Title: What in the Heck is Wrong with Women? Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jul 4, 2010 Author:me Post Date:2010-07-04 10:27:59 by F.A. Hayek Fan Keywords:None Views:3360 Comments:133
Why in the hell do women voluntarily watch movies they know going to make them cry? I just don't understand it. My wife actually seeks out these kinds of movies.
However, despite this signigicant matter, my favorite movies are mob flicks. I especially loved Once Upon A Time in America. James Woods ends up in the trash truck all compacted. De Niro kicks butt!!
Mostly "action" flicks bore me to tears. Why do men want to watch them and make me cry? I don't know why men find them so enthralling. Most are just too cheesy to even bother with watching.
So, tell my why men voluntarily watch crap like Rambo, Independence Day and Die Hard..........uuuhhhhgggg. : ) Where's the plot?
So, tell my why men voluntarily watch crap like Rambo, Independence Day and Die Hard..........uuuhhhhgggg. : ) Where's the plot?
It's a guy thing. Every real man wants, in his own mind and spirit, be able to do his duty, to stand in the face of overwhelming odds in defense of all that is good and right, and prevail. It is not even the accolades it's like the line in the old Western where the quiet Cowboy single handedly captures the Cattle Rustlers, wards off an Indian attack, collars the crooked Sheriff, and then shoots down four fingers of "Red Eye" without gasping. Then when confronted with being told by the pretty Cattle Baron heiress how wonderful he is, who has fallen madly in love with him, then wrings the brim of his hat, looks down and kicks the dust with the toe of his boot, looks up and bashfully and uncomfortably says: "Aw, shucks ma'am, twarn't nuthin'."
It's the same in reverse on "Chick Flicks". Why on earth would someone want to set through 2 boring schmaltzy hours of "Fried Green Tomatoes" or "Love Story". Yecccccccch!!!!!!!!
Now, I don't care who you are, male or female, we can all agree on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as an excellent movie. I also liked the Magnificent Seven. Another one that was more about camrades and killin' bad guys than saving damsels in distress.
It's the genre of "drama" that turns guys off I think.......and that goes beyond the movie theatre. : )
Now, I don't care who you are, male or female, we can all agree on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as an excellent movie. I also liked the Magnificent Seven. Another one that was more about camrades and killin' bad guys than saving damsels in distress.
Now, I don't care who you are, male or female, we can all agree on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as an excellent movie. I also liked the Magnificent Seven. Another one that was more about camrades and killin' bad guys than saving damsels in distress.
Dirty Dozen!
I think "The Magnificent Seven" is one of my all time favorites. I presume you are all aware that it was a remake of the classic Japanese tale "The Seven Samurai"? Kurosawa did it ages ago and it is well worth renting and watching even now.
"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" for all its defects is a stirring movie.
Of course we can't leave out Dirty, "Go ahead and make my day.", Harry.
Despite the sad ending "Braveheart" was a great movie.
Agreed. Just thought of another good one - "Once We Were Soldiers". It doesn't sugar coat the realities of war.
Full metal jacket!
FMJ was good, but if anything it exaggerated the nastiness. For surrealism I'd go with "Apocalypse Now". I knew a guy who served on the River Boats - twice he came back the only many alive.
Although "Good Morning Vietnam" was based on a true story I found the movie too chaotic to be enjoyable. It did not have tight enough control on telling the story.
I haven't seen "Saving Private Ryan" simply because the WWII Vets, of which I am aware, were hit so hard by its realism that it made me shy away.