1 Aw man...absofuckinglutely hilarious.  I STILL play Minesweeper daily.  It captured the cliches of the game so well.

2 It's funny cuz it's true!

Expertly rendered parody. Obviously college is serving them well.

3 I'm here because I'm bored!  Tru dat, minesweeper, true dat.

4 Big Trouble in Little China is a GREAT movie!

5

Funny cartoon but I've always been a red meat fan myself

http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/current/index.html

 

6 Anyone succeeded with Conan the Barbarian?

7 I'm pretty sure not.  I added that one.  Good one.

8 which version of The Thing?

9

You know what Jack Burton says in a time like this?  He says.........aww fuck it.

 

I took my wife to see The Matrix when it first came out, hoping that she would embrace the inner geek inside herself, as well as me.  Surprisingly, she enjoyed it as there was a love story buried in it too amongst all the guns and kung-fu.

One movie I rented that she absolutely hated:  Shaun of The Dead.  Who the hell doesn't enjoy a humorous zombie flick?  I mean, come on!!!

10

FWIW, I'm a chick, and I thought Evil Dead 2 was hilarious, and absolutely adored Big Trouble in Little China (to be fair, I got hooked on the second movie as a kid... then as a teenager who was babysitting a 4-yr-old girl who watched that movie when I babysat her. Yes, her parents were totally cool with that.)

 

Son of a bitch must pay!

11 My wife hated Conan, actually liked FMJ (but she loves the Gunny, so not that surprised) and won't be tricked into watching Caddyshack, even though she got a kick out of Slapshot.

12 Not so sure about that. In the case of my last girlfriend, our first date was a looong dinner discussion of High Plains Drifter. Of course, she had once been in the movie business, mostly doing stunt work.

13 Shaun of the Dead kicked ass, too.

14 Another movie for the "lost causes": The Big Lebowski.
Never have i met a woman who got that movie.

15 Ooops, I didn't see Ace's disclaimer. Carry on.

16 Ummmmmmmmmmmm.  I actually own all of those on dvd.   And watched a double bill of Die Hard and the new Dawn of the Dead on Tuesday. 

This is really not helping my position that I am not a boy underneath the rack is it? 

17 No dice on Conan.

My wife likes Die Hard, and Red October. She hates all of the movies on Ace's list (especially ANYTHING with Clint Eastwood) except Caddyshack.

18 Caddyshack is =eh=. I could do without the sex scenes and the "romance" stories. Love the Rodney Dangerfield bits, though. The golf stuff is the best.

19 You should add Red Dawn to the list. Actually, just add anything that John Milius has even breathed on.

20 Everybody loves Caddyshack!

yet feeling oddly compelled to torture her anyway in the slim hopes that, beneath the boobies, she's actually a fifteen year old boy.

How often have you hoped that your dates were 15 year old boys, Ace? As Timmy sez, "How's your relationship with your father?"

21

Lost Cause:

Clockwork Orange

No woman has ever liked that movie.

22 I made Elspeth watch Steel Magnolias...

23

Ace,

I got my gf to watch Dramatic Chipmunk and she didn't think it was that funny... is there hope for this relationship?

 

24 Anyone try to get his special lady watch Ghey Robot?

25

Oh, man, the list of movies chicks hate is a mile long. (Or at least the females I have known...not exactly an exhaustive list, I confess.)

The Godfather (both I and II). Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

Anything from Shaw Bros. when Kung-Fu was still Kung-Fu and not wire-dancing. (Sonny Chiba could kick Jet Li's ass!) I made my ex-wife sit through Street Figher and Son of Street Fighter not long after we got married, and she never let me live it down.

Death Race 2000. (Any Roger Corman movie, really.)

Plan 9 From Outer Space. Women just don't understand how this movie passes over the event-horizon of badness to become something truly sublime.

I Spit On Your Grave. In fact, a girl actually broke up with me in high school because I talked her into watching this with me.

And of course there's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper's wonderful original). I have yet to meet a female who has a) even seen the original, or b) liked it if they had seen it.

 

26 That sounds like a long list of my favorite movies.
I've also read all of the Gor books by John Norman. I keep reading them because I'm waiting for the one that has the whole slave-rebellion thing that's brewing. That and because he lampoons liberalism. Yes, I am the perfect girl.

27 Is today's "dave" one of our many longtime daves or a new one?

I can't decide if he's trying to be funny or if he's trolling.

Dave, can you supply some guidance on this point?

28 I actually own all of those on dvd.
alexthechick

I'll be in my bunk

29 Lost Causes:

Dr. Strangelove
Fail Safe (same as above I guess)
NFL Follies Vol. 1
The Thing (man is this ever true)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Joystix

30 "I Spit On Your Grave. In fact, a girl actually broke up with me in high school because I talked her into watching this with me."

Are you a freakin' retard?  Seriously.

There's a scene in there you just don't want a woman you're sleeping with to see.

31 Caddyshack? A lost cause? No. way. Gunga-Galunga? Be the ball? Nanananana, noonoonoonoo? Pick up that blood?  Words to live by. A morality tale if there ever was one.

32 I tried watching Evil Dead II with a girl a few weeks ago.


It did not go over well.

33 I have a similar story.  I had a terrific early-dating thing with a chick I really liked.  She seemed to like me, I liked her, I got up the balls to just call her to ask for a date (what an odd idea!) and she said yes.

She wanted to see the Kathryn Bigelow piece of shit Strange Days.  Whatever, sci-fi, okay, cool.

Turns out the entire movie is about a horrific serial rapist/torturer/killer who tapes his violations from his POV (his head is wired with a brain camera, for lack of a better word, that records what he sees and what he feels).

This was a very uncomfortable first date.

Fortunately, after a quick recap of how disappointing and lame the movie was it was forgotten.  But the whole time I'm sitting there thinking, "Gee, thanks Hollywood.  Just what I needed."

34

Lost Cause:

Clockwork Orange

No woman one has ever liked that movie.

Fixed.

35 Goodfellas.

I went with a girl in college to see this. I told her it was a bad idea but she said she wanted to. About 30 minutes in she says, "I am going to go walk around the mall but you stay and watch the rest". Now, even in college I knew this mean, 'come on, we're outta here". But I didn't care:

A- I warned her
B- It was a great movie and I wasn't leaving.
C- It was college. Girls were like buses, there'd be another coming along shortly.
     Boy I miss college.

36 But I Spit on Your Grave is a notorious piece of shock-schlock that does in fact seem to get off on the excruciatingly-long gang rape.

I'm not really sure why you would like this movie, or why you would think a date would want to sit through a twenty minute rape scene featuring multiple skel-rapists.

I kind of think you might as well have worn a baseball cap reading "I'm Not 'The One'."

37

Are you a freakin' retard?  Seriously.

No. Well, yes. Kind of. I was sixteen at the time, and this was my idea of edgy entertainment.

I did try something similar a few years later with better results, though: I had my girl over to watch The Shining, it got dark and started snowing outside, and she was too scared to go back home. Boo-yah!

 

38 Flash Gordon.  Rented it early on in the relationship.  Still with me for some reason.

39 Ditto on Stranglove.  Have yet to meet a woman who would watch it, and it's one of my favorite films.

40 Joysticks?!?!?!?! Did you actually write JOYSTICKS?!?!?!? The one with King Vidiot?

Dude, if you're trying to show that to anyone, let alone a prospective sex partner, you have problems. Deep, deep problems. I thought that movie fell down the memory hole where it belongs......



:muttering to self: joysticks...

41

Turns out the entire movie is about a horrific serial rapist/torturer/killer who tapes his violations from his POV (his head is wired with a brain camera, for lack of a better word, that records what he sees and what he feels).

I thought that movie was a day in the life of Tom Sizemore...

 

Ace you need to rent chick stuff if you want to get anywhere.  "The Notebook" is a good one that will get you handjob at the bare minimum.  I know this much is true!  Romantic shit with fairy guy actors is what you have to put up with to make progress.  Think of it as cost-benefit.

42 I wish I could watch Dr. Strangelove with her.  Instead I've seen about 20 Disney movies while downing bottles of whiskey.

