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Re: LOL Camilla Send a noteboard - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 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!"


I am not saying the romance is the primary force of the films, merely that by the definition you offered, they fit.

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


Don't get me started. I don't have time.

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?


Both.

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.


I am angry now, so I will stop commenting.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1788 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1155 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1078 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1167 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1156 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 1066 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 1017 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 918 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 1072 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1371 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 977 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1076 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1127 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 1015 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1154 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 545 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1218 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 983 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1167 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1075 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 1026 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1430 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 981 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 597 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 1053 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 620 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1093 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 1035 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 1072 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1129 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1197 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1080 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 993 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1122 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1103 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1177 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 999 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 1010 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 1002 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1071 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1129 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 1008 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 916 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 492 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 947 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1086 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 930 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1097 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 916 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 1030 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 913 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 1060 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 971 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 1028 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 946 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 1020 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 982 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 1032 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 966 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 895 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 913 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 945 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 1028 Views
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