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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 1766 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1137 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1062 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1149 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1138 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 1044 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 1004 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 899 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 1057 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1353 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 960 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1058 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1112 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 1004 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1134 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 538 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1196 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 966 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1146 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1064 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 1011 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1409 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 961 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 591 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 1037 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 608 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1075 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 1016 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 1050 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1104 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1175 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1065 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 973 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1105 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1081 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1159 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 984 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 996 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 984 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1056 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1113 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 990 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 896 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 486 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 927 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1059 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 909 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1082 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 896 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 1011 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 893 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 1038 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 955 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 1007 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 928 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 1004 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 963 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 1015 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 950 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 872 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 892 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 929 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 1014 Views
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