I'm really good at avoiding love at all costs. There have been a couple times where I thought it might be worth it, that it might work out, but I was wrong. I avoid romantic comedies at all cost. I wouldn't be caught dead in a Nicholas Sparks movie. I just have never been the kind of person to want to sit in something as unrealistic as that. If I want unrealistic, I'll sit through two hours of looking at Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner in Marvel movies.
But I found the one romantic movie that I can watch any day, multiple times a day and not hate everything about it. Why? Because "Stuck in Love" is realistic. One of the main characters, Sam, is basically me. I've never related to a fictional character like her. When she meets Lou, everything changes. I cried the first time I realized that was happening to me.
This movie really changed the way I look at life and love, for better and worse. I could go on about how much I love Samantha or how I can relate to the struggles of being a writer, but instead, I'll share my favorite quotes which say more than I ever will.
1. "I remember that it hurt, looking at her hurt." - Rusty Borgens
This is the opening line. To care that much about someone that you don't know, it's really... stupid.
2. "You make me feel less cynical." - Samantha Borgens
Samantha meets Lou in a bar. She eventually gives him a chance and what happens? She falls for him, going against everything she stands for. I'm pretty sure I recently said this to someone, because he was my Lou.
3. "Just avoid love at all costs. That's my motto." - Samantha Borgens
This is my twitter bio. I've always been that way and it's looking like I always will be.
4. "My biggest mistake was thinking you could fix me. Only I can fix me." - Kate
There's a lot of people in this world that think someone else can fix them. At one point, I was one of them.
5. "This isn't just a CD... It's a roadmap to my soul." - Kate
We all have a playlist that can describe every piece of us, even if it's just our favorite songs.
6. "There are two kinds of people in this world: hopeless romantics and realists." - Samantha Borgens
Except the realists are called cynical.
7. Samantha: "I don't wanna get hurt." Lou: "I'm not going to hurt you."
You want to know how something like this ends? Heart break. It always does.
8. "We both want the same thing. To go back to your bedroom. Have sex. Never see each other again." - Samantha Borgens
It's straight. To the point. And if people started saying this in bars, it would probably make one night stands a lot less awkward.
9. "You're cute, Lou. But you reek of romance and good intentions." - Samantha Borgens
Which is the worst some times.
10. "The most important things are the hardest to say."
Whether it's how much you care about someone or calling them out on how much they hurt you.
So this movie isn't just a movie. It's a road map to my soul.
