Maybe because it’s due to my own social hermitism, or as an
extension of my aversion to certain labels, but I’ve never understood the
notion of a ‘date movie’. The reason this confuses me as it does is that, more
times than not, it’s applied to rom-coms; this is assuming that the only thing
that a couple going out would want to watch is two people who could potentially
be having a better relationship than they are. Isn’t that more defined by what
the couple has in common in terms of genre interests? Hell, first time I went
on anything remotely close to a movie date, we saw Up; aside from some
emotional scarring considering how that relationship turned out, I don’t really
associate that film too heavily with romance. Well, unless you have a sick mind
and consider the old man and the scout to be a couple… in which case, seek
help. Oh well. Until the day comes that I see ads for the next David Cronenberg
release promoting it as a couples movie, I guess I’m stuck with rom-coms then.
And right from the title of today’s subject, I’m already worried.
