Talk:Romance film

message: I disagree with the definition of "Chick Flick" and have issue with it, partly of personal definition and somewhat justifiably as it is uncited. "Chick Flick" is not simply about the popularity with women but with women as a target audience and not necessary a "romance" or have romance as a main theme (learned in school, looking for reference). Just think of the more recent "chick flicks" like Boys on the Side (arguably about failing romance but the uniting theme is their friendship), Thelma and Louise (again, female "partners in crime"), Riding in Cars With Boys (despite the title, the larger theme is her relationship with her father and her son, not just her boyfriend/husband), and The Women (female friendships where only one friend is truly affected by her -lack of- romantic relationship with her husband). 
I'm not ready to remove it yet as currently "chick flick" redirects to a Charmed episode and it deserves a mention somewhere else. I'd be so happy if someone beats me to the punch as it may take a while to find references now that I no longer have access to online journals. However, it shouldn't stay as it is.--Blondtraillite (talk) 00:06, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind, found appropriate article. Working on correction. --Blondtraillite (talk) 00:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chick Flick 

message: I have reverted the addition of LGBT films (piped to List of LGBT films) in the subgenre section, because it does not belong there - the entire LGBT film corpus is not a subgenre of romantic film - rather romance is probably a subgenre of LGBT film output.   What would be a better way , ideally with source and a few notable films, to cover this. Is there a subgenre of romance that has an LGBT romance? or is it that romance and its subgenres encompasses all kinds of love stories. The article should contain the information that romantic films are made about love between women, between men, and indeed all variants of love.  The term 'forbidden love' in the article text may be intending that, but it is extremely coy if it is. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 12:18, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've left the sentence that Rainbowpeace has readded, but agree that it is clumsy.  There are a couple of good sources on my talkpage to start a section on the portrayal of lesbian and gay romances in the movies.  I can't think of a mainstream movie that includes a transgender romance, but I'm sure they exist in niche cinema.  It occurs to me that a little section on "controversial" romantic themes - outside of LGBT - or romantic films might also be interesting. I'm thinking interracial romance(for which there is sourced material available on the films that 'broke the boundaries'), Now, Voyager and other films which struggled to get their story (rather than just shots of Jane Russell's cleavage) out under the Hays Code etc. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 10:40, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

text: I think it really is undue. LGBT romantic films can be classified pretty well with the current subgenres (they can be dramas, "chick" flicks, or romcoms as well, etc.) Instead, I have added examples of LGBT-themed romantic movies in the examples (admittedly, my personal favorites).-- Obsidi♠n Soul 18:23, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  LGBT films 

message: In the intro, I added a paragraph that basically compares a romance film to a movie that has a romantic subplot. While there is a good definition of what a romance movie is, the page does little to tell the readers that not all movies are romantic. Most movies have a romantic plotline but that is a subplot. It is important differentiate a real romance film from that of a movie that merely has a subplot. 97.91.177.81 (talk) 19:29, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Without sources to give it credibility (ie comments from critics etc) it is unsourced opinion. --Ckatzchatspy 20:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

text: Umm, who's on the attack here? The person who is trying to explain this to you, or the person using language such as "baby"? You've added a link that does not meet the requirements of the reliable sources policy. --Ckatzchatspy 20:57, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Romance film vs. Romantic subplot

message: Maximilianklein (talk) 23:44, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: WorldCat Genres

message: Someone tried to remove the reference to LGBT films. Here are my 4 suggestions for what we can do. 
1) We can re-add the information to the main article. A brief sentence would be all that was needed. 
2) We could re-add it to the subgenre list.
3) We could leave it as a note on the list.
4) We could give it its own section.
Now I have tried 1, 2 and 4 and each time I had an editor that disagreed with me. Now I have one who disagrees with me for 3. However I'm willing to compromise and talk so lets talk. In the past there were sentences that talked about specific forms of discrimination that we reduced down to "various forms of discrimination" and others. Ultimately, the only goal I have is for an inclusive article. More than ever it has been made clear that the Romance genre isn't always Cisgender or Heterosexual. And it goes without saying that if other editors have better ideas I would love to hear them as well.-Rainbowofpeace (talk) 10:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  LGBT Films  

message: Romantic gama (spectrum) Mayur Zate (talk) 05:24, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  films 

message: [I propose beginning a new section on the matter of the age gap between couples in romantic films. As a starting point I've prepared the below paragraph and citation. As an employee of the author of the citation (stephenfollows.com) I disclose this as a paid contribution and leave it up to independent editors to judge the merit:
A study of heterosexual on-screen couples in 422 romantic films from 1984-2014 found that at no point in period had the average annual age of female leads been older than the average age of their male counterparts. It also found that on average, male leads in romantic films were 4.5 years older than their female co-stars. The result supports speculations that romance films tend to pair younger women and older men[possible citation needed here?].
-- Lars Prestegarde (talk) 09:21, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I was pinged here from RSN.  There was a lot of buzz on that topic at that time (summer 2015). this similar blog did their own number crunching and linked to this Guardian piece, this buzzfeed piece, and this CNN piece. There is this piece in Vulture too from 2013.  I don't see the harm in citing the follows blog along with the other sites if it adds something in the eyes of folks working on this article. Jytdog (talk) 14:44, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This page has only 41 watchers.  That's exactly the kind of WP page on which it's possible to insert promotional links and undue content without effective opposition or contrary consensus.  SPECIFICO talk  15:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: New section proposal: Age Gap

message: Made at 12 o'clock 140.213.154.210 (talk) 17:03, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maen 

message: Bromantic comedy and gothic romance must be excluded from romantic film sub-genres. Bromantic definition conflicts with definitions of romantic films, even the word bromantic is a parody on romance. It is a strong friendship rather than any kind of romance. And gothic romance is not a classical love story. It's rather something like subclass of horror genre which is not compatible with romantic films. As far as I understand, "gothic romance" is not romance, it is alternative dark romance. What is gothic romance can be found here: . Bromantic comedies and gothic romance are also not listed in sub-genres in lists that can be found on the web: , , , . This Wikipedia article makes misclassification. -- D6194c-1cc (talk) 13:09, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sub-genres 

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