Pop-Culture | Posted by Skippy on 01/30/2012

A Plead To Hollywood: I Hate Romance Movies

Have you seen the trailer for “The Vow”? If you haven’t, go watch it. But, be warned, you may vomit.

In the film, a loving couple’s lives are destroyed after a car accident gives the wife amnesia therefore the husband must make her fall back in love with him. “The Vow” has all the ingredients for the perfect, cringe-inducing romance movie: a stunning couple, their flawless relationship, and a tragic incident that tears them apart. The only thing it seems to be missing is that it isn’t based off of a book by Nicholas Sparks.

Romance movies are, to put it lightly, just not my thing (full disclosure: I do have a soft spot for “When Harry Met Sally” but really, who doesn’t?) I hate how generally unrealistic they are, …

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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 07/8/2009

I Know You’re Not 15

 

 

Mean Girls. She’s the Man. Romeo + Juliet. Stick It. 10 Things I Hate About You. High School Musical 2 and 3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Bring It On. John Tucker Must Die. Princess Diaries. Dude Where’s My Car? So, so many more. 

 

All of these actors are basically filing for social security and I’m still supposed to believe they’re sophomores or juniors in high school?

 

My question is why, if there are millions of teenage actresses and actors who are capable of starring in these movies, and who are probably more talented than some of these dumb-asses, are 30 years olds being cast as 14 years old? Note to the casting agencies: we’re not exactly fooled over here. I’m 16, not completely …

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