Silver Screen Love

Going to the movies provides you with two hours of mindless entertainment. But once everyone lives happily ever after and the credits roll it’s back to the real world, or is it?

According to a poll of 1,000 Australians, romantic comedy movies are starting to impact people’s lives. The survey was released by Warner Home Video to mark the DVD release of the feel good movie “Valentine’s Day.” According to the survey almost half of the people who responded said the endless happy endings at these types of movies have swayed their views of relationships.

One in four Australians said they now expect to know what their partner is thinking at all times. One in five is expecting gifts and flowers on a regular basis, just because. Relationship counselor Gabrielle Morrisey says romantic comedies have turned Australia into a nation of “happy ever after addicts.” Morrisey says the warm fuzzy feeling they provide is adversely influencing real relationships which take work and aren’t always champagne and fireworks. Besides we can’t all be movie stars and at ten dollars a ticket going to the movies is becoming an expensive escape from reality.