{"id":83128,"date":"2017-02-10T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=83128"},"modified":"2018-05-30T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T21:28:06","slug":"roundtable-worst-romantic-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/roundtable-worst-romantic-dramas\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie Love Stories (Drama)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine’s Day is coming up and there’s a ‘Fifty Shades’ movie in theaters this weekend. That these two things are related is disheartening. Sadly, Christian and Anastasia’s relationship actually isn’t<\/em> the worst love story featured in a dramatic film. Let’s look at some other couples who have no business being together.
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We did one of these about rom-coms a few years back<\/a>, so I’d like to focus on dramas this time. The movie as a whole doesn’t necessarily need to be a romance, so long as it has some sort of love story plotline that simply doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

Shannon Nutt<\/span><\/h3>\n

I’m going with the low-hanging fruit this week, but I can’t think of any on-screen romance more unbelievable than the one between Anakin Skywalker and Padme in the ‘Star Wars’ prequels. Since any romantic chemistry between a 10-year-old boy and an older woman is kind of creepy (thanks, George), we’ll skip the stilted exchanges in ‘The Phantom Menace’ (“Are you an angel?”<\/em>) and go straight to ‘Attack of the Clones<\/a>‘. Yes, this is the movie where Anakin wins over Padme’s affection by telling her how much he hates sand… and slaughtering a whole tribe of sandpeople. Nothing woos a woman’s heart more than knowing you’re an unbalanced homicidal maniac. Then, in ‘Revenge of the Sith’, after the future Darth Vader murders a bunch of younglings, Padme tells him, “You’re breaking my heart!”<\/em> You think?! Meanwhile, women break up with me if I forget their birthday… Go figure.<\/p>\n

Of course, the fact that Hayden Christensen has close to zero acting talent doesn’t help any of the above. Even someone as good as Natalie Portman (and her awards shelf should indicate just how good an actress she is) can’t fake how few sparks are going on between these two. George Lucas should have hooked up Padme with Obi-Wan and given viewers some real chemistry, and a real reason for Anakin to want revenge.<\/p>\n

Brian Hoss<\/span><\/h3>\n

Have you ever seen ‘Against All Odds<\/a>‘? It has Jeff Bridges, James Woods, the music of Phil Collins, and an attractive premise about a broke pro athlete at the end of his career who’s compelled to kill a wealthy man’s unfaithful wife. Well, take it from this ’80s fan, this is a terrible, nigh unwatchable mess, and it goes right off the rails with the love triangle. Despite a lengthy runtime of 121 minutes, this one is very forgettable save for being MST3K material. <\/p>\n

The music video may make it seem like a decent yarn, but don’t be fooled.<\/p>\n