Writing a Meet Cute - From Eternal Sunshine to La La Land, Romeo to Scott Pilgrim

[@StudioBinder]

What's your favorite type of meet/cute in a film?

[@ZombieGoBoomVP]

Goofy Movie

[@deviousarmada1712]

The Warriors- Swan and the chick in the pink dress.

[@blue_cinema4002]

Baby Driver

[@woodsboroslasher9960]

Scott Pilgrim.

[@milfsfilms]

when harry met sally! hey it's even in the title

[@Sly_Cooper-1408]

To be honest i only watched this to hear someone talk about Scott pilgrim

[@icantread4011]

correct

[@leaderofthepack4044]

Same its such a under rated movie

[@Sly_Cooper-1408]

@@leaderofthepack4044 Its one of my favorite movies of all time more people need to see it

[@nyleo04]

Yup, if I didn't see any sign of it on the thumbnail, I wouldn't have clicked so fast let alone at all lol

[@jellyjojojamz]

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE

[@ChrisAkaMastermind]

and once more, while trying to learn more about film making, i accidentally learned more about me

[@StudioBinder]

Good films are projections of our soul's deepest passions, thoughts, and desires. 🎬🎥💆🏻‍♂️

[@thegagankhaira]

me threeee!

[@SonicTrooper22]

Yeah, me too... I'm Scott Pilgrim right now...

[@Flower-gb8co]

SonicTrooper22l solidarity my dude

[@bigstunna2049]

Haha same I was the nuetral/nervous

[@Trazynn]

My favourite meet cute is when the drainage has clogged but she has no way to pay the plumber.

[@xerxesmontes9828]

Fucking hell man.

[@zarakkhan9223]

I guess ur seeing the wrong meet cute 😂😂😂

[@StandardGabriel]

I've seen this meet cure before on a different site.

[@diku38]

All I see is a bald man with many professions.

[@jacobodom8401]

i think you mean 'meat' cute at that point

[@themeatpopsicle]

I'd like to know what percentage of Meet Cute moments involve Leonardo Di Caprio

[@ennasf9419]

all of them lmao

[@Gemnist98]

I wouldn’t say all. One of them involves a girl about to commit suicide, and another is immediately followed by him nearly beating up that same girl, who by movie’s end proceeds to actually kill herself.

[@abhishetty2637]

the video is narrated like a wildlife doc

[@crispitycrunchy]

Nobody: Scott: Ya know PaCMaN

[@HalfBloodPrincess-fb7gd]

I know of it...

[@rathial3538]

HalfBloodPrincess 1029 his name was originally puckman

[@HalfBloodPrincess-fb7gd]

lil persephone but then they changed it to pac man

[@shannenlibres2365]

tbh I woulda been receptive to the thing he was saying

[@themillionviewclub7111]

That's part of his charm.

[@lyledeyounges1276]

Allow me to take a moment to state how much I love "Eternal Sunshine of the Mind" ...thanks.

[@Maloud24]

best movie ever. always watch february 14th

[@guepardiez]

You love the movie so much that you have a _spotless_ memory of its actual title.

[@tturnquest1]

This video should be taught to a writing class on how to write a love story.

[@StudioBinder]

Aw shucks, you're too kind man! 😊🙏🏻

[@YumiSumire]

except for the fact that love doesn't work like this 90% of the time.

[@edensylvester13]

@@YumiSumire it does in stories

[@YumiSumire]

@@edensylvester13 that's why it kinda bothers me how most love stories give people false expectation of what love often is like.

[@AllieAndPeach]

I think something important when writing a push/pull-kinda story is that if the pull-behaviour actually is creepy, the characters needs to react accordingly, and not just "fall in love with it" or let it pass. It's not realistic and normalize toxic behaviour. I think the series You did a great job with this phenomenon. He gets obsessed with Her almost instantly, and as an audience you're prepared for a normal love story (cause every push/pull-relationship ends happily), but after a while when his actions are shown in a different light you're starting to question his behaviour and other characters in other series/movies.

[@ValiantDustOfficial]

I'm glad you said this! I was thinking the same thing while watching

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

Thank you! I couldn’t watch You because of this. I have had experiences with stalkers and it was just to traumatic to watch the series.