43

When Mrs. Cuffy and I were dating, she suggested we go see She Cries.

"It's a movie about a woman with cancer, her boyfriend beats her, and her autistic mother is an alcoholic. They share a cottage in Vermont," she said on the way to the theater. I was white-knuckling the wheel, staring ahead.

Five minutes later, she said "kidding, you pussy!"

We got married later that year.

44

Shaun of the Dead kicked ass, too.

 

So.....meep.....wanna go out sometime?

45 A lot of girls like Dr. Strangelove.  At least I've been lucky on that one.

46 Carried a torch for this one chick from work several years back. She surprised me by asking me out first. (!!!)

Unfortunately, it was to see Finding Forrester.

47

I'm not really sure why you would like this movie, or why you would think a date would want to sit through a twenty minute rape scene featuring multiple skel-rapists.

Like I said: second thoughts for me at that age were rare and wonderful things. Had I opted instead to watch the re-run of Columbo with her.... Or maybe I should have just inflicted Tod Browning's Freaks on her.

Ah, youth. I've long since lost any taste for slasher-flicks (real life is horrifying enough, thankyou) but I still love old school kung fu and sci-fi. (And I must say that a female friend of mine became a fan of Forbidden Planet after watching my DVD. She thought that because it had Leslie Nielsen in it, it had to be a comedy. But no: one of the truly great sci-fi flicks of the pre-modern era.)

 

48

Ace,

That's because they think Dr. Strangelove is art-cinema and get all into the deeper meaning.  They won't like Kubrick's other flicks.

 

Cuffy,

Your woman is a keeper!

 

49 No mention of Blazing Saddles, Bridge on the River Kwai, Dirty Harry, or ANYTHING with the Three Stooges in it. Those are more of my favorites, but I don't know any women offhand who have liked them.

50 "But I Spit on Your Grave is a notorious piece of shock-schlock that does in fact seem to get off on the excruciatingly-long gang rape."

Erm, as I said, there's also a scene where a guy gets bobbitted in the tub.  Very gory.  Bad idea to set loose in a woman's head.

51 Then again, I rented Re-Animator last week (my queue on Blockbuster is getting very thin) and wifey almost had me committed.

52 You should seriously take Big Trouble in Little China off you list Ace "cause that movie is awesome and my whole girly intensive family loves it. "which David Lopan?! Little old basket case on wheels or seven foot high roadblock!"  Plus I will give anything with Bruce Campbell in it multiple chances at making the purchase cut.

I'll never watch Caddyshack or the Notebook they both look like a waste of time.

53

I'll never watch Caddyshack ...  look[s] like a waste of time.

You!   Out!

54 Dave, can you supply some guidance on this point?

I thought I was making a joke, obviously a bad one in your eyes. Hey, you wrote the sexually ambiguous post, not me. Since when did calling you teh ghey become off limits? I thought it was required.

55

Duuuude! I so saw The Thing with you. Twice! And liked it. Jeebus.

56

"Another movie for the "lost causes": The Big Lebowski.
Never have i met a woman who got that movie."

I loooove that movie. The Dude abides. Pretty sure I'm a girl.

57 Busted.

58

None of the females in my life ever liked Logan's Run. I'm not sure why. There is no sanctuary!

And PattyAnn is right on target about the Stooges. The Three Stooges shall remain forever opaque to the female mind. Only when you can conceive of why Shemp was so inferior to Moe will you achieve Stooge Satori.

 

59

Wait!!!!

 

 

 

I can't believe no one's mentioned Brokeback Mountain yet, though I don't know which list it would fall into.

60 Having a girlfriend is obviously great for Ace but it is so ruining his moron cred.

61

All those posts by "God" in this thread were in fact made by me. I forgot to change my "remember settings" doodad in the browser. My failure to notice this fact before now should in no way be used to mock or humiliate me.

 

62

My wife loved Shaun of the dead.

63 way to go "God"...

64

Dude, my wife loves Full Metal Jacket AND The Hunt for Red October. She prefers Platoon, though.

And her and both her sisters were such Boondock Saints junkies that it even scared me, and we had the McManus family prayer carved into the wall of one of our guard towers on my first Iraq tour.

65 49,

Don't be so sure about Blazing Saddles.

When I was with the last gf and the two of us were trying to find a movie on my shelf we could agree on, she picked Blazing Saddles when I mentioned it as part of the Mel Brooks set I have.



Then again, I later broke up with her because she's a raving psychotic.

Not sure there's a connection, but someone here will probably expand on that.


(I've also convinced a different gf to watch Trainspotting, but that was in high school and I later dumped her after having to sit through Man In The Iron Mask (199.)

66 Monty=God. We all knew that, right?

If I had to pick one thing that would really divide the boys from the girls, Stooges would win hands down. Curly was always my favorite, so I hated Shemp and those who followed him. Shemp was not moronic enough.

67 Then again, I later broke up with her because she's a raving psychotic.

Redhead?

68

I've always been a moderate fan of Cronenberg's remake of The Fly (although I prefer the original). I've watched it with three different females, and they all hated it. Not sure if it was because of the bugs, the gore, or the fact that Geena Davis is smoking hot in that movie.

Taxi Driver. I have heard that some women love the movie, but I've never met one. My ex-wife saw half of it on DVD and announced that she despised it and couldn't believe that everyone thought it was so good. My friend's wife (who's a huge fan of Robert DeNiro) hates it like poison.

 

69

Another lost cause:  Naked Gun.  Take my word for it.  I took my wife when the movie came out.  I was rolling on the floor, or at least I would have been if my feet hadn't been stuck to the floor in a soda spill.  My wife, on the other hand, didn't think it was the slightest bit funny.

70 Let's see... Saw Fletch (stupid), Die Hard (still love it), The Hunt for Red October (Sean Connery! Sean Connery! Sean Connery!), and The Road Warrior (early days of cable).

Saw Army of Darkness and still can't stop laughing every time I think of the cemetery scene. Saw the original of The Thing, tried watching the remake and gave up, saw Conan, Big Trouble in Little China, watched Full Metal Jacket on cable, never managed to sit through Caddyshack, and I think I saw The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly like, a million years ago. I saw Unforgiven, does that count?

Eh. I don't think my tastes are typical. I've always liked SF movies and TV shows, except for Dr. Who. I could never get into bad British SF.

I'll see your list and raise you Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, both of which I own. Well, I also own Fried Green Tomatoes and Where the Heart Is. I am a chick, after all.

Blazing Saddles is awesome. But Young Frankenstein is Brooks' best.

71 Remember when the STOOGES helped SCOOPY and the GANG find the ghost PRIATE? Curly JOE killed the original CURLEY in a hunting ACIDENT.

72 IllTemperedCur,


Nope, not a redhead.  I'd have expected that going in if so.

She was a nurse's aide and dealing with the kinds of people they had around in her old ER days, as well as her more recent cardiac specialty days, gave her a lot of shit to deal with that poured out in inappropriate ways.


That's about par for the course with ANY medical professional from my history, though.

73

A lot of girls like Dr. Strangelove

Well, I suppose this is all necessarily anecdotal.  Mrs. D in T stuck with it until General Jack D. Ripper started explaining his concerns about precious bodily fluids, then she looked at me and said "he's crazy".

I think I sarcastically said "well duh".  Then she got up and left the room.

So maybe she liked it after all?

 

Stooges are ok with girls until they hit around 12, my kids used to love them.

And while everybody loves Curly, it saddens me that Shemp is under-appreciated.

74

I got my gf to watch Dramatic Chipmunk and she didn't think it was that funny... is there hope for this relationship?

Honey, I laughed but didn't laugh to tears.  But there is still hope...

 

75 Dr Strangelove is my personal fave, too, and Ive found it a mixed bag.  The one who really liked it was, after all, an Air Force brat.  Then, her faves were Strange Brew, and Duel. 
Best part, she was a redhead

76 "ace's gf,"

Oh?  You saw it twice?  You saw it beyond the first twenty minutes? No?  You never really wanted to see the rest?

But you're a big fan of the first twenty minutes, I guess?

How does MacReady test to see who is a thing and who isn't?

Who are the last two people alive?

