third character is the third wheel and returns to the big city.

The drama is just created to prolong the clichéd storyline and does nothing to actually give Substance to the story.

10) The Rain Scene

 It could be the middle of summer, and previously, there was not a cloud in the sky. In the next instant, it's pouring just as the two leads profess their love for each other.

But is it really that romantic in the rain? There are puddles everywhere, cars splashing you with mud, and since it's the middle of summer, no one is dressed for rain.

How is this even romantic?