Who says romantic comedies are dead? "I Just Want to Love You", which was released in Taiwan in February this year, has a global box office of more than 200 million US dollars, and is regarded by many as this year's "box office dark horse". The film is directed by "Gossip Project" and "Friends Also Go to Bed" Will Guler, and starring "Top Gun: Maverick" "Executioner" Glen Powell and "Excitement" Sidney Sweeney.
The plot of "I Just Want to Love You" describes a pair of men and women Bi and Ben accidentally met in a café, so they had their first romantic date, but the spark between the two unexpectedly turned into a raging fire, and the two became enemies.
In order not to spoil the happy event, the two decided to work together and continue to pretend to be the perfect dream couple.
Inspired by Shakespeare's classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, bringing "Happy Enemies" into the modern age!
"Happy Enemies" is a consistent routine of Hollywood romantic comedies, and eagle-eyed fans may find many small ideas in the film to pay homage to the classic Shakespeare drama "Much Ado About Nothing", not only the names of the male and female protagonists Ban and Bi obviously appropriated the names of the main characters of the original work "Benedick" and "Beatrice", but also placed lines from the original work in the scene from time to time as a background to decorate the wall.
Although the film is inspired by Shakespeare, "Just Want to Love You" can interpret the storyline of the super drama into a modern version that is not so exaggerated, and also allows the film to fight its way through the charm of the hero and heroine under the old-fashioned Hollywood romantic comedy routine.
The most eye-catching and good-looking screen couple in history
The important element of the success of romantic comedies is definitely the chemistry between the male and female protagonists, which is enough to attract the attention of the audience. First, the appearance of the hero and heroine is not only pleasing to the eye, but the matching degree of the two is also one of the most important highlights.
Fortunately, both Glen Powell and Sidney Sweeney have a certain degree of charm in appearance, and the two can even be said to be both men and women. In addition to the bright appearance, the spark between the male and female protagonists is also very important, and these two elements can be said to be indispensable and important highlights of romantic comedies. Although "I Just Want to Love You" does not have much highlight in the storyline, it is an old-fashioned love formula movie, but it still relies on the two protagonists to bring a certain entertainment effect.
Nostalgic golden songs are a big plus for movies!
In addition, "I Just Want to Love You" has a big plus, which is that it uses the song "Unwritten" released by United Kingdom singer Natasha Bedingfield in 2004, and when the actor class listens to this song on the plane, it accidentally becomes a big laugh. Later, the song "Unwritten" also became the representative song of the film, which not only runs through the whole film, but also invites all the performers to lip-sync at the end of the film. Interestingly, with the popularity of the movie, the song also missed 19 years and once again entered the top 20 of the United Kingdom's "Billboard" Top 100 Hot List.
Although "I Just Want to Love You" follows the traditional romantic comedy formula, its humorous and funny clips and the chemistry between the hero and heroine still carve out a path of its own for itself. Who says romantic comedies are dead? "I Just Want to Love You" is still among many movies today, fighting a bloody way.