Not really looking to start a big fight on my blog, here, but uh, let's just say my recollection differs from yours.

77 Yeah, DiT, Shemp's best was the one where they're in the "haunted" mansion and the parrot flies around in the skull. HeeeeHeee!

78

Monty=God. We all knew that, right?

I am an angry Monty and a jealous Monty. Thou shalt have no other Montys before me.(*)

I have to say, though, that the same principle works in reverse: there are chick-flicks that it would actually give me physical pain to have to sit through:

Sleepless in Seattle, Titanic (although seeing Kate Winslet's boobs numbs the hurt a bit), Fried Green Tomatoes, Out of Africa, Terms of Endearment, You've Got Mail (really, anything by Nora Ephron).

*Note to God: Just kidding, Big Guy. Still friends, right?

79

Not really looking to start a big fight on my blog, here, but uh, let's just say my recollection differs from yours.

 

A recent episode of Southpark parodies The Thing where they do the test to see who it is.  It's awesome.

80 Thou shalt have no other Montys before me.

As a devoted member of The Church of Monty Python, I don't like this. Not one bit.

Speaking of which, what's the chick reaction to Monty Python (movies not the show)? I've found it to be decidedly mixed.

81 Out of Africa.  The most mind-numbingly dull movie I've ever endured.

82

I also tried for years to get my ex-wife to appreciate the ball-flattening coolness of The Last Dragon.

Me: I've got The Glow, baby! Hiiiiii-yahhh!

She: Huh?

Me: Say, "Who's the master?"

She: Why?

Me: Just say it!

She: Oh, for.... Who's the master?

Me: Sho' Nuff!

She: Um...okay. Why don't we watch On Golden Pond instead?

Me: Why don't you just jab knitting needles into my eyes while you're at it?

 

83

A Clockwork Orange is a great movie. I love the Big Lebowski and I loved The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. I also like a lot of the Adam Sandler films which at first I dismissed as dumb. A slew of guy friends have corrected that errror.

Good disclaimer.

84 Not really looking to start a big fight on my blog, here, but uh, let's just say my recollection differs from yours.
Posted by: ace at August 09, 2007 04:01 PM (1UCRY)

Uh oh...when worlds collide.

I fear someday we will look back on this moment as the time when the blog as we knew it died.

85 Oddly, my gf loved the Firefly DVD.  She was so sad when they were all watched.

86 "Not really looking to start a big fight on my blog, here, but uh, let's just say my recollection differs from yours."

Ladies!  Get ready.  It looks like ol' Ace might be single again by the time Moroncon rolls around...

87 I had no luck with Predator, one of my favorites.

88

Dr. Strangelove and Flash Gordon are pretty great, too. And Barbarella. I love Dino de Laurentis.

That was the first movie my husband downloaded for our Apple TV.

So sorry, guys, I'm taken. The geeky chicks are in pretty strong demand, from my experience. I never went without a boyfriend for longer than a few weeks from age 16 on. That's pretty sweet.

89 Clockwork Orange sucks. Pretentious crap. Though I did like the ole Ludwig von B.

90

76 "ace's gf,"

Oh?  You saw it twice?  You saw it beyond the first twenty minutes? No?  You never really wanted to see the rest?

Heh.  We should get a list of movies from the females perspective.  Movies they like, but have a good chance of really being hated by guys.

"Little Miss Sunshine."

For some unknown reason, chicks really seem to dig that movie.  And I swear they think it offers some sort of insight into the the mind of guys.

Wishful thinking.  Greg Kinar's character?  That freaky silent kid?  Sorry.  No way.  That's just what you chick WISH we guys were like.  Or at least like fooling yourself into believing that we are like.  On the inside... Once you get to know us.

Go watch MacReady to figure out guys.  Flamethrowers.  It is all about the flamethrowers.  And the hat.  And the attitude. 

Don't forget the dynamite.

Good stuff.

91 And for kung fu flicks, I ask my husband to tell me when the plot parts are over and the fighting begins, because I hate the plot parts. Kung Fu Hustle kicked ass. And I liked Kill Bill, as well.

92

Krull is a lost cause.  Trust me on this one.

93

A Clockwork Orange is a great movie - mostly because I loved the book.

I found my husband watching The Godfather with my 11-yo son Saturday night.  When I objected, he flipped it over to Army of Darkness - in Spanish.

He seemed surprised I didn't consider it an educational film.

94

sh*t stirrer:

I've noticed the same effect with As Good As It Gets. This was a lame movie in so many ways because Jack Nicholson starts out as a guy that any other guy would be proud to be, and then ends up as a metrosexual flounce living with a gay man. And yet women consider this progress.

And yes: much of what is cool about The Thing comes from MacReady's sombrero. A man who wears a sombrero in an arctic wilderness has a very keenly-honed sense of himself, the world, and his place in the world.

95 But anything by Monty Python on that list. Mrs Minority refused to watch any MP, while my boys and I roll on the floor laughing.

The wife does love Grandma's Boy, Harold and Kumar and all Die Hard movies. I hope it is because of my tainted influence, or it might be that she is a little twisted as am I.

In my house I have to rent/buy and watch 1 chick flick for every 4 kung-fu/action/shoot-'em-up movie just to keep the peace.

Disclaimer: I am not Ghey! And I did have to watch the Notebook and tell her I like it.

96 I find The Wiz to be a splendid children's movie full of magic and wonder. Trust me on this one.

97 Out of Africa.  The most mind-numbingly dull movie I've ever endured.

Oh, Jesus, yes. I would also add Ghandi to that list.

I wonder: Would both sexes may be more receptive to a film if they were seen  not in each other's company?

98

The wife does love Grandma's Boy, Harold and Kumar

what's that smell wafting from the Minority house?

99 If you can find a woman that loves to watch Black Adder with you, keep her. And As Good As It Gets is only worth watching for Jack Nicholson's lines, although by the end of the movie he's not terribly entertaining or interesting.

100

What in the hell is the goddam MATTER with you???  I love all those movies, and some chopsocky, bloody, disgusting movies that would probably make you squeal like a second-grade girl shown a worm, ace.

Man, what kind of wimps...never mind.  I have to go watch Evil Dead II again.  I love Ash.

 

101 what's that smell wafting from the Minority house?

Do I need to trim my antlers?

102

As a chick who majored in film studies, my personal critique:

Midnight Run -- Liked it.
Fletch -- Never saw it. May put it on the list
Die Hard -- Have it on DVD
Dumb & Dumber -- Kind of stupid, even for a Jim Carrey comedy
Fright Night -- Started watching this one when I was younger, couldn't finish it
Happy Gilmore -- Funny movie
The Hunt For Red October -- Good movie
Slapshot -- On my list
The Road Warrior -- Have it on DVD

Evil Dead II -- Saw it, loved it.
Army of Darkness -- One of my favorite movies
The Thing -- On the list
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly -- I don't think I saw this one, although I did see the prequel
Big Trouble In Little China -- Own it on DVD
Caddyshack -- On the list
Full Metal Jacket -- Hubby got me to watch this one one night. Pretty good, although I'm not typically too crazy about Kubrick in general
Dawn of the Dead -- saw both versions. The newer took out the satire of the former
Conan The Barbarian -- Have yet to see.

103 HAHA! Forgot about the antlers! For some reason, I forget much of those movies...

104

Old school Dave checking in here.

The GF loves (or at least likes) all the cool movies mentioned here.  Ditto the "smart" dumb comedies.   I also ot her to watch all of Battlestar Galactica and Heroes and she loved them both (sweet).

And of course, like you Ace, I considered appreciation of The Thing to be a prerequisite.  She thought it was very cool (the only trouble she had was with the dogs getting killed.  A man's head sprouts spider legs and she goes, "Awesome!", but Poochy takes a shotgun blast, and she's a mess.  Women).

FYI, a great scary movie to try out on the chicks is The Descent.  Monsters galore, but since it has an all female cast, girls think they're watching a sensitive story of grrl-empowerment.  It's a good "gateway drug" to introduce them to harder stuff.

