Toxic Stuff in Movies about L&D

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All classic Disney movies, basically.

But kissing and making out is fun!! !

No you are right

It should be the other way around, like the kissing should be based on the feelings for each other instead of the feelings being based on the kissing

That should NOT be the only thing to base attraction on in a relationship!

A lot of movies and TV shows have unrealistic fantasy depictions of what love should look like

The "Diamond In the Rough" myth, as per the "Aladdin" movies (animated and live-action) -- Disney, of course -- and the Cinderella story.  A commoner falls for a member of royalty, who returns the affections only when the commoner impersonates royalty.  An on-again/off-again/on-again romance ensues with the couple living happily ever after, but only because a genii or fairy godmother intervenes.

Moral of the story: You too can find everlasting happiness in the arms of a prince or princess.  All it takes is a little magic . . .

Blech.

The "Hallmark Holiday Movie Formula" has to be the worst.

A dead spouse.  A failing family business.  An attractive stranger.  A community event.

The widow(er) who inherited the family business has no Christmas spirit, yet must go through the motions because the family business somehow contributes mightily to the traditional community festival.  An attractive stranger comes to town, and everybody in the community knows right away that the stranger and the business-person are going to hit it off before the final commercial.  It takes a near-tragic event -- possibly a missing child related to one of them -- to bring the two together.  They bond over the need, apologize to each other for their rudeness and/or callousness toward each other, and discover that they are somehow "fated" to be together.  There is much rejoicing and merriment at the community event over their admission of love for each other.

Roll credits.

Blech.

Wall-E.

Because Earth is literally toxic in this one.

Now I want to rewatch Wall-E… I’ve always liked it more than my son.

Anyway, something that happens a lot in sitcoms and romantic comedies are on again/off again relationships and/or love stories involving people who fought constantly when they were merely friends or acquaintances. Those shows and movies irritate me. By the end, I often hope that they don’t end up together because if you can’t get along as friends or acquaintances it doesn’t seem very likely that you’ll get along when you’re together.

You meet the right person and EVERYTHING in your live improves.

"If you love someone, set them free.
If they come back, it’s meant to be."

Bushlit.

No, if you set someone free, they will hook up with someone else on the rebound, and you will get to stand by and watch their lives unfold in ways that you may never get another chance to see unfold for yourself -- you will always regret having let go of "the one who got away".

Double Blech.

In the case of The Little Mermaid, Ariel gave up her voice because she wanted to be human. She was infatuated with the human world & initiated the relationship because it was her opportunity to be part of that world. I would equate it with a mail-order bride type situation. She sought out a relationship partner from the culture she wanted to be part of & was willing to change in order to fit in with that culture. I'm not automatically against that but it's potentially very risky & either one could be taken advantage of.

Bed of Roses. Christian Slater in the movie followed Mary Stuart Masterson to her apartment and then sent her flowers at her work. He basically stalked her. Any woman would be freaked out by this and probably get a restraining order on him but not Lisa in the film. She decided it was so romantic that he liked her enough when he saw her crying at her window he decided to follow her to work to see where she lived and get her name and send her flowers leaving his business on the card.

Men reading this, don't do this. Many women will not find it romantic.