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In the movies, romantic comedies specifically, there's always a plot device where the main character's relationship ends for whatever reason, but by the end one of the characters (typically the guy) does something to win back the heart of the girl. This has been done in so many movies, yet as we all know on this site, it's wrong wrong wrong. Why aren't there any movies about people going NC and their exes wanting them back because they miss them? It's always about "winning them back" which anyone on this forum would tell you is a lost cause.

The only movie I can think of that was somewhat realistic was "The Break Up" when they meet up on the street one day after not having been together or in contact for a while, and they leave the rest to the audience's imagination. I felt that was well done Oh well Just venting my frustrations about Hollywood's bad message to us heartbroken fools. Add comments if you feel like it.

I know what you mean and have been laughing at how wrong movies are for the last months.
If only it were really like the movies SERIOUSLY!

BUt I guess b/c movies are just not always reality, and I guess like comedies romantic movies are just there to make us feel good and entertain us.
In real life no way we get situations like on that sitcom "friends".
There just there for us to have that happy feeling when we walk out and remind us no matter how sad things are to have hope, I guess.

I guess it's the same as most cops aren't like Bruce Willis in Die Hard, most spies aren't James Bond and most soldiers don't go on Ramboesque rampages.

If they made movies about break ups where the second half of the movie was the dumpee crying into his or her beer and there was no happy ending, no one would go and see them.

It's about entertainment, not real life.

People pay to escape reality and be entertained.

Just follow the script.
It's only a movie . All for entertainment

True, but they say moves based on real life or true stories usually always get the best reviews and make the most money.

I don't know, personally I think there is a gold mine of ideas out there about this very topic. Why not show the character getting his heart ripped out and what he has to do to recover? I think it would make an excellent movie with proper writing and character development.

I'm really sick of these stuipd over-the-top comedies.
I am a drama man, myself. And I always like when films go in different directions, rather than the usual happy ending. Like American Beauty or something along those lines.

Love is incredible, and it inspires these movies. And while most are extreme I certainly do not feel it is unreasonable for someone who is truly in love to act very "movie like" if the need arises. I do think the key differentiating factor in real life vs. the movies, is that in 9 out of 10 break ups the couple was so horrible for each other ANYWAY (even though the dumpee would never in a million years want to admit it). Basically what I'm saying is, the right couple can be like a scene out of the movies.Even during a break-up/reconciliation.

I'd like to add this.

when I was going through my nasty little breakup, the last thing I wanted to see was 2 people hooking up or 2 people breaking up.

I needed a diversion. I needed something to laugh at something to take my mind off the world that was crashing down on me.

I guess if you're in that kind of mood, a movie about a breakup is ok but if you are going through it you need something to laugh at!

Me, I bought the 3 seasons of Arrested Development on DVD and spent all summer watching that. Great stuff!

Now, South Park helps to put me in a better mood sometimes. The pain is still there, but that's why we need entertainment. Either we entertain ourselves with hobbies and whatnot, or we pay for it. But either way, we'd go crazy if that's all we did all day was concentrate on the heartbreak.

In movies they always get back together the end. In soap operas they get back together then break up then get revenge the end!

Days of Our Lives is a classic "evil twin" soap opera!!

Oh, and lets not forget all the "rapist turns to nice guy and romantic lead" storylines in soap operas. In fact, I seem to remember on Dynasty, Alexis only got turned on by Dex when he roughed her up a bit!