I didn't think that these were negative points at all.
1) The song lyrics were hilarious! "PoP" and the song "POP Goes My Heart" was supposed to be a spoof of the sort of pop bands ~ in this case from the 80's ~ that were huge stars, and made a ton of money, with cheesy songs. It was also very effective as an annoying pop song, it still gets stuck in my head for days after I watch the movie!
It seemed obvious to me that PoP was based on WHAM ~ and while "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" was/is fun, (even for this "Real" music lover) it never intended to be poetry. When you look at some of their other songs ..."Careless Whisper: is a good example,
"I'm never gonna dance again,
Guilty feet have got no rhythm"
~ Talk about *cheesy* - the song was a major hit, and people took it seriously!
The song that Alex wrote for Sophie was also hysterically bad, (although I admit that I thought it was very endearing, and would have worked on me ~ once I stopped laughing. ) that was part of the point.
2) I don't think they even came close to suggesting that Cora had grown a brain by the end (There was that line about her thinking the Dalai Lama was actually a llama) and I agree that it seems as if Alex was able to convince her to sing it as originally written very easily ~ but having scenes of him begging her to change it back, in the days, hours or minutes leading up to the performance wouldn't have worked. I didn't mind the explanation that she agreed to do it to help him "win Sophie back" ~ suspension of disbelief is more important in Romantic Comedies and James Bond movies than most other films.
3) Although there are a few groups/people that I feel should never have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I completely agree with you that "PoP" being counted among that number is too much of a stretch, and just wouldn't happen!(Of course - if they ever induct "WHAM", I will take that back!)However I don't think they intended to insult Music - or anyone's intelligence by adding in that joke.
Face it, pop music as a genre, isn't likely to disappear anytime soon, and a LOT of it is cheesy. It does have it's place though ~ as a bit of (mostly) harmless fun.
...kind of like this movie. It wasn't aiming to win any Oscars, or pretending to be "high brow", or even a Musical ~ it was a Romantic Comedy that had some songs in it. Just like pop music, romantic comedies aren't really known to be deeply philosophical.
You know ~ I'm sure that we could find the lyrics to many, many "number one hits" that were even cheesier than the songs in this movie, simply by listening to the radio for a few hours, or looking through some of the lyric sites online! (It'd be fun to see what people came up with ...if anyone wants to take up the challenge! ;D )
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