Alas, she doesn't like ALL the movies that I like-- she doesn't like realistic violence (had to shut off Blackhawk Down), and she rolled her eyes when I told her how much I'm waiting for The Greatest Movie Of 2007, a.k.a. John Rambo.  Also, she doesn't get chop-socky movies, which is unfortunate, but survivable (that's why I have friends with dicks, duh).

Actually Ace, a better indicator of girlfriend coolness isn't what she likes but what she *hates*.  I've got plenty of friends who love the same movies that I do, but the fact that the GF absolutely can't stand chick flicks, kids movies, and stupid comedies (RE: anything starring C-list actors repeatedly taking groin shots from sassy children) of any sort is perfect.

Seriously-- if the girl doesn't like The Thing, oh well.  But if she forces you to see Evening on opening night. . . dude, bolter bolter bolter.

Cheers,

Dave

105 I forget much of those movies...

That is why I have to watch every two week, it's always new and hilarious.

106 Nice: just saw Ace's updated headline for this post.

107

Oh, and one more brag: on our second date, she quoted both Family Guy and Fletch, and she knew what I was talking about when I said "It's a trick. . . get an axe."

That there is a refined woman.

 

108 300, if a chick doesn't like 300, then she has no redeeming values.

Same goes for Lord of the Ring

Unless she is an 18 year old nympho that owns a liquor store and likes bass fishing, then she may be a keeper.

109

And yes: much of what is cool about The Thing comes from MacReady's sombrero. A man who wears a sombrero in an arctic wilderness has a very keenly-honed sense of himself, the world, and his place in the world.

Ditto my collection of loud-as-hell Hawaiian shirts.

110

Mr Minority, I disagree with you there.

300 is a great movie, but you have to be aware of how many women like that movie because they like looking at beefcake. 

I'd say 95% of the women who profess any afinity for that film at all just likes it for the muscles.

That 5% that says it kicks ass?  That just buys them points.

As for Lord of the Rings. . . dude, three words: "Ren fair chicks."  I actually will hold it against most women for that very reason.

111 "Ren fair chicks."

Personally I think overweight women in serving wench outfits are HOT!

Big Boobs busting out of thin linen tops..... I'll be in my bunk.

112 "Ren fair chicks"---reminds me of the only amusing Jeneanne Garafafaralofalo scene ever: at Medievel Times in Cable Guy. All 90 seconds of it.

113

Missus See-Dub has been a sport but we started off the relationship with some bad movie choices by yours truly very early in our acquaintance. 

Naked Lunch?  No. Nononononono.  Typewriters that turn into bugs and dispense psychotropic fluids through penile appendages, that the revolting characters then drink...

No.  Fortunately I could plead ignorance, just having seen it on a film society poster and disclaiming in advance that I knew nothing about it.

But the biggest mistake I made?

Kentucky Fried Movie.

114

Beastmaster - what chick could resist a movie with ferrets?

BAT-21 is a sneaky chick-friendly war movie.

 

Revenge Of The Chicks: Movies Your Girlfriend Made You Watch That Were actually... Kinda Good, Really

Overboard
The Parent Trap
?

My Dinner with Andre

Titanic - I didn't want to go, but had an enjoyable three hours figuring out how I'd MacGwyver a solution to the problem using available materials.  And any movie where Leonardo DiCaprio dies is, by definition, a good one.  For example, that western flick with Gene Hackman and whats-her-name, where DiCaprio gets shot and dies ... good flick, by definition.

Terms of Endearment

 

115 Missus Seedub insisted I watch A Fish Called Wanda.  Snore.

116 Titanic is a damn fine movie.

117

Revenge Of The Chicks: Movies Your Girlfriend Made You Watch That Were actually... Kinda Good, Really

I like this concept.  What about it fellas? Will you be willing to name some "chick flicks" you actually enjoyed?

118

A Fish Called Wanda.  Snore.

Aww shit, it's ON!

The central message of Buddhism is not "every man for himself".

119 Mr. Minority,


I definitely agree with you about 300.

I found out after-the-fact that one woman I really like, who just wants to stay friends unfortunately , had gone to see 300 the same day I had, but in a different showing.  She loved it, which is a bit strange to me because she's usually not much of a movie person.


I'm trying to get her to watch Requiem For A Dream, which wouldn't be as hard as you'd think since she's read the book already and loves other books by that author.

I'm not sure if she can take watching the Jennifer Connaly scene near the end, though...

120

More Wanda goodness:

Otto: You pompous, stuck-up, snot-nosed, English, giant, twerp, scumbag, fuck-face, dickhead, asshole.
Archie: How very interesting. You're a true vulgarian, aren't you?
Otto: You are the vulgarian, you fuck.

121 Will you be willing to name some "chick flicks" you actually enjoyed?

Let me see.......No!

At least none that I would admit on a moron blog like this.

122 Fishyy fish fish.

123 That scene and the apology scene were worth waking up for, Cuffy.  But otherwise, bleah.

124 BumperStickerist,

You mean "The Quick And The Dead", which should be on the list of guy films by virtue of being a Sam Raimi film.  (Raimi's films are Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army Of Darkness, Spiderman 1-3, Darkman, etc.)

125

Ace-- GREAT point about The Dirty Dozen.  In fact, not two weeks ago it was on AMC and I made the GF watch it, thinking it would enrich her life.  As much as I am and always will be a huge Lee Marvin fan, I'll be the first to admit, that film has NOT aged very well at all.  Pacing is terrible, only a few of the dozen are even bothered to be developed, and the action sequences are preposterous.  I've always preferred Kelly's Heroes, and I was reminded why. 

I've got The Great Escape sitting on my shelf. . . I wonder how she'll react to that. . .

Funny that you mention Blade Runner-- I borrowed it from a friend so she could see that one too, but haven't popped it in yet.  I loved one recent comment I heard about the movie: "It's got two hours of Harrison Ford watching TiVo from his couch." 

As for the Big Lebowski-- another of her quotable favorites.  I think she would fight me if I said a bad word about it, which I'm not inclined to do.  Personally, I think it's a lot better than the overrated Raising Arizona (watched that a few months back-- still bored).

BumperStickerist-- the GF loves Beastmaster.  I don't know why, but LOVES it.  It's okay, in that no-rent TBS Conan ripoff sort of way.

 

 

126 I found a video of Lauraw.

127

I know several chicks that like Bruce Campbell so Evil Dead II and esp Army of Darkness were fine with them.

I was forced to watch About a Boy and Love Actually and rather enjoyed them.

128 There are a several movies on that list that my wife loves.  Everything listed under "Lost Causes" except for a couple (The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, Full Metal Jacket, and Superman III) she owned in her personal VHS collection before we ever even met.

But I still can't get her to watch Blackhawk Down.

129 I'll be the first to admit, that film has NOT aged very well at all.

There are a number of movies I have loved but haven't seen in years. I suspect they haven't aged well, either. One of them, was A Boy And His Dog (abw made me think of it). Since I haven't seen it for a while, how has it held up?

I just saw the Dirty Dozen again recently. I liked that it was so non-pc in that they just poured  gasoline on the  nazis and their girlfriends and dropped a grenade. It was rather refreshing.

130

A chick flick that I liked?

Off the top of my head, I can't think of one.

I thought it was cool when the Titanic finally sank, other than that it was three hours of Love Story meets The Poseidon Adventure

131 See-Dubya, now that I'm thinking about it, the only good scenes in Wanda involved Otto.

132 For example, that western flick with Gene Hackman and whats-her-name, where DiCaprio gets shot and dies ... good flick, by definition.

Quick and the Dead with Sharon Stone, when she was still pretty hot (and before she went insane).

Interesting to note that Sam Raimi was Stone's first pick to direct, because she loved Army of Darkness.

133

 now that I'm thinking about it, the only good scenes in Wanda involved Otto.

Best thing Kevin Kline ever did. Besides marry Phoebe Cates.

134 The Terminator (I) is a terrific love story, I don't know if you guys have noticed. That's why I really liked the movie.

Ironically, even though I'm a chick, or more accurately, an old married bag, I thought the love stories in Titanic and Pearl Harbor sucked, but I did like the action and special effects.

How about A League of Their Own for a tolerable chick flick?

I remember laughing at one scene only when I saw Caddyshack in the theater--the candy bar in the pool scene.

