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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 1722 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1103 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1025 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1109 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1105 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 1016 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 979 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 866 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 1010 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1314 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 918 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1026 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1078 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 970 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1104 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 518 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1161 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 936 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1110 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1034 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 974 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1374 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 934 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 579 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 1006 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 592 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1041 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 983 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 1010 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1065 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1132 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1026 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 943 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1076 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1051 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1124 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 939 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 963 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 951 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1025 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1082 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 956 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 861 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 467 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 896 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1023 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 880 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1049 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 861 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 979 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 853 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 1003 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 924 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 971 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 894 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 956 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 926 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 987 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 915 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 846 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 865 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 877 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 988 Views
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