Movie Love

I love movies. But if movies have taught me anything, it has mostly been highly inaccurate. This is especially true when it comes to romance. First of all, I'm not even going to get into how ridiculously attractive every god damn person in existence is in movie world. That has been brought up many times. It makes me suspect some sort of horrifying eugenics program is going on in these versions of reality. To be fair though, there are some movies that do depict normal people or even *gasp* relatively unattractive people (though these are usually male). However, what seems to hold true in almost every movie to feature relationships (or television show for that matter) is how unbelievably easy dating is in their world.
In television shows, 90% of the women encountered are single, despite being very attractive (again, so is evewryone else). In reality I have found that the ratio seems to be nearly the opposite. Though, to be fair, this is based on the "Random Assumption" method of research, and to me, "Not paying attention to me" is the same thing as "has a boyfriend". Still, even my friends who aren't shallow, cynical, narcissists havbe trouble finding single people. In many shows, even someone who has been characterized as having an incredibly distracting or off-putting personality quirk can always manage to find a date in under 24 hours.
I realize that actually showing the main characters of shows never actually suceeding wouldn't be entertaining (well, except to me), but still, they shouldn't make it look that easy.
In movies, while the women aren't always single, the person they're with is almost always a blatant jackass who doesn't apreciate them. While I'm sure this happens in real life, I've never actually encountered it. Well, I have, but I'm not naming names. On aa semi-related note, I always sort of feel bad for the "bully" character in those movies, who has his entire life ruined by the end of the movie. Sure, he was a jerk, but still, harsh. This is especially true in sports movies, where the reigning champions, who spent a lot more time and hard work training to get to where they are, are defeated by a misfit band of underdogs who spent more time engaging in wacky hijinks then actually practicing. Sure, they were a bit arrogant, but they kind of had a right to be.
Right then, what was I talking about... dating! Another thing that seems to happen a lot is that if there is a girl, and there is a guy, even if they spent five of the six hours that consisted of their time together, filled with unrelenting hate for one another, they will end up together at the end of the film. In fact, if there are male and female secondary characters, who may have spent even less time together than the main protagonists, there's still basically a 50-50 chance of them also hooking up with each other by the end of the film. Real life doesn't work that way. You don't marry someone you have known for all of two days!
This brings us to my own problem. As some of you may know, I am not exactly a ladies man. This is because my primary source of information about relationships has been movies and television. Now, I considered myself a smart young lad, and from an early age, I wrote off movie romances as nothing but bullshit. I think that perhaps this was my problem. There probably is something useful to be learned about relationships from the media, as, after all, they are based on real life experiences. After all, everyone else grew up watching the same bullshit as me, but they learned how to form relationships and such. Unless of course, there was some sort of seminar that I missed in high school or something.
So, in conclusion, if I ever make it big in Hollywood, chances are it will not be in the romantic comedy genre.
-Michael "James" Armor