135 Sorry, I still love Dirty Dozen. I don't care if it's dated.

A great Lee Marvin flick is Point Blank. Nihilistic and brutal.

How about The Wild Geese or Where Eagles Dare?

136

Fuck you, I'd pretty much admit Blade Runner sucks: The Greatest Film Ever.

137

Bearing in mind both my wife and I are probably older than the average moron commenter on this blog:

Strangelove I've seen at least ten times. When Slim goes through the check-list in their emergency kits, I laugh until I cry. My wife loves the movie, but not ten times worth.

Blazing Saddles I saw the first time with my Dad a very long time ago. We both laughed our asses off.

Fletch is o.k. Wife thinks its stupid.

We both like Die Hard.

Blade Runner has the greatest scenery and backgrounds in it. I still think LA will look just like that someday. Rutger is great.

Both liked Red October.

Midnight Run. I started watching it by accident, and couldn't stop. Seen it two or three times now. The guy who is after the accountant too, I don't know his name, but he was great. And a great ending. Mrs. Mikey liked it, too.

Dumb and Dumber was like fingernails on a blackboard. 

Full Metal Jacket she wouldn't watch. We had a kiddo in the military at the time. Some of it was o.k. A few parts were great. Armey was so over-the-top, and so believable at the same time.The scene with the general saying "get with the program" was hilarious.

My brother and I saw the original "The Thing" at the movies. We were both kids.(I told you I was an old fart) Absolutely scared the living shit out of us. My brother had nightmares for a week. My folks were pissed.

138

How about A League of Their Own for a tolerable chick flick?

Rosie and Madonna, automatic DQ.

139 contd. I also liked Road Warrior (and Thunderdome, but not Mad Max), Hunt for Red October, Die Hard, Supe II, and Slapshot.

140

Will you be willing to name some "chick flicks" you actually enjoyed?

The Color Purple. Still Whoopi Goldberg's best movie. And Oprah Winfrey's too. And Danny Glover only did better in the first two Lethal Weapon movies.

Pride and Prejudice (1996 miniseries)

Ruthless People. Usually anything with Bette Midler in it gives me the red-ass, bu tthis one was fun. Plus Bill Pullman is hilarious in that flick.

I'm tempted to say The Piano because you can see Holly Hunter's funderdome in it, but it's also got a naked Harvey Keitel, which is a universe of badness right there. Plus the movie is boring as hell and has all kinds of feelings and stuff and no big fights where Maori warriors brain people with clubs. But it does have a naked Holly Hunter. So I'm kind of torn.

Altered States. I don't know if it's a chick-flick or not, but it certainly feels like one. But it's also got William Hurt turning into a caveman, so it's all good.

 

141

add to the horrible list - american gigilo and the night porter.

take off the horrible list - the big lebowski and blade runner.

how could you put those two on the bad list?

i am disappointed.

142 Is Braveheart a guy movie or a chick movie?

143

Sam Raimi's greatest film?

A Simple Plan.

 

144 Mikeyslaw,


Midnight Run is a personal favorite of mine.

It's a film that no one I know has seen unless I made them watch it.



I've done that with a lot of films, though, as my friends in HS learned to let me choose in the video store once they've told me the kind of movie they want to see (comedy, action, etc.).

I turned them onto Fletch, Strange Brew, Duck Soup, and a bunch of other classics and semi-classics that aren't generally known by the average young person.

145 See-Dubya,

I intentionally left that one off because, while well-made, it's painful to watch that one at times because it's so depressing.

146

Blade Runner is probably the greatest sci-fi film ever. It's in a class all by itself. It's too bad she won't live, says Gaff. But then again who does?

Trivia: it was Rutger Hauer's idea to have Roy holding the dove at the end and then letting it go.

 

147 Rosie and Madonna, yeah, I forgot about them, yuk.

One more, then I'll shut up, but one of things I'm liking about having a teenage son is the bonding we do over some the goofy old comedies I loved when they first came out in the 70s and 80s, like Airplane and Holy Grail. The Jerk hasn't held up quite as well, to me anyway.

148

xoxotl

same with my wife. she will not watch Blackhawk. I got her to start watching Saving Private Ryan, and in two minutes, she walked out of the room. There are at least 4 times in that movie that I cried like a baby, and I still can't watch the end without tearing up. and I am a tough guy, by God.

149 I had a room-mate who was obsessed with Midnight Run, must have watched a hundred times.....don't know why that's relevant.....

150 God/Monty: None of the females in my life ever liked Logan's Run. I'm not sure why. There is no sanctuary!

I guess I just got lucky in this regard, as Mrs. Xoxotl loves Logan's Run.  One of her favorite movies.

Run, runner!  Didn't you hear me?  RUN!

151 I intentionally left that one off because, while well-made, it's painful to watch that one at times because it's so depressing.

Re: A Simple Plan. If you think the movie is depressing, try reading the book. Not just moonless night dark, we're talking black hole dark.

152

bmac

you may not have noticed, but relevancy, like cogency, is not a particular requirement for commenters on this military blog.

153 Blade Runner is finally getting a decent DVD release  in December.

154 you may not have noticed, but relevancy, like cogency, is not a particular requirement for commenters on this military blog.

mikeyslaw, I don't know if it is relevant or not, but this is a moron blog, not a military blog.

But you are correct on the cogency part

155 I have to agree with Tab & Monty, Blade Runner needs to be removed from that list, Ace.

156

I am friends with a girl who loves The 300. 

She's been to see it at least 4 times, bought a copy, and essentially refused to  talk to me any more until I watched it too.

Good flick   I think that the reason it's so appealing is that it's a mythic presentation of the story, not a 'realistic' one.

As for flicks that guy could be forced to watch and not actually die of boredom,

"Father Goose" with Cary Grant, from the late 40's or early 50's is good.

Grant plays a ' plane spotter' on a Pacific island during WWII. It's him in a shack with a radio and about 200 cases of good scotch that he got somewhere.

Father Goose is his call sign for contacting the Navy when he sights a Japanese plane.

He's quietly spending the war drinking on a beach in the tropics and getting a government check to do it. Nice work until a boatload of English schoolgirls in uniforms is shipwrecked on the island. Leslie Caron, who is nicely hot looking is their school teacher.

Pretty funny, and Grant plays a man, dammit, in this picture, not some wuss.  

 

 

 

157 "I think that the reason it's so appealing is that it's a mythic presentation of the story, not a 'realistic' one."

Erm.  No.  Chicks dig the pecs.

158 Sadly, my favorite movie seems not to appeal to women.  "Master and Commander".  Might be something to do with there being only one woman in the entire film and the Master is yelling at a sailor to "put that woman down!"  Took a first date to see that, didn't have a second date with her.   The woman I'm currently dating seems to like movies like Shaun of the Dead and Army of Darkness though, so there may be hope!  

159 Drew: "Goodfellas."

My sister loves that movie. She must have seen it a dozen times, at least.

160 Blade Runner is finally getting a decent DVD release in December.

Yeah, we're both odd in that we both prefer the Theatrical Release over the Director's Cut any day of the week.

161 DVD is outdated now anyway.

162 It's coming out for all three formats that day... standard DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-Ray.

AFAIK, all formats will get both the 2-disc "regular" version of the movie and the 5-disc "limited edition" version.

163 Sorry Blade Runner, Dirty Dozen, and Kelly's Heroes really are that good. Especially Blade Runner.

164 Out of the Mouths of Babes: Movies Your Girlfriend Thinks Suck And, If You Were Just Honest With Yourself For Five Minutes, You'd Admit Pretty Much Suck Too:

Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
The Big Lebowski
Kelly's Heroes (look... it's got it's moments. But let's stop pretending, okay?)
The Dirty Dozen (same as above)
Excalibur

I'll give you Clockwork Orange and Excalibur. The others? Classics. No discussion.

165 SeeDubya-- I remember Jonah's love for A Simple Plan, I share it.  I recall that George Will called it one of the most conservative movies Hollywood's ever made.

It is, of course, also the feel-good movie of the century as well.

166

Midnight Run may not be DeNiro's best acting*, but it's certainly far and away my personal favorite performance. And Grodin too.

