Comments | mmmrorschach: Doesn't anyone say ST. Valentine's Day anymore?

mmmrorschach

Doesn't anyone say ST. Valentine's Day anymore?

Feb 10, 2011 06:19

Usually, no matter how open-minded, a guy would never flip through the evening newspaper while smoking a pipe and then think to himself, "Hurm, Bridget Jones's Diary, I could go for some of that," but, for whatever reason, I recently went through a small spate of chick flicks. I think there's a certain part of my brain that needed to be soaked in ( Read more... )

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waitingonsunday February 10 2011, 16:05:06 UTC

I, for one, welcome our new supercomputer overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground...microchip...caves...

mmmrorschach February 10 2011, 16:44:12 UTC

This exact thing, but I think Alex Trebek is gonna get first crack and pledging his allegiance to the supercomputer master race. But, like everyone else, I am ready to overreact at a moment's notice.

waitingonsunday February 10 2011, 16:52:49 UTC

Dammit, Trebek! Always two steps ahead.

waitingonsunday February 17 2011, 00:59:37 UTC

Please tell me you just saw that!

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skeletaltime February 10 2011, 22:10:13 UTC

plus boa vs python- best ever!

mmmrorschach February 11 2011, 00:03:09 UTC

I really like the premise for those type of movies. They start off as something really unique, but then halfway through the movie the interesting conflicts get boiled down to standard action sequences. I would love it if they turned those types of movies into an hour long television series to help solve the problem of overextending the story. Sort of like The Twilight Zone.

I really curious about what Watson's funny little story will be after the first commercial break.

enchantress88 February 10 2011, 17:47:42 UTC

I read about Watson, but I have to admit, I'm still a Ken Jennings fan, and I hope he beats the computer. Unless the computer has a Sean Connery voice.

My sister really likes chick flicks, and so sometimes I end up watching them with her. I'm always surprised by how much I actually enjoy them, but then I'm never sure if I'm just enjoying making fun of them or if that's just a defense mechanism to disguise how much I genuinely like them. But thinking about that gets too difficult, so I just say I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

The most recent big surprise was "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey, only because of all the direct references to "A Christmas Carol."

mmmrorschach February 10 2011, 23:57:45 UTC

I'm a Brad Rutter fan. He was on the show back when contestants got kicked off after they won five games in a row, so he never got the chance to build up the notoriety that Ken Jennings did, but I'll be happy as long as either of them win. I know that someday computers will be smarter than man, but those two can salvage human pride for at least one more day ( ... )

grrgoyl February 10 2011, 17:55:50 UTC

I read this and thought, "Hang on. Hugh Grant must have done something not chick flicky at least once..." But you got me. Those doleful, saucer-sized baby blues have no place in a man's movie.

I don't know who said it, but my favorite quote on this topic goes something like this: The difference between a chick flick and a dick flick is in a dick flick lots of people die all at once. In a chick flick, one person dies slowly over the course of the entire film.

mmmrorschach February 10 2011, 23:58:50 UTC

Daniel Craig has a harder edged version of those same eyes, which is part of the reason I think he makes such a good James Bond.

I guess the Saw franchise was trying to appeal to both audiences.

seasite February 10 2011, 19:22:01 UTC

Maybe because people don't really think about the saint anymore. The lover becomes the valentine so that we get the "will you be my valentine?" kinds of cards. (St.) Valentine's Day is a not a big thing here though.

I can't remember ever relating to the female protagonist in a chick flick. I don't want to be like one either. So I guess that explains my indifference toward the whole genre. As for guy flicks, I always see previews on TV about college/fraternity shenanigans, bachelor parties, etc. I guess these are the new guy flicks? I know my uncles wouldn't enjoy movies like that. They prefer the Rocky and Goodfellas types. They're all over 40 though.

mmmrorschach February 11 2011, 00:16:42 UTC

Yeah, I never really related to the guys in action flicks either. If I were them, I would just go home and hope everything eventually blew over.

I don't really consider those type of crass college comedies guy flicks. For me they are almost strictly action movies. They also have to affect an air of seriousness which quickly gets deflated when the action hero starts spouting off hopefully copyrightable one-liners and punching camels or snakes in the head.