Is what I heard a guy say yesterday. He was talking about "Sex in the City." This morning I saw Matt Lauer on the Today making a point about not wanting to see that movie and that he saw "Indina Jones" It seems like both of them were posturing or image building rather than being real. Are people really that shallow as to judge somebody by which movies they see? Are some men that insecure that they won't be seen in a "chicks movie?"
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Mon, June 2, 2008 - 8:49 AMEither that or they're afraid they'll be subjected to becoming "weak", emotional beings. In my house, I'm the one with all the chick flicks. My girlfriend likes the horror/thriller films!
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Mon, June 2, 2008 - 2:20 PM"Are people really that shallow as to judge somebody by which movies they see"....
well, I dont know about all other people, but I suspect that is the case with Matt Lauer.
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Mon, June 2, 2008 - 8:23 PMYes. -
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Mon, June 2, 2008 - 10:56 PMBack in college I dated a guy who would only go to movies considered to be "important and disturbing" (in retrospect I think he was quite distured himself) He would make a big deal about staying to watch the credits at the end of the movie. For some reason he thought that would impress his dates.
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 5:52 PM"Are people really that shallow as to judge somebody by which movies they see?"
er... yes. ;) I don't think I'd judge someone's quality as a human being, but c'mon, we use someone's movie choice as indication of who they are. If the most intellectual thing they've watched is Miss Congeniality 2, then yeah it's hard not to make judgements. If their favorite movies are Saw 1-4 and Hostel then I'm not likely to recommend them for a babysitting gig or suggest they date my best friend. ;)
"Are some men that insecure that they won't be seen in a "chicks movie?""
well, I'm a woman and I wouldn't want to see Sex In The City... but not coz it's a "chick movie", just because it's looks so incredibly lame. I've never understood why anyone watched that show, let alone why they'd pay $10 each to go see it in a theater. ;)
I don't think the guys were being insecure about seeing SITC, I think they just couldn't find any interest in watching four women shop and talk about clothes and boys for 90minutes. ;) Not wanting to see a movie in which a female character actually has dialog instead of just looking sexy and shooting a gun... that might be a sign of machismo insecurity. Complaining about "that movie with Meryl Streep" because "none of the chicks showed their tits"... now that might be shallow (yes, that's an actual conversation I had to witness). But a guy not wanting to see SITC seems excusable to me in the same way I really have no interest in watching 2hrs of the Transformer movie or 12 hrs of Nascar. -
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 11:02 PMThere's a "Miss Congeniality 2"?! I didn't know!
*rushes to video store*
(Not.)
Hey, I like some movies that are targetted at the women demographic and others that are not. So, let's just say that I don't like some chick-flicks and do like others. I have to agree about Sex in the City though...I don't really understand the appeal...seems like an updated soap opera to me. I also don't watch the Sopranos and have never ever seen a complete episode of either. And, really, this tells you nothing about what I do like...just what I specifically don't seem to find interesting.
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Thu, June 5, 2008 - 7:45 AMWell if one sees only one kind of movie you might be able to make a guess about their personality. Personally I take in all kinds of movies usually depending on my mood. Life is "importand and disturbing" enough that I do not always want to spend entertainment money and time watching that on the big screen. Sometimes I want nothing but a hollywood thrill ride movie or a comedy.
It is not relevant to me if a movie is percieved as a "guys movie" or a "chick flick" either of those can be as interesting or as boring as the other. I know a lot of guys who liked 'The Godfather', I found it to be one of the most overrated movies of the 1970's
"oh look at the juxtaposition the baby gets baptized while people are being slaughtered!" boring. -
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Thu, June 5, 2008 - 10:43 AMif there are movies that are marketed towards "chicks", ususallt romantic comedies, I'm often not interested. That may mean that I've missed some good movies, but I may catch them later, or I may go to my grave withou seeing "When Harry Met Sally". -
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Thu, June 5, 2008 - 12:00 PMI wouldnt call When Harry Met Sally a chick flick. -
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Thu, June 5, 2008 - 3:35 PM"I wouldnt call When Harry Met Sally a chick flick."
Sounds like one. What is it then?
Anyway, that's part of my point, there may be films that are perfectly good that I write off be cause they are, or I perceive them to be "chick flicks". SOmetimes I saved 2 hours of my life, and sometimes I maybe losing out. -
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Thu, June 12, 2008 - 10:23 AM"Sounds like one. What is it then?"
Thats the problem with reading books for their covers. Im not saying that you specifically do that, but that it can be a problem in general.
I would call this movie a Person Movie. It asks the question both men and women have been asking themselves since Rae Dawn Chong invented the missionary position. Can a man and a women be friends without sex getting in the way?
Its a chick and a dude movie I guess.
Chick movie: How to lose a guy in 10 days. That is TOTALLY a chick flick. Eye candy at the most. -
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Thu, June 12, 2008 - 10:52 AMThe overall problem is that in this age of complexity and way too much information, we have become heroes at categorization as a shortcut.
Instead of being able to handle a continuum of possibilities and interpretations, we classify and filter in a broad sense.
It's really not a new phenomenon, it just seems to be used at an even increasing degree today.
Democrat-Republican, liberal-conservative, chick flick-man movie, Presidential, cool, lame, politically correct....
FEH...there is no black and white, only shades of grey, and each of us gets to decide what grey looks like.
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Sun, June 15, 2008 - 12:31 AMYes, I do miss out on things based on snap judgements, I don't deny it.
If "Harry met Sally" is the worst thing I've missed out on before I die, I should be so lucky.
"I would call this movie a Person Movie."
My barometer would be how many guys saw this movie on their own or with other guy friends? I'd venture to guess, not many.
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Wed, June 4, 2008 - 3:53 PMAnytime I'm in a conversational situation and I'm feeling the slightest insecurity about my masculinity , I'll just blert out something like, "WHUUUT YOGA'S FOR PUSSY'S!" and just change the subject.
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Thu, June 5, 2008 - 4:07 AMSee, and I avoid that show and it's movie because it's vapid and annoying. -
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Fri, June 6, 2008 - 5:29 PMYeah, but.
The whole "chick " this, and "chick" that thing is getting out of hand. Okay so, chick flicks, chick lit (which is hilarious!... sounding like chick lick or chick clit), but I've also heard...
chick food???
Yeah, and that food was, of course, healthy. And the male author of this article proudly claimed that he was a MAN, and ate burgers swimming in cheese and bread, etc. and didn't care about his arteries clogging. I guess it's macho to give yourself digestive disorders??
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Fri, June 6, 2008 - 5:38 PMIt's like that nonsense from the 1980's that "real men" don't eat quiche or ask for directions. There are men who to this day actually believe this and refrain from eating quiche and would prefer to be lost than ask direction. Even further back John Wayne once said that "real men never apologize" This could explain some relationship proplems.
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