'Benefits' not beneficial to students

"Friends with Benefits" hit movie screens the weekend of July 22 with a weekend gross of over $18,622,150.  Although it's still going strong over three weeks later, reviews on campus are mixed.

"Although I personally liked the movie, it was a lot like ‘No Strings Attached' which just came out not too long ago," business major Keitha Munday said. "If they are going to make movies with similar story lines they should at least spread them apart."

Romantic-comedies send a mixed signal to society because not all of our relationships are going to end as beautifully as Hollywood portrays them.  That's the problem that biology major Malinda Bise had with the movie. 

I am all for happy endings but not every relationship in real life ends that way," she said. "It's encouraging girls to be ‘friends with benefits' with guys with hopes of it ending in true love."

Hollywood does not portray reality, but isn't that the point?  We live our lives every day and movies are a way to escape and live a fantasy; even if it is only for an hour and a half.