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Re: LOL ironclad Send a noteboard - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM
you are consigning Star Wars, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Ghostbusters, the LotR trilogy, the Batman films, Tai Chi master, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Doctor Zhivago, Con Air, Leon, The Fifth Element, all Deadly Weapon films, the Avengers films... I could go on... to the genre.

All depending on the female audience in question, of course.

Not to mention all films that have ever won best picture, I think.

That's a mighty random (but pretty great) list of films. All those are a romance? (as opposed to having romantic aspects - yes, there are love interests in Ghostbusters, but come on). And all of those made you cry? Con Air, really? :D

They are not all "romance" (whatever you understand by the term -- romantic comedies?), but they all have romance elements which are significant to the plot, I think. And most of those have made me cry (LotR for slightly different reasons). Including Con Air (well, I teared up, anyway). I cry easily.

We seem to perceive such things very differently. I had to think hard about what romantic aspects were in Lethal Weapon, Con Air, Batman or the 5th Element. I thought their origin was more like "We have a kickass script here, guys, but we gotta add someone Gibson can kiss so a few ladies come see the film too!"

Yes, I am generalizing. The studios do too, because they have the numbers to back it up ;)

Come on? That is just my point. Come on. Casablanca? Come on.

You know damn well how I meant my definition and that it's rather accurate ;)

Not really. I find the whole concept of "chick flicks" problematic.

Problematic that they exist or that I call them what they are?

I am not saying Casablanca is from the same pile as Pretty Woman or most J.Lo films but, without having seen it mind you, it still seems to attract more females than male viewers. I'll stick to that for now.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1654 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1049 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 971 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1053 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1035 Views
I think it's fair to vote if you love one entry enough to wish for it to win *shrugs* ironclad - 23/02/2012 10:08:33 PM 935 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 930 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 813 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 951 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1246 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 867 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 964 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1023 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 913 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1035 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 492 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1111 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 881 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1048 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 973 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 926 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1298 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 883 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 552 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 938 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 561 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 980 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 942 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 950 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1011 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1072 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 975 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 880 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 993 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1008 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1057 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 872 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 898 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 894 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 968 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1026 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 898 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 817 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 439 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 852 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 955 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 845 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 990 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 791 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 915 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 802 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 947 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 861 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 918 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 835 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 902 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 873 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 941 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 845 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 786 Views
Hey, at least we had around 50 decent replies and a nice discussion until things got unpleasant ironclad - 25/02/2012 01:24:48 AM 820 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 812 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 933 Views
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