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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 1469 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 884 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 791 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 881 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 850 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 759 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 756 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 675 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 760 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1064 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 696 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 799 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 779 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 740 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 803 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 400 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 863 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 724 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 850 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 759 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 749 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1058 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 728 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 401 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 702 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 415 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 810 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 717 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 740 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 830 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 878 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 810 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 743 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 756 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 842 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 810 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 697 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 727 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 701 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 803 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 797 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 734 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 649 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 365 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 690 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 778 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 682 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 833 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 618 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 684 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 630 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 785 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 685 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 690 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 670 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 736 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 722 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 777 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 671 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 634 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 655 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 644 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 780 Views
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