 

*I'd argue it is. I don't care if he gained fifty pounds for Raging Bull or shaved his head for Taxi Driver, in Midnight Run he was a real person rather than a character.

167 Worst movie ever:
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Just run. If the female type tries to insist, it's time to run faster.

I don't see Patton on here anywhere.

168 I could not get my wife to watch The Magnificent Seven.  She has also dismissed The 300 out of hand.  She loves pretty much all of the sci-fi and horror stuff mentioned, though, including and especially the Evil Dead movies, and she's probably seen Slapshot more times than I have.

169

fwiw, High Plains Drifter must be preceded by The Outlaw Josey Wales in order for it to become chick-watchable.  Basically she needs to associate a name with the Man before he becomes the Man with No Name.   I reckon so.

Also, any movie with Steve McQueen is a both a guy flick and a chick flick.

 

170

I don't think I've seen these mentioned but Bigger, Longer and UnCut seems to not go ever well with the ladies. I laughed harder in the theater during the first 15 minutes of that movie than I ever have in my life. I'll play that flick on my big screen when company is over. Fuck them. It's my house motherfuckers.

And, of course, the greatest movie ever made...Beerfest. Not a favorite of the ladies. Consider it a 2 hour opportunity to make me a sandwich, honey.

 

171 A Simple Plan shattered me into wee tiny pieces that I am still picking up.

Let's see, current favorite movies include:

300 - Hi.  Frank Miller and pretty much naked ripped men as far as the eye can see.  Plus lots of gore.  If there were only giant alien robots as well, it would be the greatest movie ever. 

Sin City - Topless.  Carla.  Gugino.  More Miller too.

Hot Fuzz - Makes me laugh until I cry. 

Shaun of the Dead - You've got red on you. 

Transformers - Don't you judge me.  Giant alien robots beating each other up.  The only bad is that there are actually plotty bits. 

The Host - One of the best monster movies I've ever seen.

I do have my girly moments though. I absolutely love The Lake House.  Yes, nothing at all happens and it makes no sense but I have a thing for Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is wonderful.  I think that would have to go on the list of movies the chick tells you that you'll love, no really, and that make you want to drink yourself into a stupor 10 minutes into it. 

If we're going to talk so horribly bad they're tremendous movies, there's nothing quite as fantastic as Shark Attack 3:  Megalodon.  If you haven't seen it, you're missing one of the most tremendously horrible movies ever made.  I have to say, I admire the decision to save money on effects by just splicing in clips from Shark Week. 

172 My wife usually likes guy movies, if they're not completely fucktarded (e.g., Armageddon), but bounced off Full Metal Jacket hard. She loved 300.

She even likes the Three Stooges.. don't think I've ever met another woman who appreciated those.

173

Sadly, my favorite movie seems not to appeal to women.  "Master and Commander". 

I watched this movie with my boyfriend last month and I thought it was TERRIFIC! It was definitely one I'd watch again.

174 To the poster who mentioned Requiem for a Dream, maybe its just the girls I
know but chicks dig this movie. I don't know why for sure but I think its because
they get a chance to look down on Jennifer Connelly.

175 Al:

I didn't mention Patton because if you're a guy, that movie is just assumed. It's like the air -- it's so fundamental you don't even notice it. Apocalypse Now, too. (Coppola did such great work back in the 1970's, but Apocalypse seems to have broken hiim. It's been a river of shit from him ever since.)

176 alexthechick - Transformers - Don't you judge me.  Giant alien robots beating each other up.  The only bad is that there are actually plotty bits.

Uh... wow.  Yeah, I'm married and all, but would you be interested an an affair?

177 If we're going to talk so horribly bad they're tremendous movies, there's nothing quite as fantastic as Shark Attack 3:  Megalodon.

I second this, for anybody's who interested.  Immortal dialog:

Cataline Stone: [sigh] I'm exhausted.
Ben Carpenter: Yeah, me too. But you know I'm really wired. What do you say I... take you home and eat your pussy.

178 Blade Runner!!! Only the finest sci fi flick ever made and a classic for sure. Actually it was the only movie that we had in our Ready Room..that'd be ready 3.. for a six month cruise to the middle east on the Carl Vinson. We all knew the dialogue by heart. "Ahhh..he say you bwade wunner..."

Go Dawgs......beat the Gators.

179 Salty Goat Balls:

Tell him I'm eating.

180

kill bill 1 - 5 stars

kill bill 2 - 4.5 stars

UMA - a galaxy of stars.

181 and the greatest movie ever made - JAWS.

182

Revenge Of The Chicks: Movies Your Girlfriend Made You Watch That Were actually... Kinda Good, Really

How 'bout The Princess Bride?

183 Another movie women don't seem to like: John Carpenter's Vampires

"Sporting wood, Padre?"

184

Revenge Of The Chicks: Movies Your Girlfriend Made You Watch That Were actually... Kinda Good, Really:

 

Princess Diaries...no actually the movie sucked but the girl in there is the same one who did this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285175/. I have no idea what this movie was about, but at about 1:03:00 into it, I became her biggest fan.

 

185 Mr. Minority,

I think that's John Carpenter in general, with the POSSIBLE exception of Starman.

I've got pretty much all of Carpenter's output from Dark Star to Ghosts Of Mars and that's the only female-friendly one I can think of.

(I choose to ignore Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, much like most people.)


As far as Vampires goes, I like the explanations of "fiction vampires" vs. "real vampires" that James Woods did.


"No... Well first of all, they're not romatic. Its not like they're a bunch of fuckin' fags hoppin' around in rented formal wear and seducing everybody in sight with cheesy Euro-trash accents, all right?

Forget whatever you've seen in the movies: they don't turn into bats, crosses don't work.

Garlic? You wanna try garlic? You could stand there with garlic around your neck and one of these buggers will bend you fucking over and take a walk up your strada-chocolata WHILE he's suckin' the blood outta your neck, all right? And they don't sleep in coffins lined in taffata.

You wanna kill one, you drive a wooden stake right through his fuckin' heart. Sunlight turns 'em into crispy critters."

186 Brandon,
Vampires has got to be one of my favorite James Woods movie. Love his character and only James Woods could pull it off.

187

I took the Mrs. to see "Simple Plan" on opening night, and we both enjoyed it.  She even manages to sit through my repeated viewings of westerns (spaghetti and American).  Would she rather be watching "Flip this House" or "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"?  Yeah, but she abides.  I'm lucky that way, but I stopped letting her pick out movies to buy me for Christmas/birthdays after she came home with "Slapshot 2" a few years ago.  Her reasoning:  "Well, you REALLY like the original, so I thought I'd get this for you when I saw it in the discount rack."  I had to explain "The Caddyshack Rule" to her (comedy sequels usually SUCK HARD, especially when they're straight to video).  We managed to get over that roadbump in our relationship & she picks movies off a pre-approved "I wouldn't mind having that" list nowadays; sort of like how I get her presents.

 

Does "The Quiet Man" fit into the "pseudo-chick flick" category?  It's got the Duke starring with John Ford in the Director's chair, but it's also got Maureen O'Hara & a pretty romantic storyline.  Kind of misogynistic in it's perspective, but romantic nonetheless.

188

no way The Princess Bride is a chick flick.  Guy movie all the way that we snuck in on chicks with the title.

And no, The Quiet Man is not a chick flick either.  "Hurry up with the supper".  Gimme a break.

189 Monty Python. Love it.
Master and Commander. Excellent. Even more so as I get to hear it through a kick-ass audio system. (Audio could be another major male vs. female stumbling block.)
One I cannot believe anyone thought to mention is Zulu. Then again, I'm geriatric.

190

Zulu.....

 

oh hell yeah.

191

Does "The Quiet Man" fit into the "pseudo-chick flick" category?

Speak no evil of this. "Here's a nice stick to beat the lovely lady" may be the greatest line in movie history. Or "That red hair ain't no lie". The scene with the broken bed alone is worth the time to watch it.

192 The Terminator was a great action/scifi/lovestory all in one.  When the Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 laid eyes on that Coke machine in the Police station....you just knew a hot sex scene was next.

