A new genre of movies seems to have taken over the box office in the past couple of years. Romance Dramedies are a smashing hit because they can incorporate most things we Americans strive for or experience daily into one movie. Romance, laughter, a journey, some hardships, and connecting. A film released in 2015 defined as a romance dramedy, yet the directors decided to push the boundaries and make it bigger than a typical romance comedy. This movie was quickly glossed over and thrown to the side by the public but deserves treatment as more than average. Jake Schreier's Paper Towns has created beauty out of hardship with flying colors and should be considered a top movie.
The male lead in the film, Quentin (Q), is a mix of flaws and excellent characteristics that make for an unusual protagonist, and his development throughout the movie strikes awe. For example, his quest for love embodied by Margo shows so much faith and resiliency. An argument presented against him being such a great kid is he is somewhat hypocritical. The night when …show more content…
Margo could be called a selfish/self-centered girl who worries about nothing more than herself and how she feels, until mulling over her paper metaphor. Margo states that her surroundings are paper people, paper homes, and a paper town where she never ran into anyone who cared about something meaningful. She is at the same time saying that all those things are fake and lack validity of being real, which yields a question of what makes Margo so unique? It might be hard for one to swallow that pill seeing as Margo was the most popular girl in school and soon to be prom queen, but that is what makes this so unique. Instead of being ditzy and lacking common sense while looking for a man to make her feel complete Margo is aware and alert to things going on around her because of her introverted
The male lead in the film, Quentin (Q), is a mix of flaws and excellent characteristics that make for an unusual protagonist, and his development throughout the movie strikes awe. For example, his quest for love embodied by Margo shows so much faith and resiliency. An argument presented against him being such a great kid is he is somewhat hypocritical. The night when …show more content…
Margo could be called a selfish/self-centered girl who worries about nothing more than herself and how she feels, until mulling over her paper metaphor. Margo states that her surroundings are paper people, paper homes, and a paper town where she never ran into anyone who cared about something meaningful. She is at the same time saying that all those things are fake and lack validity of being real, which yields a question of what makes Margo so unique? It might be hard for one to swallow that pill seeing as Margo was the most popular girl in school and soon to be prom queen, but that is what makes this so unique. Instead of being ditzy and lacking common sense while looking for a man to make her feel complete Margo is aware and alert to things going on around her because of her introverted