I'm going to have to disagree with you and say Serendipity is the worst romantic "comedy" I have ever seen.

Like, I can watch stuff like How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days or The Notebook or even LEGALLY BLONDE, because as stupid and vapid as they are, at least they don't portray stomping over peoples' hearts as some glorified version of love.

Serendipity is about two people who meet at a ice skating rink, and after 10 years the two of them are about to get married. They choose to go on trips by themselves and the bulk of the film is nothing but ridiculous NEAR-MISSES where they almost but not quite bump into one another. And then they both give up, but as they're heading back they manage to meet up and they LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

Except, what about their fiancees?

What about their families?

They don't give a shit about them. All that matters is this juvenile attraction between them that they just never came to grips with, and in pursuing their idea of "love" they proceed to ignore everyone that truly loves them, leaving this trail of destruction and sadness behind them, oblivious.

I'm going to have to disagree with you and say Serendipity is the worst romantic "comedy" I have ever seen.

Like, I can watch stuff like How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days or The Notebook or even LEGALLY BLONDE, because as stupid and vapid as they are, at least they don't portray stomping over peoples' hearts as some glorified version of love.

Serendipity is about two people who meet at a ice skating rink, and after 10 years the two of them are about to get married. They choose to go on trips by themselves and the bulk of the film is nothing but ridiculous NEAR-MISSES where they almost but not quite bump into one another. And then they both give up, but as they're heading back they manage to meet up and they LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

Except, what about their fiancees?

What about their families?

They don't give a shit about them. All that matters is this juvenile attraction between them that they just never came to grips with, and in pursuing their idea of "love" they proceed to ignore everyone that truly loves them, leaving this trail of destruction and sadness behind them, oblivious.

ummm he was crying because it was so sad for their fiancees maybe??

If anyone can find it, I'd HIGHLY recommend watching Dekalog (Or The Decalogue as it is called in English). It's a Polish film series released in 1989, originally made as a television miniseries. It consists of ten one-hour films, each of which represents one of the Ten Commandments and explores possible meanings of the commandment—often ambiguous or contradictory—within a fictional story set in modern Poland. The order in which you watch the 10 films has no relevance - although certain prominent characters in one film will often show up as characters in the background of the other films. Each film leaves you with a profound sense of meaning... it's just amazing.

(I do own a box DVD set of the films... if anyone is interested in them I could rip them and put them up on the Zoo).

I put them on my netflix list and I'm pretty excited to watch them. I've only seen the movie versions, A Short Film on Killing and A Short Film on Love, but Krystof Kiewswolski is really one of my favourite filmmakers.

If you enjoyed the Decalogue I'd recommend some of his other stuff, because he deals with very simular themes in all his films. Of chance and meaning in life, pretentious stuff, etc.

What was your favourite from the Decalogue?