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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 1701 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1087 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1012 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1092 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1088 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 996 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 965 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 844 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 988 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1292 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 903 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1006 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1060 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 950 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1081 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 510 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1147 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 920 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1086 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1012 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 951 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1346 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 919 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 569 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 988 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 583 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1025 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 970 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 995 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1051 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1112 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1012 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 923 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1042 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1033 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1106 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 922 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 945 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 928 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1012 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1067 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 939 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 853 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 457 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 884 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1005 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 869 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1035 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 846 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 956 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 837 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 985 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 903 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 956 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 879 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 945 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 908 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 972 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 890 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 825 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 847 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 861 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 970 Views
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