I'm not seeing the Complaining aspect. It's a valid observation about a common step in an adaptation — in cutting exposition and backstory, the romance is made to appear much faster (and often shallower) than it was in the original. As for all the examples being from film, A), they aren't — two are book to stage play, and B) even if they were, there's nothing wrong with that — film is one of the least forgiving media, timewise, and therefore one that is likely to see this a lot.
Edited by Madrugada...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
I'm not seeing the Complaining aspect. It's a valid observation about a common step in an adaptation — in cutting exposition and backstory, the romance is made to appear much faster (and often shallower) than it was in the original. As for all the examples being from film, A), they aren't — two are book to stage play, and B) even if they were, there's nothing wrong with that — film is one of the least forgiving media, timewise, and therefore one that is likely to see this a lot.
Edited by Madrugada ...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.