Thursday, March 30, 2006
Trailers
All of a sudden, I feel like watching a romantic comedy trailer. Trailers always cheer me up. Right now, I'm downloading the trailer for The Break Up, writing this blog to keep me busy. Guess I just need that little emotional pick-me-up of a typical Hollywood Ending. Which brings me to two points.
The first is very quick and to the point. Trailers are awesome. I can't get enough of them. They take the best parts of a movie, and summarise it into a one-minute plus bit of entertainment that leaves you waiting in anticipation for an often disappointing movie. Why we love them? Humans love anticipation, whether it makes them excited or miserable. A weird mix of what I'm feeling right now. Thus the trailer craving.
The second, is that while society loves to put the pressure on men to go out of their way to romance a woman, they seldom put it the other way. Why? Because girls often do 'romantic' things to guys all the time. However, this avoids one sad fact. While Hollywood has made damn sure that guys know what girls perceive as romance, girls don't really have much of a clue of how to make guys feel the same mushy way inside. Here's a hint. It has little to do with flowers, balloons, poems, or a thousand neatly folded paper stars.
The element of surprise is the common theme. But unlike what you might think, it doesn't always have to be sexual, either. Although it often is.
How to make a guy feel warm and fuzzy inside? Make him feel grateful for you. Buy him something he really likes, after fighting months with him about it (Playstation, Alonso cap). If you're not together yet, show up at his doorstep with nothing but a smile on your face - let him do the rest. Hold his hand and say nothing halfway through an argument. Kiss him when you think he's lost and he doesn't want to admit it. The pattern here is that if you already know he loves you, make him feel like you love him back, for all his faults, and to make him feel damn glad that he's got you.
Man, I'm having a hormone burst here. Gotta cut down on those chicken breasts.
The first is very quick and to the point. Trailers are awesome. I can't get enough of them. They take the best parts of a movie, and summarise it into a one-minute plus bit of entertainment that leaves you waiting in anticipation for an often disappointing movie. Why we love them? Humans love anticipation, whether it makes them excited or miserable. A weird mix of what I'm feeling right now. Thus the trailer craving.
The second, is that while society loves to put the pressure on men to go out of their way to romance a woman, they seldom put it the other way. Why? Because girls often do 'romantic' things to guys all the time. However, this avoids one sad fact. While Hollywood has made damn sure that guys know what girls perceive as romance, girls don't really have much of a clue of how to make guys feel the same mushy way inside. Here's a hint. It has little to do with flowers, balloons, poems, or a thousand neatly folded paper stars.
The element of surprise is the common theme. But unlike what you might think, it doesn't always have to be sexual, either. Although it often is.
How to make a guy feel warm and fuzzy inside? Make him feel grateful for you. Buy him something he really likes, after fighting months with him about it (Playstation, Alonso cap). If you're not together yet, show up at his doorstep with nothing but a smile on your face - let him do the rest. Hold his hand and say nothing halfway through an argument. Kiss him when you think he's lost and he doesn't want to admit it. The pattern here is that if you already know he loves you, make him feel like you love him back, for all his faults, and to make him feel damn glad that he's got you.
Man, I'm having a hormone burst here. Gotta cut down on those chicken breasts.
# posted by chak @ 11:50 pm 
