If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.
A lot of romantic comedies are just light romantic dramas, or the comedy comes off second-best.
I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.
Often, romantic comedies exist in a vacuum, and it's kind of odd.
Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack.
Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world.
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists.
A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.
The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over and over again expect satisfaction somehow.