[@ultimsing]

I get your point but the situation in Scott Pilgrim is a bit different. It will sound weird but, in the story, the girl literally travel through his mind causing him to be obsessed with her. Had she not literally appeared in his mind, he wouldn't have seen her. The movie is a great watch though, I recommend it

[@ACey96]

Not for Scott because it's a different case, she literally forced her way into his mind, nearly every evening, and after the party when he goes on a date, it's her past that's the problem, Scott is an Asshole but so is she

[@Mr.En1gm4]

The push-pull dynamic isn't intrinsically creepy, one perfect example for this is the relationship between Dawn and Ogie in Waitress, specially in the musical version. Dawn tries to push Ogie out of her life because she is scared that he'll be disappointed and run the other way, and Ogie pulls trying to show Dawn that when he sees her he wants to again, that he truly cares about her, and this dynamic eventually works for both of them.

[@ziweiyuan]

I would honestly like to find the person who coined the phrase "meet cute" and smack them in the mouth.

[@aFangirlsVideoMania]

Mike that’s be a great meet cute

[@Kevbotoconnell]

any particular reason or are you just being contrary

[@ziweiyuan]

Hailey, that was a great response. Kevin, that was...not.

[@Kevbotoconnell]

@@ziweiyuan Is it like wrong of me to ask for a reason?

[@svensvenkill]

@@Kevbotoconnell because it's annoying. Why is it annoying? Because it is.

[@TheLockon00]

I don't know why I love the this exchange from "La La Land" so much: Gosling: But requesting "I Ran" from a serious musician is too far. Stone: My lord. Did you just say "a serious musician?" Gosling: I don't think so.

[@edensylvester13]

everything in La La Land is perfect

[@karisap]

@@edensylvester13 The ending made my boyfriend cry tho

[@nifferwolf]

@@edensylvester13 It's such a good movie! People should be talking about it more.

[@autofocus4556]

Cringe movie. Couldn’t get past the 20 minute mark.

[@TheLadSteven]

Scott Pilgrim is such a classic, it's so good from start to finish is a geeky masterpiece.

[@aderyn7600]

The comics are so good too!! Theres so much weird dissociative shit its fucking baller

[@bigstunna2049]

I'm surprised you didn't include "the holiday" there's a scene when an old man explains what a meet cute is when he meets his neighbor

[@Kess_P2]

The Holiday was my first exposure to the term "meet cute". I'm surprised that this is the only comment (so far) about it.

[@bigstunna2049]

@@Kess_P2 same I had no idea what a meet cute was until seeing the movie

[@StopThatSquirrel]

Was looking for this comment! I have a film degree and never even learned about meet-cutes outside of The Holiday lol

[@BerniceMagadia]

That's what I was thinking when she said "meet cute"

[@RedFloyd469]

@@bigstunna2049 Probably because "meet cute" is a stupid name. Wouldn't "the cute meet" work better, grammatically speaking? You know, a meeting of a cute person? I can understand a person telling somebody "meet cute", as an imperative. But taken as a noun, it makes no sense.

[@willianmarques821]

Are you trying to say, uh, "meat cube"? Like, a little cube of meat? Because that's a good idea, actually.

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

I understand that reference

[@humphrey3056]

Nice

[@ChronoToaster]

Just use the dennis method

[@bobbyb6053]

Did you try other types of meats? Like deli meats and sandwich meats? And did you go crazy? Licking everything in your apartment, like your shoe? I even licked the cat's fanny!

[@aidansmith5835]

yes this show v good

[@daisyfield7238]

“If you spew and she bolts, it was never meant to be” words to live by.

[@caniozomb]

I came for the Scott Pilgrim, Now i'm here for the film making edit: OH WHAT THE HELL! I DIDNT CHECK THIS COMMENT I MADE AND ITS GOTTEN SO MANY LIKES

[@kilojoel776]

"If your protagonist is an introvert like Joel, the nervous neutral tends to be a great option." Ouch that hits surprisingly hard

[@DANSDEAD]

i seen the thumbnail and clicked immediately, Scott Pilgrim was underappreciated during its release :(

[@tdtravis721]

zelz very unappreciated I just bought the comics

[@exenemy3216]

i'm very interested in the "meet cute" between archenemies

[@motne.3642]

"oh ?you're approaching me? Instead of running away you're coming right to me?" "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."

[@Artisntdeadyet]

@@motne.3642 Is that... a... JOJO REFERENCE!?

[@paupau2299]

@@Artisntdeadyet Yes. Yes it is.