193 Dr. Zhivago.  Chick film. 

194 Luckily for my marriage, my wife liked Heat and Casino Royale, although she doesn't understand why I need to watch them 1, 000 times.  I paid my own heavy price when she was watching Sweet Home Alabama and I wasn't allowed to throw the TV off my roof.

And Salty Goat Balls, nice to meet a fellow traveler.

195

I don't know if anyone has mentioned the movie yet...

One of the games I play after I've been dating a guy for a little while is to pop in the movie and listen to him bitch and moan about what a chick movie it is and then, with about fifteen minutes left in the movie, cuddle up to him, leaning back on his chest. With about ten minutes to go I usually start giggling like mad as he starts sniffling and denying that he's crying.

She's Having a Baby

Does it every time.

196

I play minesweeper almost every day. It's one of those automatic pilot things I can do to relax when my brain just can't handle anything beyond basic biological functions. When it becomes too stressful and I really need a mind-numbing, I drop by Ace's site.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Best scores: 6, 49, and 166

197 Last of the Mohicans is a movie guy and girl can both enjoy.  Love and honor and all that romantic crap for the girls, and all the killing and knife fighting for the dudes.

198

Amen.

~

199 Okay.  I don't see many women talking about their movie preferences and, on pain of being considered less feminine:

I love war movies.  John Wayne...watched every movie.  Clint Eastwood...watched every movie.  More than once.  Two mules for Sister Sarah, Josey Whales, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly?  So many times I can't count.  Of course, I love Cary Grant movies. And Gary Cooper.  And Jimmy Stewart.  Give me James Cagney.  Fred Astaire.  Gene Kelly. 

And, no, I'm not that old.  I just like those kind of movies.

No...I hate, hate, hate Clock Work Orange.  Please do not make me watch Dumb and Dumber.  Deuce Bigelow.  The Hills Have Eyes.  Hostel.  Stupid gore movies with no plot, no dialog and ignorant endings.  I do not think seeing some cannibals eating some guys entrails a turn on.

Yes!  Godfather, Good fellas.  Casino.  Of course, I love Ray Liotta, Al Pacino, etc, etc, etc

Of course, I also love The Quiet Man, McClintock, Big Jake.  I'd also watch Steel Magnolias, Beaches and some other sappy chick flicks though they are seriously limited.  . 

I have watched Red October and Crimson Tide, U-579, We Were Soldiers, Black Hawk Down so many times my BROTHER refuses to watch them with me because he's "sick of war movies". 

300?  Oh!  My! G-d!  I LOVE that movie.  Yes, the pecs are great, but I sincerely love some of those old cliches...come back with your shield or come back on it.  I also love the part at the end where the queen stabs that traitor and uses his own words against him, "You will not enjoy this!"  Should be every woman's favorite part of the movie.  Right next to the butt shot in the moonlight. 

Which reminds me: Lethal Weapon.  Why Mel Gibson still rules.

200 By "The Parent Trap" you did mean the original version with Haley Mills who went and grew up to be all yummy and sophisticated, and not the recent knock-off with the drunken, dope-snorting slut?

201

My wife talked me into watching a chick flick called The Devil Wears Prada. I thought it would be some feminista hackwork, but it was an excellent film.

Chick flicks that really do suck:

Holy Smoke

Beaches

Prince of Tides

Fried Green Tomatoes

The Sound of Fucking Music

202 kat, will you marry me?

203

Chick flicks that suck cont..

Picture Perfect

The Family Stone

Fools Rush In

High Fidelity

Serendipity

Say Anything

204 The Sound Of  Music needs to be mentioned. I know , I know it is ... special , but what the hey.

205 Speaking of musicals, Paint Your Wagon. One woman, two men. And I mean men. Well, one's a drunk, but I won't hold that against him.

206 Slim.  Do you have surround sound so when we watch Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, We were soldiers, etc, etc, etc the house rocks with the sound and the neighbors want to call the police?

Oh...did I say I love Kung Fu movies?  Especially Bruce Lee and those 70's and 80's kung fu movies with bad sub-titles and dubbing?  Oh..and Jackie Chan.  He is the man.

But, I do like "The Sound of Music".  i can sing all the songs.  Does that mess it up?

207 Paint Your Wagon - WORST MOVIE EVER

Clint Eastwood should have bought the rights to that movie and then had it destroyed.

208

  Not to give any ammo to the next flamewar or anything, but Monty's confession about watching "I Spit On Your Grave" with a date made me think of my own moviegoing faux pas.

 

  I once took a girlfriend to see "From Dusk 'til Dawn" in the theatre. 

 

On Valentine's Day.

209

 

Another chick's POV:

1. Au contraire, Ace, I rawtha enjoyed seeing Superman crush Zod's hand.   I concede that I have not seen any other movie on the Lost Cause list, except...

2. THE STING?!?!?!   That movie RULES and I'd put it on a top 50 list anytime.  

3.  Nobody, male or female, doesn't like The Princess Bride.  Even people who had to be dragged to it quote it for years after. 

4.   Will go with See-Dubya, Alex, D ave, and Ross and recommend A Simple Plan.   Devastating, but great, and bothered me--in a good way--for days after. Do yourself a favor and see it if you haven't.  

210 207 Paint Your Wagon - WORST MOVIE EVER

You didn't get Clint and Lee singing? Yet you liked Sound of Music.

211 You call what clint and lee were doing "singing?"  NO WAY! 

I thought it was one of the signal for the apocalypse.  Judgment Day.  Cats and Dogs living together!  Real End of World stuff.

212 Great twisted movie: Identity

I just saw a horrific Sandra Bullock movie: Premonition.  Thank the good lord it was free.  I almost had to throw the TV out the window.

213 Oddly, "Serenity" didn't get much truck with the two women I saw it with.  Then again, they weren't sci-fi fans at all.  Also, one of them didn't even crack a smile at "Strange Brew." Might just be her.  Ladies, "Strange Brew".  Funny or not?


Also, hem, but GO DAWGS!  Sorry, but thats pretty much required with another UGA person in the room.

214 Do *any* chicks like "Fight Club"?  I haven't run across one yet...

215 Serenity?  Okay. 

What the helk is "strange brew"?

Didn't like fight club because the plot sucked Mississippi catfish crap.

Besides, I was just about over Brad Pitt by then.  I did like mr. and Mrs Smith.  nice fight scenes, gun battles and humorous dialog.

216 "Strange Brew" is the Bob and Doug MacKenzie movie.  Its based on a skit on SCTV.  Also on Hamlet.  But with beer... and doughnuts... and Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas.  And the villain is Max Von Sydow.

Great film... stupid, but great.  

217 I loved Strange Brew. I like most of the movies Rick Moranis has been in.

218

Rick Moranis was in Parenthood too.  Very funny flick. 

"You made me play second base!"

219 Yeah, my housemates complain about the Surround, but they understand me well enough to know that I won't be getting rid of it anytime soon. The worst offenders are Omaha beach in Pvt Ryan and The Longest Day, Volga River in Enemy at the Gates, and the whole time during Zulu and 300.

And don't worry about The Sound of Music, it's got the correct anti-nazi undertones, so it's easy for me to watch.

Soooo... dinner and a movie sometime? my treat?

220 So is this conversation still going on?

One movie I actually really enjoy is Bloodsport.  (It always cracks me up that in Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee says to Chong Li, "Boards...don't hit back," and in Bloodsport, Chong Li says to Frank Dux, "Very good.  But brick...not hit back.")  And I took the boy to Snakes on a Plane for our second date.  Oh, and Buckaroo Banzai kicks all kinds of ass.

221 And also, I absolutely hated The Notebook.  The guy way upthread who thinks it's good for sexual favors is SORELY mistaken.

222 Kat:  if you show up at MoronCon, the morons may be duelling each other for your favor.

Mr. Matamoros:  Fight Club was leftist crap.

223 (But it's really great shit...!) I don't disagree with you, someone, but I found amusement value in that flick for some reason...

224 By the way:  the girl in Princess Diaries *and* Devil Wears Prada?  Check the 9th post in Ace's sidebar.

225

These things are fun because I find out some nicks are chicks and I didn't really know.  Like meep and jmflynny.

Bart I already knew about.

