DatingJosh

I realize this is a self-evident, rhetorical, idiotic question, but why is it that romantic comedies always end so perfectly? Why do we so enjoy them when we can intuit the ending before the opening credits are even finished? Is it for brief respite from the sad realities of our lives? Is it to fill our hearts with hope? Or is it true, deep-seated desire to seek happiness that keeps us watching, raptly attentive?

I watched “Hitch” on TBS this weekend. I was flipping through the channels Saturday afternoon when it started and I figured that a movie with Will Smith and Kevin James had serious potential for hilarity. I was not wrong.

I loved the part when Albert (Kevin James), realizing he had just lost Allegra Cole, the love of his life, showed up at Hitch’s apartment with a huge box of Krispy Kreme donuts and says:

“I figured maybe if my heart stops beating, it wouldn’t hurt so much… Honestly I never knew I could feel like this. I swear I’m going out of my mind. I wanna throw myself off every building in New York. I see a cab and I wanna dive in front of it, because then I ‘ll stop thinking about her…”

Of course, Albert gets Allegra back, and Hitch gets Sara back; she forgives him.

Here is what the movie failed to teach me: what should I do when I have the exact same feelings voiced so perfectly by Albert but know that everything will not come together neatly and perfectly, packaged with a little bow, in 20 minutes, just in time for the closing credits to roll?