[@ChrisOvens51]

"The girl I've heard so much about. ... The droid. Where is it?"

[@zzzobo]

Sooo Rey and Kylo ren

[@No.Parking]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is the best Romantic movie ever

[@TiMonsor]

so bullshit. Its the greatest movie. period. Im very serious. gondry + kaufman + carry. u cant beat that.

[@amsd1231]

An argument can be made for the "before" series by richard linklater.

[@Trazynn]

I'm gonna let you finish but 'Her' is clearly the best Romantic movie ever.

[@DJ-vg1pr]

Scott Pilgrim

[@kenzohernando3868]

decentradical her is honestly one of the best movies period. The actually chemistry and emotion between Theo and Sam without any physical intimacy is astonishing. It feels so real and it actually deals with everything to do with love. Plus the soundtrack is godly. The arcade fire piano is amazing and I honestly think the whole moon song sequence was heart wrenchingly beautiful. One of the best films out there

[@anemoemu3083]

“Is the hero akwardly infatuated” Painfully

[@mayyursudarsan3274]

What a timing... I was literally stuck with opening in my movie script, which I started from the middle. Very very helpful.

[@vegasmona]

My favourite meet cute is when Freddy Krueger meet Jason Voorhees.

[@leahkristine]

By far the best meet cute is the meta af "meet cute" in The Holiday when Kate Winslet's character meets her elderly neighbor who's a famous filmmaker and he brings up that it's their "meet cute" in the movie.

[@A777K]

Yes I remember

[@chrisvighagen]

Is there an opposite to a meet cute? A meet hate?

[@StudioBinder]

meet ugly? 🤷🏻‍♂️🧐

[@amsd1231]

I imagine it's when the hero and the villain meet for the first time in the movie.

[@ebennallie]

Leave Ugly?

[@samiral-tabatabaie164]

chris vighagen Nisekoi????

[@NostalgiNorden]

Hello Newman

[@TokenOracle]

One thing to mention on the Scott Pilgrim example is the light switch above Scott that no one can possibly reach, which could show how Scott can't turn her on, as shown by his absolutely flawless plan to talk about Pac-Man to someone he thinks he's in love with just because he met her in a dream once.

[@PrizAmezcua]

wouldn't we all fall that fast in love with that Romeo? there's nothing unreal about that.

[@acadia5898]

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, one of my favorite movies of all time. i can remember almost every dialougue from the movie

[@izzie481]

this is extremely relevant to my interests

[@theta682pl]

No need for meet cutes when you can have meat cubes

[@beast_boy97]

How is your voice so perfect? I feel like I'm on a Virgin Airlines flight!

[@utkarshdubey3435]

I love a good Push/Push even if romantic comedy isn't exactly my cup of tea.

[@Shelbichu]

wait. did I just unwillingly take a film class on youtube

[@G.Lonnie]

Hopeworld I’m just here trying to remember the song from the beginning of the video

[@TinyRedNinja]

I love a good meet/cute. Who doesn’t?

[@StudioBinder]

A heartless person 💔

[@thumbnut3345]

This was very well made

[@StudioBinder]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@flavincho]

i love this channel, gives me so much desire and inspiration for writing a script

[@meggy0]

Loved this video, my personal favorite pull/pull is Before Sunrise. It's such a wonderful encounter.

[@tyronequinn]

Scott Pilgrim and Eternal Sunshine are in my top 3 movies of all time. Having one nvm both in a video is great

[@ninessb6892]

I can't believe that I haven't found this channel sooner. Very amazing quality thank you so much :)

[@StudioBinder]

You're very welcome! Thank you for the support!

[@bromission4850]

This is wonderful. This gave a lot of insight and most of all a lot of confidence to write a romantic comedy I was thinking of writing.

[@StudioBinder]

Glad we can help you in your creative process! Feel free to read up on our blog article tied with this video: www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-meet-cute/ While on our blog, feel free to search and read up on any filmmaking-related topic! Cheers! And best of luck on your project! 🎬

[@DJVARAO]

Romeo + Juliet is one of the most underrated movies ever.

[@elsie1327]

Serendipity! That meet cute is the best!! And Baby driver! So adorable! Edit: and the sound of music! They instantly butt heads and it’s so cute!

