by Sydnie Parker, A&E Editor

For most of my life I have had an intense love-hate relationship with the romantic  movie genre.  On one side, how could anyone dislike watching Ryan Goslings perfect abs in “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” or not melt on the inside when Justin Timberlake sings to Mila Kunis in “Friends With Benefits.”

But the sad part is, once you tell the same story 100 different times just with different people, it gets kind of old.

Don’t get me wrong, I Iove romantic movies just as much as the next girl, but lately it seems that they are all running together.

It’s like Hollywood has been taken over by this huge “romcom” monster that has eaten all the classics, and is now producing mutated clone movies.  Although I do appreciate the rotating cast of “A” list hot body actors, I would really like some originality.

My all time favorite romantic movie is “Pretty Woman.” Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are the perfect couple.  A prostitute and a millionaire, set in the back drop of 1990’s L.A. was romantic comedy movie gold.  Roberts was even nominated for an Oscar for the role she played.  Another crowd pleaser, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” starring one of America’s favorite couples Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, grossed $186 million in 2005.

But it seems when romantic comedies are bad, they become almost unbearable to watch.  One of the worst offenders I have ever seen is “Maid of Honor,” staring Patrick Dempsey, or as Grey’s Anatomy fans call him Dr. McDreamy.  I literally walked out of  the theater it was so bad. Not even Dempsey’s costar, Kevin McKidd, with his incredible Irish accent, could save that movie.

Unfortunately it seems as if more and more romantic comedies are taking huge belly flops and my trust in them is now wavering. Just look at the movies out right now. “New Year’s Eve” was as bad as predicted, and flopped just as bad as it predecessor, “Valentines Day.”  I don’t know who told director Gary Marshall that if he threw as many celebrities as possible into one movie it would be a hit, but he should sue because those movies were horrible.

To be honest I don’t know why I go and see some of these movies, but they are really addicting and I am way passed hooked.

There is no doubt I will be first in line to watch the next one, with my popcorn and tissues ready in hand.

But in the meantime I have a message for present day Hollywood: the ’80s and ’90s called they want their movies back.