Why people enjoy Romantic films

Why people enjoy Romantic films

Romantic movies are seen upon as being a highly popular genre throughout the public eye. Romantic films tend to have a happy ending, this allows the audience members to leave the theatre with a happy feeling, providing them with a sense of a happiness when the story ended with the guy getting the girl in the end and living happily ever after which is seen as more of a fairy tale ending. This creates romance to be popular as people enjoy watching light hearted films which end happily; allowing the audience member to escape from their reality by getting lost within what is seen as a fairytale storyline.

Another type of romantic film is more of a tragedy romance, people tend to enjoy watching tragedy romance films as it enables them to relate to the film, seeing as many people have had some form of tragedy in their life such as; lost love, sudden death this allows the audience to feel apart of the film as they feel the story line can relate to their past or present experiences. Furthermore if they are currently dealing with a similar situation which is occurring in the film, the audience member may gain some advice or help from the film. Some people may enjoy watching romantic films as they do not have any romance within their lives, therefore romantic films create a sense of romance for that audience member which has little romance currently in their life, providing an escape from reality where they can be with their ‘dream man’ giving them a sense of happiness from the film.

To sum up, people enjoy watching romantic films for various different reasons, it allows them to escape from their reality, they may be dealing with a lot of stress and a simple romantic film gives them a sense of happiness therefore relieving them from current stress. Romantic films also give people the opportunity to relate to the film if it is seen as more of a tragedy, they may feel lonely and alone whilst going through the current tragedy therefore a romantic tragedy provides them with comfort showing how they are not alone, that the tragedy may be occurring with various other people, therefore supporting them through a tough period, presenting romantic films as being popular throughout the public.