[@simisen8976]

As much as I love the other movies, I clicked this when I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; any analysis on it (no matter how little)never fails to amaze me. It's so underrated with the younger generation(maybe not even commonly known but I'm not too sure), is so realistic in describing the journey of relationships, and always attracts tears from my eyes by the end of it. Helped even more by the incredibly raw performances from the cast, especially Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet and Jon Brion's mesmerizing and heartfelt score. A masterpiece, really, if I could say so. Everyone should watch and experience it at least once in their lives. :)

[@calictolentino3949]

Oh damn the meet cute joke from 22 jump street is so good. I just realized that

[@vinkarume6205]

Studio binder found the perfect voice over artist! Now i wanna hear a collab with the other voice of god one lol. The best "v.o meet cute"

[@juliacasdel8639]

There is no better Push - Push than "When Harry met Sally"

[@comatoast5610]

'Life is beautiful'. Have you seen it?

[@PanteraRossa]

Gilroy’s Duplicity is a fantastic love story set in the world of corporate spies. The characters meet cute and revisit the same “script” several times as they pretend to meet for the first time over and over in the film. The whole script is a masterclass in subtext and dialogue, evidenced by how the meet cute scenes, with the same words, each mean something new to each character every time it plays out. Anyone interested in writing romantic stories should watch and study it.

[@A777K]

Do you have a link or source for it. I'd like to study

[@greyghostmike6256]

I met cute with this video and then conflict was introduced in the form of advertisements every 2 minutes.

[@nibirue]

A parasite movie commercial came on in the middle of the video and I was like, "wow. The whole trailer in this video, oh I see where the meet cute is." Till I realized it was an ad.

[@StudioBinder]

Parasite is an awesome movie. There may or may not be a meet cute in there. Don't want to spoil anything 😉

[@williamramirez4175]

I just discover you with this video, I follow a lot of channels of movie analysis but this one is just particularly AWESOME, please keep making this type of videos. I'm INVESTED.

[@Retr0ver4]

Why's the Scott pilgrim soundtrack so perfect also baby driver is my favourite movie both Edgar wright!

[@nyleo04]

Here only for Scott Pilgrim vs the World, my favorite movie

[@foreveruseless1292]

Thank you my dude

[@froggoTV]

I’m a simple guy, I see eternal sunshine and I click

[@badbb6720]

In my opinion as a viewer only and not a writer. The last one is the best one it's the most realistic and generally a fun one.

[@sockpant]

Literally an analysis of all my fave movies

[@geevarghesekjohnson7584]

It's wonderful I love this concept thank you studio binder

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching! Here's a post from our blog that's tied to this video: www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-meet-cute/ Feel free to check out more filmmaking topics while you're on there! Cheers! 🎬

[@laserbeamlightning]

I met a girl in New York a few weeks ago. Was from out of town like me and the cultural jokes made our interactions fun. It was definitely a level of teasing. She was teasing me about my musicianship and asked me to sing a song for her and I jabbed that I’d do it for a kiss. Fun push/pull

[@leandrodude]

laserbeamlightning So... did you end up singing?!

[@laserbeamlightning]

The ending you come up with will always be more fun than whatever happened

[@laserbeamlightning]

@@leandrodude ;)

[@alaynac1610]

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is my favorite movie. Can’t believe people are still talking about it 9 years later.

[@Kroban_d4c]

Neutral/nervous seems like the most realistic to me lmao

[@bedeviere]

god eternal sunshine is all flooding back to me. what a great fuckin movie

[@comatoast5610]

La vita è bella. The winner in this category goes to Life is Beautiful. It's an Italian film that somehow not everybody has seen. Watch it with English subtitles if you need to, but not the dubbed version. Come back to me after you've had a good cry. It's the most beautiful film.

[@anewchallenger2825]

This was adorable and informative. Thank you.

[@igauan8010]

This is such a great video loveit🥰 And La La Land is my favourite rom-com

[@raoul3016]

Eternal Sunshine is actually one of the greatest movies I have ever seen in my life

[@fadthetic]

Man, i adore every movies in this video. But, when that music plays 8:30 it's hit me so hard. One of my favourite movies ever

[@MasterPopi]

Thank you for this studio binder!

[@StudioBinder]

Thank you for watching! 😊

[@superedmundo1239]

Glad you guys put Wayne's World in this! I always loved Wayne's "She's a babe! Schwing!" I mean, I just think it's really cute. One of the greatest comedy movies lol

[@Κίκο-ξ3ε]

*Notes* 1:27 Pull pull 3:45 Push push 6:33 Push pull 7:24 8:06 Neutral nervous 8:49 10:06 10:33

[@Moonluki]

Soon you'll hit 1 million Happy journey to this channel

[@StudioBinder]

We're excited too! Thanks for the support and being a part of this journey with us! 😊❤️🎬

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is the best film ever made!

