"What Do They See In Each Other?!" Worst Movie Love Interests

[Ms Blue Jay]

5 hours ago, blugirlami21 said:

I always think of Rachel McAdams in The Vow. She was so awful to Channing Tatum's character. She gave him no grace nor did she ever try to figure out anything for herself about the life she herself chose for herself. I was irritated that he took her back at the end.

Finally watched Notting Hill and Anna is trash. I said what I said. What was the point of it all? The discovery of her boyfriend in the middle, her jerking him around. And he was a doormat. Didn't matter what she did, he would always take her back.

I didn't like The Vow, but for the life of me I have zero recollection of that entire movie experience.  And I don't want to rewatch to find out.

I absolutely adore the hell out of Notting Hill, but I understand the complaints.  Will was so desperate for Anna, and I have to admit I appreciate the depiction.  

Edited February 5 by Ms Blue Jay

[proserpina65]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:18 PM, blugirlami21 said:

Finally watched Notting Hill and Anna is trash. I said what I said. What was the point of it all? The discovery of her boyfriend in the middle, her jerking him around. And he was a doormat. Didn't matter what she did, he would always take her back.

I hate that movie precisely because Anna was such a terrible character.  I will maintain to my dying day that Hugh Grant's character should've told her to fuck off at the end.

[Spartan Girl]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:18 PM, blugirlami21 said:

I always think of Rachel McAdams in The Vow. She was so awful to Channing Tatum's character. She gave him no grace nor did she ever try to figure out anything for herself about the life she herself chose for herself. I was irritated that he took her back at the end.

I was peeved that she still wanted a relationship with her parents after they basically took advantage of her memory loss like that, not to mention she didn’t seem to have any issue with the shitty way they and her ex-boyfriend treated him. Channing Tatum deserved better.

[blugirlami21]

Exactly so. It was so gross how they tried to rewrite history when she lost her memory.

[Spartan Girl]

And she was so damn passive in the ending. When she finds that stupid vow in her box, she just stares sadly out the window. She doesn’t try to call him or make any effort to contact him, we just see her happen to wind up at the cafe at the same time he does. I mean, she SAYS she talked to her friend to find out more about their marriage, but beyond that, she doesn’t do anything to try to make amends until she just happens to see her. That’s Kate Beckinsale in Serendipity level of bullshit.

[andromeda331]

On 2/11/2023 at 6:06 AM, Spartan Girl said:

I was peeved that she still wanted a relationship with her parents after they basically took advantage of her memory loss like that, not to mention she didn’t seem to have any issue with the shitty way they and her ex-boyfriend treated him. Channing Tatum deserved better.

 

On 2/12/2023 at 9:45 PM, blugirlami21 said:

Exactly so. It was so gross how they tried to rewrite history when she lost her memory.

Yeah, that was really horrible of her parents'. I couldn't believe they did that. What a horrible thing to do.

[Spartan Girl]

Jojo in Mystic Pizza. I could understand her not quite being ready to get married, but she should have told Bill LONG BEFORE the wedding instead of making a scene right at the altar. And even after humiliating him like that, she kept wanting to have sex with him in risky places (even at her parents’ house, which almost got him killed by her father) instead of actually just talking about her commitment issues. And yet after all that she puts him through, we’re somehow supposed to feel sorry for her when poor long-suffering Bill finally grows a spine and dumps her?

Edited March 6 by Spartan Girl

[Cobalt Stargazer]

5 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

but she should have told Bill LONG BEFORE the wedding instead of making a scene right at the altar.

"Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!"

[Crashcourse]

7 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

And yet after all that she puts him through, we’re somehow supposed to feel sorry for her when poor long-suffering Bill finally grows a spine and dumps her?

Unfortunately, he folded and married her in the end, which pissed me off.

[Spartan Girl]

16 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

Unfortunately, he folded and married her in the end, which pissed me off.

It wouldn’t have been so infuriating if we’d actually seen Jojo admit she screwed up and that she wanted to be with Bill, not just act sad and huffy after he rightfully called her out on using him for her go-to booty call. Heck, nobody calls her out on what a shitty thing she did to him; her dad is only upset because he wasted all that money on the wedding. It’s like the movie tried to make Bill out to be a jerk for pushing her for marriage when she wasn’t ready.

Well, Jojo, you presumably said yes to his proposal and agreed to a date before you chickened out at the altar, so all evidence points to the fact that you didn’t say anything at all before the wedding, which makes YOU the asshole.

Edited March 7 by Spartan Girl

[Spartan Girl]

Whoa, did anyone know Cary Grant played Pinkerton in the 1932 film version of Madame Butterfly? If ever there was a guy that deserved to be at the top of the this thread, it’s that asshole. He marries poor Cho-Cho-San just so that he can have his way with her and then leaves her high and dry to marry his fiancée back him, and…well you know what happens in the end.

What makes it worse is that Cho-Cho actually finds a picture of his fiancée in his belongings while they’re living together, and when she asks him about it, he doesn’t even have the guts to come clean right then and there. He just lies and keeps stringing her along before he leaves, promising to come back in the spring…

And the kicker of it all?  After he finally comes back and tells her the truth (“I didn’t know you’d still be waiting for me!”), does she give him the riot act he deserves? Nope. She just handles it with grace. She doesn’t even tell him about their Don because she doesn’t want to cause HIM any more trouble!!!! ARRRRRGH. 

In fairness, it was better for the boy to be raised by his grandparents than that douchebag, but still.