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I just finished watching a Good Day to Die Hard for the umpteenth time and noticed, yet again, there was absolutely no romance in this movie. I think sometimes romance can be a distraction to the action since it's just one more storyline the writers have to close up.
Many times, I would prefer a straight action movie and leave the romance for another day. This is not to say that I don't like romance movies, because I absolutely do!

Do you prefer romance plots in your action story line or would you prefer strictly action with no distraction?


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I prefer strictly action. What I really dislike is when the woman character is either a damsel in distress, waiting to be rescued, or (even worse) killed by the villain to give our hero motive for revenge. That type of plot feels manipulative to me. If the love interest is either so super-competent or so far removed from the action that she's never in danger, then I'm okay with a romance, but you make a good point that strictly action makes for a more streamlined plot.


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I agree, I wish that they would let a strong, female lead be a strong female lead without needing to be rely or falling for a male character or running around screaming...LOL...

Yes, I like romance, but I want my action to be action! Romance slows down the pace!


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I agree that romance doesn't have a place in action films. They can tend to slow down the pace of the movie and I like the fast action.

I would rather watch romance movies on their own platform and leave the action movies to the men and women who do them best.

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I think the three of us aren't the only ones on the planet to feel this way, but faulty market research may have the film execs thinking they need to sprinkle some extraneous romance into the average action plot to lure in the female viewers.


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