[@superedmundo1239]

Nah, that's just pushing it. The comics are great, but the movie is a little rushed, which is totally understandable. If it was a series it would be truly amazing.

[@jontybryce1927]

Neutral Nervous, Fahrenheit 451 has an excellent example

[@kristalcampbell3650]

I met my husband in a neutral nervous he bent down to hug me hello and I headbutted him on accident 🙃 im still embarrassed about it 14 years later.

[@StudioBinder]

😂 Hey, at least everything worked out in the end! Congrats for being together for 14 years! Here's to many more years of love and sacrifice! 🥂

[@abhideshmukh2182]

Now this is Called as Cute Video😆😉😘

[@bedroombunny9529]

The Push/Push is the best romantic meeting because banter is always a plus.

[@EclipsTV]

I was literally writing a "Meet Cute" (not knowing there was a term for it) when I found this in my "suggestions" on here... mind blown. Lol

[@StudioBinder]

That's pretty awesome! Glad we can help you out in your creative process! 😊

[@EclipsTV]

@@StudioBinder Thank you! Keep up the awesome videos! You definitely got a new subscriber!

[@joshgladden2930]

Are you saying meat cube because that sounds kind of good.

[@luging2051]

Josh Gladden I understand the reference

[@alexanderdejesus4986]

I saw scott pilgram and I clicked wasnt disappointed

[@thehoneybeequeen]

Woah, the songs in this video are amazing. Nice taste!

[@joansmith69]

So this is exclusively in "shy bland man" meets "manic pixie dream girl"? Neat! jk, I love Garden State.

[@cbcat747]

Push/push in lala land is brilliant!

[@darthashpie]

This was amazing would really help me with my stories

[@StudioBinder]

Glad to hear! We got your back! Cheers! 🎬

[@ebennallie]

Forget all these movies. Imma watch Romero and Juliet! That song from Oasis!

[@hochofenkoks5714]

ebennallie whats the name of the song

[@BrendanLloyd]

it's radiohead btw

[@meggy0]

@@hochofenkoks5714 it's Talk Show Host by Radiohead, not Oasis. They also made Exit Music For A Film for the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack, and it's one of my favorite songs.

[@gameplay-wu8wd]

Ok but why is this edited so well

[@salmannoon]

How about nervous/nervous, nervous/pull, nervous/push? sh!t im so nervous on "Meet Cute" lol

[@dwellersart7538]

Can’t watch ur videos without my 📝 note book 😂😂😂😂

[@goldenlightning8842]

Hey guys if you are sitting here wondering what Scott Pilgrim vs the World is you should prolly check it out trust me if you like video game references and garage rock bands and good fight scenes and realistic dialogue with the characters ect. You are gonna love this underrated gem

[@Ritermann]

The Dialogs from the example of LA LA LAND, is one of the greatest in cinema history. At least in the best 100. It is just clever and funny.

[@boymiyagi]

It's so crazy I never thought to analyze SPvsTW I just watched it.

[@OMGmynameisLILI]

Please make an entire video on scott pilgrim alone

[@Jasminekuwonu]

I never knew what meet cute meant untill this video. Like I got the vibe but not fully

[@puzatamang7931]

Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind deff!!! 💕

[@caitlinmaryparkerallen2071]

Awesomely edited and informative video!

[@ramonaof12thdimension13]

I adore all of these movies.

[@amitchorge9697]

Today learnt something new..thanx Studiobinder..

[@mustwatchproduction6577]

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[@boots3372]

Lmao, all the hearts from StudioBinder. You get a heart! You get a heart! The whole damn comment section gets a heart!

[@MissAshley42]

There's something bracing about hearing a term thrown around so matter-of-factly that I've never heard before.

[@StudioBinder]

It's a real tv/film term which originated back in 1938 in the film Bluebeard's Eighth Wife.

[@Bronsons]

This was a great watch :D

[@JohnnyOutlaw100]

my favorite meet cute is from trainspotting when renton gets off the gear and meets diane at a club after ditching his mates

[@tarkantruman430]

"Casino" is best!