What's love got to do with it?

Just went and saw Star Wars this morning... and sad to say I caught America's Sweethearts on cable this afternoon. Now why do I tie these two together? Simple. I don't believe the love in either of them. I find is funny how movies just throw out the word 'love' and we are supposed to accept it. Padme tells Annakin that she loves him, but I don't see it. There is no build up. She just does. In America's Sweethearts John Cuzak's character announced his love for Julia Roberts... mind you he spends most of the movie pining away for Catherine Zeta Jones... but all of a sudden the switch is flipped and he's in love with another... but desperately, want to spend the rest of my life with you love.

I'd like to say this doesn't happen. But since my ex-girlfriend is happily and amazingly in love with someone... a month after we broke up... that makes me believe it can happen. But in a weekend? It happens all the time in movies. People discover the one they truly love has been there all along. Well, that's utter bullshit. People only recognize the person that's been there all along when they get dumped. It's called a re-bound. But Hollywood dresses it up like true love and we are supposed to accept it.

Now this may seem like I'm bitter... well I'm not. The truth is Hollywood has been short cutting on the character development for years now. If they want me to accept that two people have fallen in love... give me something to believe... don't just have them say it.