We just finished the Screwball Comedy/ Romantic Comedy unit. The first film we watched was His Girl Friday, the Screwball Comedy. This film really grinds my gears; it was so easy to predict what was going to happen. Having the film being so obvious and plain didn’t keep me entertained. The dialogue was fast and I also didn’t like that about it. His Girl Friday was by far my least favorite film we have watched.
On the other hand Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Romantic Comedy, was so different than I thought that it caught me off guard and because of that it kept me engaged in the movie. Having us seeing the events not in chronological order was brilliant. After I started to catch on to the way thing were played I enjoyed it a lot more. It didn’t have a lot of humor, I thought it would have a lot more laughs being a Romantic Comedy and having Jim Carrey in it, but I didn’t. I was kind of glad it didn’t have a lot because it would have ruined the sadness and drama going on and ruin the movie in general.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been the movie we have seen so far that has kept me most engaged.
