Top 10 Romance Movies That Wouldn’t Work Today

you'd better take off those rose tinted glasses welcome to Ms mojo and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top ten romance movies that wouldn't work today for this list we're not looking at bad movies but movies that have characters plot lines or themes that wouldn't go over well if they were released today number 10 Garden State few movies have aged as poorly as Garden State I feel so used thanks for your help or at least your good intentions an indie success upon release as the years roll by it gets easier and easier to pick apart and one of the worst aspects is the forced relationship between Zach Braff and Natalie Portman did you play the [ __ ] quarterback yeah are you really [ __ ] No cool great job man Portman is Sam a textbook Manic Pixie dream girl and as such exists solely to help Angier engage with life and what little personality she has doesn't make her a great romantic lead she's just a little bit too childlike for their relationship to be compelling and who can forget the cringe fest where she introduces him to the shins what are you listening to the shins you know gotta get this one so change your life I swear oh I'm sorry you have to I number nine Gone with the Wind it may be the most financially successful movie ever made if you account for inflation but it certainly got its fair share of problems don't you want to marry me I'm going to marry Melanie but you can't not you care for me oh my dear why must you make me sick how can I make you understand despite ostensibly being about a southern plantation during the American Civil War the social issues are pushed into the background so we can focus on Retton Scarlett's love story right where are you going I'm going my dear to join the army like a kid if it's carrying missiles I'm very serious garland I'm going to join up with our brave lads in gray but this hasn't aged well either aside from the fact scarlet spends the whole movie pining for Ashley Wilkes for reasons that never quite makes sense Rhett's not exactly an ideal man either in one particularly disturbing scene he kisses her against her will bout drunk and carries her up the stairs while she struggles turn me out chase Ashley Wilkes lent me a dream that Ashley was one night turning me on number eight the ugly truth Mike chadway is a cynical womanizer brought on to Abby's Morning Show to try and boost the ratings boyfriends name princess my point exactly Shrek next caller and then he inserts himself into her love life to give her all kinds of advice like never criticize the man you're dating always tell him he's good in bed and laugh at all his jokes basically pretend to be a completely different person it's thanks to Mike that Abby realizes the hot doctor she spent the whole movie trying to seduce isn't the right man for her no she actually belongs with this disrespectful misogynist who freely admits he only cares about a woman's looks and never learns or grows yes it can be edgy and yet intriguing unless you can get him to bang three crack [ __ ] and a German Shepherd on live TV no one's gonna give a [ __ ] number seven bring it on there are a lot of awesome things about bring it on like its depiction of cheerleading as a sport that requires genuine skill and dedication not to mention Kirsten Dunst winning performance Missy is Bank bankrupt we've already so decided on Jamie Britney this is not a democracy it's a cheer ah cracy I'm sorry but I'm overruling you if it was made today people would probably criticize it for not going far enough in the social issues at comments on the general tone and musculature especially egregious is the casual homophobia throughout and the use of numerous slurs but the worst scene of all has to be one male cheerleader Jan takes it upon himself to grope Kourtney during a cheer lift in front of hundreds of people yikes number six sixteen Candles ah the 80s the source of all the best high school movies and sixteen Candles despite being required viewing for any John Hughes nut it's got a lot of problems primarily the way it leans into rape culture fairy dust Wow what's the problem here I'm a boy you're a girl is there anything wrong with me try and put together some kind relationship between us these range from Sam getting propositioned by uber creep Ted on the bus to her own grandparents inappropriately examining her body and finally to the comedic date rape scene with Carolyn dude piece of ass anytime I want Carolyn the bedroom right now passed out cold violate her ten different ways if I wanted to and that's before you get to the blatant racism directed at the film's Chinese character Molly Ringwald has since said that while sixteen Candles and her other 80s hits will always be important to her a lot of its subject matter is unacceptable [Music] dinner appetizing food fitting neatly into interesting round pie it's a quiche number five How to Lose a Guy in 10 days according to this movie the key to a long-lasting romantic relationship is to base it on lies and constantly play mind games honey it's a Chinese Crested of course no kidding a Chinese Crested Andie endeavours to make a guy hate her in just 10 days for an article while Ben needs to make a girl fall in love with him in the same amount of time so that he can land a lucrative account for his advertising firm as part of an elaborate bet it's a tale as old as time status is the reason to buy them in the first place which Benjamin would know if he understood women I can't feel bad about that bad no man does Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are a winning pair and her attempts to drive him away result in a few funny moments but the fact remains that the premise is more than a little bizarre I used Photoshop at work today to composite our faces together to see what our kids would look like our family number for breakfast at tiffany's while in a lot of ways the story of Holly Golightly a high-class escort in New York is ahead of its time in others its age shows painfully the entire character of mr. Yunioshi Holly's neighbor is little more than a racist caricature to make matters significantly worse he's played by a white man Mickey Rooney oh darling I am sorry but I lost my key it won't do any good I just lose them all the love story at the core of the film about Holly and Paul also leaves much to be desired she spends most of the runtime telling him he reminds her of her brother Fred even calling him Fred while he gets more and more possessive it's hard to root for their happy ending I'm number three Love Actually Christmas comes but once a year and inevitably we remember something else unpleasant about this holiday classic [Music] the most famous scene that doesn't work anymore is when Andrew Lincoln's creepy character professes his feelings for his best friend's wife after he spent their whole wedding filming her rather than the ceremony [Music] meanwhile Alan Rickman's Harry cheats on his wife and Martine McCutcheon Natalie is repeatedly fat-shamed imagine your husband bought a gold necklace and come Christmas gave it to somebody else would you wait around then there's Colin's subplot where he travels to the US with a bag full of condoms and Woo's easily impressed women with his accent alone that is so cute hi I'm Stacey teenie yeah this is call in number to Greece nobody can deny that Greece is a classic full of great moments in songs but the grand finale leaves much to be desired if the movie came out today the ending would surely be tweaked because the original morale sees sandy changing her entire personality to seduce Danny [Music] sure Danny is willing to change too but guess who actually follows through and while summer nights may be a popular karaoke choice around the world it has its fair share of problems the biggest being one of the guys asking whether sandy put up a fight it's not the only time Greece seems confused about consent either Danny tries to force himself on sandy at the drive-in and Vince tries to roofie Marty before we unveil our outdated top pick here are a few honorable mentions [Applause] [Music] [Music] having an affair I like Jack Jack Peters brother Saul so he thinks I'm engaged to whom Peter yes I'd like to hire you as an employee would you consider spending a week with me I will pay you to be at my beck and call before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one she's all that still smarting from being dumped by the hottest girl in school prom king Xu and Zack Siler decides he's going to pick out a new girl and transform her into his ideal woman gentlemen we have a winner what Lanie Prague's no no no no no no hey a bets a bet bro right Preston while it's a solid premise for a classic 90s rom-com the mental gymnastics required to pretend Rachel Leigh Cook isn't gorgeous already is almost too much he knows my name that's not your name that's not his name oh sorry so Lanny listen I was wondering maybe you'd want it let's go Simon embarrass me horribly information people luckily though she eventually takes off her glasses and puts on a dress so we can tell she really was a girl all along that would still a great movie and he eventually Falls for her because of who she is this trope leaves a bad taste in your mouth you know I made that bet before I knew you Lainey before I really knew me what was it for anyway I mean what did you end up losing do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from Ms mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 13min 58sec (838 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 30 2020