 

Loved the Princess Bride.

226 DiT: gotta agree about Shemp. I've never understood why he's the most reviled of the Stooges.

Sure, he sucked ass compared to the Immortal Omnipotent God of Comedy known as Curly, but who wouldn't?

He was still way better than the later pseudo-stooges Joe and (oh, god, kill me now) "Curly Joe".

227 I liked Say Anything and The Sound of Music. Heck I like Singin In The Rain, Camelot, and The Music Man too. In a manly way.

228 Princess Bride kicks ass.  I have pretty much the entire dialogue memorized.

Dave, check IB for a harrowing tale from my past.

229 Rick *Cougar* Moranis and his CD Agoraphobic Cowboy
I had no idea what he was doing now.

230 Soooo... dinner and a movie sometime? my treat?

where you at?

I love Zulu: Men of harlech stand ye ready...etc, etc, etc

but definitely Michael Caine.  Loved him in that movie.  And The Longest Day, or A Bridge Too Far

And, not to show my geekiness too much but I love to play Medal of Honor, Vietnam '67, anything involving shooting and generally kicking a**.

I think I might be a little blood thirsty.  LOL

What the helk is "moroncon"?

231

All of the Rocky flicks..........yikes.

But The 300 rocked.

232 And, not to show my geekiness too much but I love to play Medal of Honor, Vietnam '67, anything involving shooting and generally kicking a**.

I think I might be a little blood thirsty.  LOL

That is the hottest thing I have ever heard. I'm in San Diego, by the way.

233

One guy movie my wife enjoys is Tombstone. My mother loves The Godfather I and II .

Movies to add to the Lost Cause list:

Escape From New York (the Kurt Russell/John Carpenter trifecta!)

Repo Man

The Wild Bunch

Cross of Iron

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the original, not the shitty remake) should be on here too.

Blade Runner and The Big Lebowski have to come off the suck list.

And I actually liked Terms of Endearment (the payoff was seeing Shirley McLane slap the shit out of that smartass whiny kid)

My wife loves huskies. She's never forgiven me for making her watch The Thing.

234

A number of the "No go" movies work quite well with geek chicks, the silly Rami/Campbell movies and Mel Brooks in particular.

A great guy movie that most of the ladies will hate is "Split Second" Any cop movie where the up-tight straightlaced partner is reduced to muttering, "Big guns. We need BIG #&$*ING GUNS!" while downing a couple pots worth of coffee is a good thing.

A handy "chick flick" to be willing to see, or so I'm told, is "Ever After". Sort of the NOW edition of "The Princess Bride", but still passible. (Haven't seen it yet myself, so it still could be utter crap) Others that aren't so bad that I have seen include "Keeping The Faith" (A priest, a rabbi, and a female marketing exec walk into a chick-flick...), "Steel Magnolias" (Of course I'm from Louisiana and either know or am actually related to about half the characters), and, um, actually, that's about all I can think of at the moment. One that's a very good dual-use film and will get you points for getting her to watch is "Casablanca".

235 Also, no talk of date movies can be complete without my trip with a ("just friends"-type) lady-friend to see "The Peacemaker". Her idea, actually. She likes those sorts of films & had no one else to go with. After the movie, she had a question about the fission primary that was taken out of the ICBM warhead. (As she put it, "the little nuke they took out of the big nuke") Being the Purveyor of Scary Trivia that I am, I explaned how fission-fusion bombs work compared with deutritium-boosted fission and fission-fusion-fission desgins like the operational version of the Tsar Bomba was supposed to have been. From there I riffed on nuclear warfighting stratergies, levels of escalation, and the relative merits of ground bursts vs. air bursts. As I started into why one would "salt" a warhead with gold or cobalt, I noticed her facial expression, stopped, and said, "You know, there may even be a reason I don't get many second dates..."

236

I find that going to Film Noir screenings--or netflixing them--gets me "sensitive guy who likes old movies" points.  But if you get the right ones there is some buttkicking going on and they're pretty enjoyable.  Touch of Evil, The Killers (the later Lee Marvin / Ronald Reagan version is OK too) and the Blue Dahlia are good bets. 

If you get the wrong one it can be interminable.  Use this advice with caution.

237

Nobody, male or female, doesn't like The Princess Bride.  Even people who had to be dragged to it quote it for years after. 

True Princess Bride story:  introduced a femaile friend (I'm a girl) to this movie via DVD at her house a few years ago.  She, her husband and her five boys (ages 7-16) all LOVED it (and they still quote it BTW).  About two weeks later, she was doing something alone with the 7 year old and casually asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up.  Without pausing he looked at her seriously and said, "Poor and perfect."  .Since she is a conservative Catholic with a great sense of humor she found this answer both touching and funny.   

 

238 female, dammit!

239

"Fight Club" belongs on the list of "If You Were Just Honest With Yourself For Five Minutes, You'd Admit Pretty Much Suck Too" especially on a conservative blog like this. What's more stupid? The terrorists who blow up buildings, yet magically never kill anyone because they evacuate the building beforehand? Or the stupid plan to reset everyone's credit rating by blowing up TRW's headquarters.  Gosh, do you think that a company that lives on it's data has offsite backups? Ever hear of Iron Mountain? And that's just two of the biggest retarded plot holes.

It doesn't help that the author supports destroying our culture (as if that weren't obvious):

http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=3168

wweek: Oyster in Lullaby and Tyler Durden in Fight Club are basically terrorists trying to destroy our culture. Is this something you advocate?

Palahniuk: If it means a better world eventually, I would say, "Of course!" Creating something new depends on destroying something existing.

240 Leibowski's funny.  Even funnier than you, Ace.

241

how lucky am i!

The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, Dawn of the Dead (one of her favorites), Predator, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and
Goodfellas......these are all movies that she likes......

she is manish at heart as she slinks around in her danities......

cant beat her.

she still cant play video games unless it involves plumbers or spinning diffrent blocks

242 "What the helk is "moroncon"?"

Next month's gathering of AoSHQ folk.

243 I find that going to Film Noir screenings--or netflixing them--gets me "sensitive guy who likes old movies" points.  But if you get the right ones there is some buttkicking going on and they're pretty enjoyable.

You ain't kidding. Add Kiss Me Deadly, Ralph Meeker kicks ass in that one, and Cloris Leachman actually looks pretty hot. Kubrick's The Killing is another good one.

You could also get "sensitive guy who likes foreign movies" points by looking into French film noir. Riffifi, Bob Le Flembeur, Le Samourai, Diabolique, Le Doulos etc. All are really incredible films, not as much butt-kicking as American noir though.

Wages of Fear is my favorite French film noir. Don't watch it while you're sitting on furniture you value, you'll claw the leather off the sofa from the tension....

244

The Sting (no idea women don't like this star-studded Oscar winning classic, but they just don't; they don't even want to give it a chance)

The Dirty Dozen (look... it's got it's moments. But let's stop pretending, okay

My wives love these.  Love.  Its disturbing, actually.

245

"Fight Club" belongs on the list of "If You Were Just Honest With Yourself For Five Minutes, You'd Admit Pretty Much Suck Too" especially on a conservative blog like this.   Yeah, I 'll 'fess up to that...

And what does everyone think about ""Pan's Labyrinth"? What category do you guys put this one? 

246 Pan's Labyrinth should have focused on the civil war.  The fantasy stuff was really stupid.  When the colonel (or whatever he was) took the knife through the cheek - that was awesome.  My wife agreed on that score too.  Sadly, she just doesn't get Strange Brew.   Ooo loo coo coo coo cooo coooooo!!!! 

247 Seano: Good call on "Repo Man." I've never, ever known a chick who could watch that. My wife's cool (Jaws is her fave), and she's never watched Repo Man. "Relationship? Fuck that." Classic.

Submitted for your consideration:

The Hills Have Eyes
In The Company Of Men ("Fuck her! Let's get a sandwich.")
Taxi Driver
The Last Detail---the last word in hardcore J. Nicholson performances
Tora Tora Tora (weak, I know--the WWII genre is pretty much a given)

248

Whats the rob Reiner movie?  "about us?" or "A story about us?"

And Excalibur fucking rocked.

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