Bridesmaids- the Irish and the American collide.

I liked how you used the movie Bridesmaids as an example to display the three major principles that guide relationships. Proximity, similarity, and reciprocity are extremely important in developing a relationship and maintaining it. There are many factors that go into developing a relationship between two people. In the movie Bridesmaids, it displayed all three principles very clearly between Annie and Rhodes. Another example of proximity takes place in one of my all time favorite movies Disturbia. The proximity principle is shown between Kale and Ashely. They are next door neighbors and therefore see each other a lot and grow close throughout the movie which by the end blossoms into a relationship.

It must be a coincidence that I just saw this movie last week! I also like how you used an example that everyone can see to explain these concepts. while they ended up together in the end (what a surprise!) there were several instances where they almost didn't. Keeping these concepts in perspective with everyday life can help us to see how some relationships don't start or last long. For example when the scene when Rhodes gets baking material for Annie she ignores this kind act. If she did not reciprocate the favor (reciprocity) by baking him an apology cake and trying to get his attention, they would not have gotten together. It's easy to see how the lack of reciprocity can damage a relationship.

I haven't seen many chick flicks or love stories, but I do have a movie in mind that displays a relationship development based on proximity, similarity, and reciprocity. The movie that comes to mind is The Sandlot. In The Sandlot, Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood where he has no friends and is lonely. He begins to develop a relationship with the boys in the neighborhood because of proximity, similarities and reciprocity. Proximity obviously comes from the fact that all the boys live close to each other. All of the boys enjoy baseball and this is where their similarity comes from. To top it all of they display reciprocity because the baseball team needs a 9th guy and Scotty needs some friends, so it works out for Scotty to play on the baseball team. I found it interesting that these psychology concepts applied to non-romantic relationships as well.

I really liked how you used the example of bridesmaids, since mostly everybody has seen that movie so it is really easy to compare it to these personalities. I think that all of this things are such an important part of a relationship and it really does complete Annie and Rhodes in the movie. I can't really think of another movie right now, but I'm sure they are thousands of them.

I just watched this movie Friday so it is fresh in my mind and I definitely see the three principles that guide attraction now that you mention them. I think that these principles are probably apparent in most romantic movies if we look for them. Some examples that come to my mind are "She's the Man", "The Titanic", and "10 Things I Hate About You". This is one thing about movies that is probably pretty realistic since these principles guide relationships not only in movies, but in real life as well.