Albert does the things he is taught and gets Allegra to go out with him, but it is the silly things he does, being his true self when he doesn’t think she is noticing, that makes her fall in love with him. Honesty Leads to True Love.
In the parallel story, Hitch attempts to woo jaded , reporter Sara [Eva Mendes]. Hitch isn’t honest with Sara and she isn’t honest with him and their romance starts out based on misinformation. To add to the complications, Sara is researching a story on Hitch, [but has no idea who Hitch is] to expose him as a creep who helps predatory men seduce innocent, naive women.
Everything Hitch attempts being romantic always some how becomes a train wreak. He takes her jet skiing and accidentally kicks her in the head and knocks her out, They have a romantic sea food meal and he has a violent reaction to shell fish. He arranges a private tour of Ellis Island and she has an emotional break down when seeing her grandfather’s name in a record book [ He was a notorious murder] and of course things get worse when she finds out who Hitch really is.
The great thing about the Movie Hitch is that the writer, Kevin Bisch keeps the theme going through out the entire movie. I liked Hitch a lot, even though I still can’t see why Hitch had to apologize to Sara , when she betrays him, writes a smear piece on him and Albert to ruin them both and was just as dishonest , if not more so, than Hitch during their romance, but it all works out in the end.
The writer must be mindful of the theme as you plot out the story, as you write each scene and as you do a final polish. If there are scenes that do not express the theme, then they must be fixed or cut. If a scene contradicts the theme, then it has to go.
The theme is the driving message of your story and if you stay true to the theme, you will find many interesting possibilities to create exciting and compelling scenes.