Romantic Movies That Scored At The Box Office

I think it’s safe to say women love romance. Few men understand that. If they did understand it, they wouldn’t have to beg for sex from their wives. Men might think about sex all day, but they don’t think about romance. Women think about romance. It’s like this: Men play a porno movie in their heads. Women play the Hallmark channel. Men and women are different. When the honeymoon is over, we wake up and realize we’re in a business partnership, not a romantic or pornographic movie.

Here's a list of some popular romantic movies that I find to have dumb storylines, even for a romantic fantasy:

The Titanic: I know of so many women who love this movie. It was my first introduction to Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the character of Jack. I thought he looked like a little boy. Watching him play the romantic lead made me feel like a pedophile. The idea that a woman of Rose’s social class, played by Kate Winslett, would fall for a working-class boy is laughable.

Of course, my great-great-grandmother ran off with the ranch hand, and the family disowned her. I guess on second thought; women do stupid things like that.

I know of other women who agree with me on the feasibility of that union. Of course, we were all middle-aged women at the time. We were at the practical stage of our lives. A friend said that she thought Cal, the guy Rose was supposed to marry for financial reasons, was better looking. He was an abusive jerk—a lot of women like handsome bad boys.

I have a friend who said she dated all kinds of nice professional men but ended up marrying an abusive jerk who was a high school dropout. I asked her why she married him: Because he was a bad boy, she replied.

Pretty Woman: Richard Gere plays Edward Ward, a wealthy businessman, and Julia Roberts plays Vivian Ward, a hooker that he hires as an escort to social and business functions. To make a long story short, the hooker and the wealthy businessman fall in love and live happily ever after.

What really disturbs me about this movie is that it sold the most tickets ever in the romantic comedy category. Teenage girls especially loved it. I wonder if many of them quit school to become a hooker so they could marry a wealthy businessman.

John Wayne had three wives. I read a story that said his first wife was a hooker from Mexico.

50 Shades of Grey: Okay, I understand; sex sells even when the acting is bad. Dakota Johnson plays Anastasia Steele, a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan. I thought Jamie looked too young for the part he played. The film won at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards. That’s how bad it is.

Besides the bad acting, I have another problem with this film. Like most films, full nudity of the woman is shown while the male partner only flashes his butt or even keeps his clothes on. We did get to see Jamie Dornan’s naked butt, assuming that was his.

Of course, these films are made mostly by men. Maybe men don’t want to see other men being exploited in film like women. Maybe they don’t want to see men with better bodies than theirs. Maybe they’re embarrassed about male nudity.

Why didn’t we get to see Anastasia beating up Christian Grey?

Indecent Proposal: This 1993 movie starred Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Redford. Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson are married to each other. They desperately need $50,000. They go to Las Vegas to win it. They meet Robert Redford, who offers them one million dollars for the honor of spending the night with Demi. They accept. Demi has sex with RR. Now, WH is mad and hurt that she had sex with RR even though he’s a million dollars richer.

This was another movie that scored at the box office even though it had bad reviews.

Women love this romantic shit. Men are cajoled into sitting through these movies for their significant others. I think you could say that’s a romantic gesture on their part. I’ll give them credit for that.

Ladies, there’s nothing wrong with watching these movies if that’s what turns you on, but remember, it’s only fantasy.

Or, maybe not, there’s my great-great-grandmother, my friend who married the bad boy, and John Wayne who married a hooker.