YALS LITERARY COMPETITION

Love is all around us and it will prevail - this is the message of all romantic comedies. But it is incredible how some of them have amazing stories that can deeply affect you and the others have unbelievably absurd plots. Perfect examples of this are two films called Music and lyrics and 27 dresses.

Music and lyrics is a story about a charming pop star of the 80s called Alex who is, with the help of Sophie, trying to bring his fame back by writing a song for the most popular singer in the world. While writing these lyrics, they fall in love with each other and have to find their way to both success and love. What makes this lovely story truly perfect are Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. They look very convincing playing love interests, the chemistry between them is very intense and they bring plenty of funny and amusing situations. Also, the story is well-structured, it has just the right pace. One more thing that you will certainly remember after watching the movie is tremendously good music - especially the main theme Way back into love.

The other movie called 27 dresses, even though it is from the screen writer of a great comedy Devil wears Prada, turned out to be rather disappointing. It is about a young woman called Jane who has been a bridesmaid on 26 different weddings and never a bride. Not until she meets Kevin on her sister’s wedding... The story, which is simple and a fairytale look-alike, could have been improved by choosing the right actors. Unfortunately, the performances of Katherine Heigl and James Marsden, newcomers in the world of acting, are pretty weak unlike their colleagues’ in Music and lyrics. There is no chemistry between them which is a serious drawback in this type of movies. But, there is indeed something that is nice about this film - its excellent music and elegant costumes.

All in all, if you are a sort of person who likes romantic comedies, then you should really watch Music and lyrics which will make you smile and cry at the same time. As for 27 dresses, the decision is all yours...

by Marija Petric