May 04, 2005

Ever Put Mrs. Potato Head's Lips on Mr. Potato Head?

Yeah, well, I did. I'm perverse that way.

Anyway, those wacky llamas picked up on a topic that's been traveling around: movies that are aimed at your gender, but that you may not like; movies aimed at the other gender, that you do like, etc.

Ahem.

Guy movies that I, a woman, love

  • Highlander (Is it really wrong of me to think that Clancy Brown as the Kurgen was kinda sexy in a perverted sort of way? See the comments. He totally stole that movie.)

  • Die Hard (The original. Number II sucks. Number III ain't bad when compared to number II, but is a pale imitator of the original. I have my brother, David, to thank for hooking me on this one. I know all the lines.)

  • All the James Bond movies (Excepting, of course, those with Roger Moore. Won't watch them and you can't make me.)

  • Enter The Dragon (I have the husband to thank for my Kung Fu movie habit)

  • The Matrix Series (Yes. I like all three. If you don't, you just didn't get it. I pity you.)

  • Band of Brothers. (Not a movie, but rather a miniseries, I know, but this is one that if someone bought it for me (hint, hint) I would be eternally happy.)

Chick Flicks that I, a chick, do not like

  • Beaches (How do I hate this move? Let me count the ways...)

  • Titanic

  • How to Make An American Quilt

  • To Gillian on Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

  • City of Angels (Colm Feore was the only redeeming thing about that movie. Well, that and the soundtrack.)

  • Ghost

  • An Officer and a Gentleman

  • Dirty Dancing (Go ahead and put Baby in a corner. I won't stop you. I don't give a rat's ass. Really. I don't.)

  • It Could Happen To You

  • Bridget Jones' Diary (It slays me to admit this one because my adoration of Colin Firth is well-documented. Really, I love the book. I just hate this adaptation. It got it all wrong.)

Movies that I, as a hardened, cynical, unfeeling, soulless person tend to break down in tears watching.

  • Steel Magnolias (Every single time. I can't help myself.)

  • The English Patient

  • Terms of Endearment (Give my daughter her medicine!)

  • Love Story

  • Hope Floats

  • An Affair To Remember(If it had to happen to one of us, why couldn't it have been me?)

  • Schindler's List

  • Saving Private Ryan

  • Philadelphia

Discuss at will.

Posted by Kathy at May 4, 2005 10:42 AM
Comments

Have you seen "The Notebook" yet? Good movie to add to your third catagory! Trust me on this one!

Posted by: The Wizard at May 4, 2005 11:01 AM

An Affair To Remember makes me cry too, but not in the way I think it was intended to. Geh. You can gain 15 pounds just by watching all the sap in that film.

Posted by: Robert the Llama Butcher at May 4, 2005 11:05 AM

You love Clancy Brown because of the voice...I dunno why but it has that sexy gritty thing going on...everyone loves die hard because bruce kicks ass in that movie.

(and dont worry even I cry at hope floats)

Posted by: silk at May 4, 2005 11:26 AM

One at a time:

Wiz: no I have not seen that one yet. I don't know that I need to, either. Ryan Gosling irritates me.

Robbo: That's just wrong of you.

Silk: You're right about the voice thing. Definitely the voice, not the character of the Kurgen. Bleh. I should probably amend that. As far as Die Hard, while Bruce does, indeed, kick ass, it's Alan Rickman as Hans that keeps me coming back again and again. He's perfect in that movie. PERfect.

Posted by: Kathy at May 4, 2005 11:41 AM

"The Matrix" was a great movie, but I think the next two lost something in translation. I HATE to make this comparison, but it's a LITTLE like the "Back to the Future" trilogy. The first one was a good movie, the second one was just a bridge to the third one, and the third one was a pale imitation of the first one.

Of course, if you look at the whole series together, instead of at each movie individually, some of the quality of "The Matrix" helps bouy "Revolutions" and "Reloaded".

My wife LOVED "Band of Brothers". It's on her Christmas list this year.

Posted by: Russ from Winterset at May 4, 2005 03:32 PM

"Go ahead. Put Baby in a corner."

I am STILL laughing about that ... and I read it over 10 minutes ago. hahaha

Posted by: red at May 4, 2005 11:27 PM
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