I tried recreating famous romantic scenes from movies to guys, and they were not having it
One of the guys told me to ‘get the fuck out of his face’
There’s two things you could do after someone breaks your heart near Valentine’s Day: you could sit and cry about it or you could find a way to make the most romantic month of the year your bitch.
In a big F U to Valentine’s Day, I decided to have fun this month by recreating famous love scenes from romantic films to guys who have absolutely no interest in me. From 10 Things I Hate About You to Say Anything, I attempted to see if these love tactics would actually work in real life — and let’s just say that it was more cringeworthy than effective.
Say Anything, Boombox Serenade
I’ve always been a sucker for a good love story but when I first saw this movie in high school, I thought to myself: would this actually work in real life and I know my hispanic mother would throw a shoe at the poor dude for showing up to my house with a boombox and disrupting her sleep.
This scene is probably the most iconic scene of all love scenes and of course it had to be the first scene I recreated. However, recreating a scene like this would take work and, most of all, who would be my victim for a scene like this?
I had a few options from old exes or random guys who I knew who wouldn’t call the cops on me if I showed up to his house. Luckily, I found a guy from my hometown who was the perfect victim for the serenade and who had the best window too.
So, I grabbed my new H&M coat, babe patch, and the remaining self-dignity I had to ‘profess my love’ to my friendly hometown neighbor (he actually lives like a few blocks away from me, but I consider that really close to me).
Needless to say, he couldn’t stop laughing as cars and noisy ladies of my neighborhood were walking past me as I raised the boombox over my head. This might have worked for John Cusack in the film, but it was a no no with my hometown men.
Legally Blonde, Bend and Snap
Okay, let’s be honest. Bending and snapping looks like I’m having an exorcism while also looking like a small dinosaur. Not only is bending over to reach for something in front of guy and then swiftly pulling my arms to the side of my body, very very embarrassing, but it did not pick up the guy who I tried it with. Reese Witherspoon taught all of us how to do this in Legally Blonde, but it was such a bad idea to pick up guys this way.
I’m pretty sure the guy I did ‘bending and snapping’ to thought I was having a reflex problem, but that’s okay cause I don’t need a man who doesn’t like my horrible bending and snapping.
10 Things I Hate About You, Heath Ledger singing
If you didn’t swoon over Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You when he sang to Julia Stiles, then you probably have no heart and I’m concerned about you.
This scene was probably the hardest one to recreate since I had to publicly embarrass myself in front of EVERYONE. But, if you’re like me, you really dgaf and you hand pick a guy who doesn’t care if you publicly serenade him too.
At Temple University, we have our main spot on campus called the Bell Tower where everyone usually walks through to get to their classes and I knew it was the perfect spot for my serenade. So, I texted my good friend to meet me at the Bell Tower and I wobbled myself to the steps and gathered the already little dignity I had from before and sang my little heart away.
My choice of song? No other than’Party in USA’ by Miley Cyrus since I couldn’t sing like Heath Ledger and Miley Cyrus is iconic, okay?
Grease, Sandy’s transformation
As an avid lover of musicals, I had to recreate Grease and the memorable scene when Sandy glos up becomes the babe she was meant to be with her leather transformation.
I had only one option since I barely see any guys in my school who wear leather jackets (lame, I know), so I had to be direct with a guy for my Grease dream scene.
We did good — it worked.
Love Actually, ‘To Me, You are Perfect’ scene
How could I not recreate this scene from Love Actually and not get cursed off by a random guy who was walking at my apartment complex?
Yes, I did it to a complete stranger and he told me to go get the fuck out of his face, which I did cause this love scene is actually weird af and I would probably react the same way if a guy did this to me.
Was all of this worth it? Hell yes, it was because falling in love in movies so much harder and extra than it actually seems.