ladyofrosefire:#i feel like most show and movie-makers who bring in a combative dynamic in their rom
ladyofrosefire:#i feel like most show and movie-makers who bring in a combative dynamic in their romantic leads miss the fundamental point: #there are couples who argue because they don’t like each other (bad to watch/bad take/go back to film school) #and couples who argue precisely because they DO like each other (narrative gold) #they’re not arguing because their personalities are fundamentally in conflict #like their baseline of reality is valuing different things which leads to friction #it has to feel more like they’re arguing because with anyone else? they’d be gone before they even got to this level of disagreement #they’re only arguing BECAUSE what the other person thinks and does and says is important #‘this person is IMPORTANT to me and they’re WRONG and it’s UPSETTING that those two things co-exist!’ #like beatrice and benedick aren’t arguing with random inhabitants of messina #they’re arguing with the other specifically because they’re the only one who matters #the mummy #(also the fact that these two arguing with anyone else? competent verbose and focussed) #(arguing with each other? resort to saying the word ‘fine’ five in increasing tones of urgency and desperation: POETIC CINEMA) (Harrietvane) -- source link
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