2008 Woodie Awards
Fairytale love
Wishing your life was a movie
Lisa Ensminger
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Opinion
Do you ever wish your life consisted of a dream-come-true fairytale? A Prince Charming catches you when you tumble and instantly falls in love with you the minute he lays his eyes on you, and then you live (I'm sure you can fill in the rest) happily ever after! Yes, that's a fantasy and truly not part of the real world ... but a girl can dream, can't she?
I watched Enchanted last night. It's a fairytale love story with a little twist, and I couldn't help but think about everyone's desire for a perfect lover in his or her life. Who wouldn't want Patrick Dempsey falling in love with you and wooing you with his McDreamy hair and eyes? Scrubs or not, he would still have me speechless. But, that of course, is me dreaming, just like every other girl who watches any perfect love story on film. We wish that this one handsome boy would take us for who we are and never let go.
Lately people have been talking about their desires for a perfect fairytale love story in their lives. They're just not satisfied with the one they're dating or with anyone at all. These films portraying an ideal relationship can fool us for quite some time. You think your Prince Charming will come running after you in good times or bad, yet, in reality, you may be running solo.
Maybe I'm not just speaking to the ladies out there, because I know there are some men who want the perfect relationship too. A girl with Jessica Biel's body and Angelina Jolie's face wouldn't be a bad package, but is this really going to happen? Is Hollywood setting too high of a standard for us average, normal-looking people? Are we expecting too much out of each other just because a silly fairytale or romantic comedy tells us it's possible?
If you look at a romantic film, the basic structure includes boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. The couple suffers downfalls in the middle of the plot and they find out their differences during hard times. Then, magically, they reunite at the end of the story and live happily ever after. This seems like it could happen in an ordinary relationship. When you put that ring on your finger and it's off to the honeymoon, everything will be perfecto after that. But, what if the relationship fails or suffers after that great expectation of perfection? Then there is room for major disappointment and confusion as to why it did not work out like in your favorite movie.
Love isn't just a fairytale or some kind of game; it's hard work that no couple should compare to any other. We can't expect a writer to create a script for our relationship so we can live happily ever after. We need to create our own plot and make it work for the best. So, what if you run into a few bumps along the way? The thrilling rollercoaster ride is well worth more than a boring kiddy ride that never encounters any excitement. The next time you find yourself comparing yourself to any Hollywood films and wishing you were in the characters' shoes, remember that their love came from a script and your love is the real deal.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
I watched Enchanted last night. It's a fairytale love story with a little twist, and I couldn't help but think about everyone's desire for a perfect lover in his or her life. Who wouldn't want Patrick Dempsey falling in love with you and wooing you with his McDreamy hair and eyes? Scrubs or not, he would still have me speechless. But, that of course, is me dreaming, just like every other girl who watches any perfect love story on film. We wish that this one handsome boy would take us for who we are and never let go.
Lately people have been talking about their desires for a perfect fairytale love story in their lives. They're just not satisfied with the one they're dating or with anyone at all. These films portraying an ideal relationship can fool us for quite some time. You think your Prince Charming will come running after you in good times or bad, yet, in reality, you may be running solo.
Maybe I'm not just speaking to the ladies out there, because I know there are some men who want the perfect relationship too. A girl with Jessica Biel's body and Angelina Jolie's face wouldn't be a bad package, but is this really going to happen? Is Hollywood setting too high of a standard for us average, normal-looking people? Are we expecting too much out of each other just because a silly fairytale or romantic comedy tells us it's possible?
If you look at a romantic film, the basic structure includes boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. The couple suffers downfalls in the middle of the plot and they find out their differences during hard times. Then, magically, they reunite at the end of the story and live happily ever after. This seems like it could happen in an ordinary relationship. When you put that ring on your finger and it's off to the honeymoon, everything will be perfecto after that. But, what if the relationship fails or suffers after that great expectation of perfection? Then there is room for major disappointment and confusion as to why it did not work out like in your favorite movie.
Love isn't just a fairytale or some kind of game; it's hard work that no couple should compare to any other. We can't expect a writer to create a script for our relationship so we can live happily ever after. We need to create our own plot and make it work for the best. So, what if you run into a few bumps along the way? The thrilling rollercoaster ride is well worth more than a boring kiddy ride that never encounters any excitement. The next time you find yourself comparing yourself to any Hollywood films and wishing you were in the characters' shoes, remember that their love came from a script and your love is the real deal.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
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anonymous.
posted 4/10/08 @ 1:44 AM EST
i needed this article right now a lot right now. thanks to the writer for pointing all of that out. its hard to remember sometimes that life isn't always a love story and that the movies are indeed. (Continued…)
Sinjun
posted 4/10/08 @ 11:07 PM EST
oh for red hair and the mind of Albert Einstein >.> very cute girl there <.< well red hair isn't that important but the other :)
anonymous
posted 4/30/08 @ 1:41 AM EST
FOr the record, Patrick Dempsey is from Gey's Anatomy... not Scrubs.
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