Movies

Re: Just Don't Care

antiphobia — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:27:21 GMT

So, why do we feel the need to judge others for their taste in entertainment? Is it some sort of status symbol, an assertion of superiority, that you hate something someone else enjoys?

I loved Iron Man, I suspect I will enjoy SATC, but I'm not going to judge you if you didn't like one or the other, or either even.

Re: Just Don't Care

bertrand — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:32:28 GMT

neither dp we/

Re: Just Don't Care

ladykrystyna — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:58:54 GMT

Okay, I'll screw with everyone's demographic:

1. I saw Indy and LOVED IT!

2. I saw Iron Man and LOVED IT!

3. I saw Sex and the City (and NEVER watched the show, EVER) and LOVED IT!

Why? Because each one entertained me and I didn't try to read too deep into any one of them. They are ENTERTAINMENT only and not meant to be something deep, even if you can get a little bit of deep out of it.

Of course, whether anyone else wants to see those movies and/or likes those movies doesn't matter to me because everyone's taste is their own. If you don't like that kind of movie, don't see it. My husband goes to see movies (and watches movies at home) that I don't want to see (he just watched Bloodrayne 1 and 2 the last two nights - NO FUCKING THANK YOU). I just pick up a book and sit next to him and we keep each other company doing our thing.

I certainly wasn't going to make him see Sex and the City. I'm the odd girl that likes to see most action/sci-fi/adventure movies and I like chick flicks, too (but it depends on the quality. Some are just too cliche and stupid and not well-written and others, like SATC, are highly entertaining). My husband simply doesn't like chick flicks. He saw Titanic twice with me (and cried both times) and he watched Enchanted with our little girls (but that's what daddy's are supposed to do!), but otherwise, no, he won't see them and I won't make him. It's stupid. Just like he doesn't make me watch the movies he likes to watch.

In any event, I thought it was a great movie. I laughed my ass off through most of it and it made me miss my high school/college girlfriends (most of whom are living in and around NYC and I'm here on the Left Coast in the Land of Fruits and Nuts).

All in all, I was highly entertained and when I see a movie, that's all that matters to me.

Harumph.

Cheers.

Re: Just Don't Care

Trainspotter type — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:10:43 GMT

hey -- where'd my even-spaced layout get to?!

Re: Just Don't Care

Trainspotter type — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:08:33 GMT

by Tarquin Machismo
05/30/2008, 4:31 AM # Favorites Reply That's an unfair comparison. Sex & the City is like dragging a woman to see a Dolph Lundgren flick. Hey -- I dunno about that comparison -- there are plenty of guilty pleasures to be had from, say, Universal Soldier, and I'm not talking about beefcake - more the corny dialogue and hilariously bad acting and the fung-phooey, chop socky action. I'm with the women upthread who'd rather see Indy 4 (which I really, truly enjoyed immensely) and Iron Man (love love LOVE Downey Jr -- seeing it tomorrow) than the (rather desperate-sounding) S&TC movie.

Re: Just Don't Care

Tarquin Machismo — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:16:00 GMT

Women : if you think you're man has no feelings and is incapable of crying, just take him to watch Sex & the City.

QED

biteoftheweek — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:39:26 GMT

Definitely buy the boat. You will never be happy with a woman, so hopefully the boat will make you happy.

Re: Just Don't Care

strawberrylover — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:04:42 GMT

Good for you. You are just so much better than all those women who've enjoyed this movie, whether for the friendships or the fashions, right?

Whatever. You can keep your lame-ass Indiana Jones and its "knowledge was their treasure" line and flying saucer.

Bimbo? Look in the mirror, honey.

Re: Just Don't Care

lump516 — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:42:54 GMT

I would like to inform the world at large that there are, in fact, non-heterosexual men out there that couldn't care less about this movie, either. You want to see something entertaining with Kim Cattrall? Check out the MST3K episode devoted to the no-budget sci-fi mess City Limits. Not only will you get a lovely eyeful of Ms. Cattrall, you will also see Robbie Benson killed with a desk. What more could you want?

Re: Just Don't Care

saloon singer — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:59:40 GMT

You need to make some new friends.

Re: Just Don't Care

saloon singer — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:58:40 GMT

You need to make some new friends.

Re: Just Don't Care

Cady — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:00:13 GMT

As a straight woman I would rather watch Indiana Jones and Iron Man anyday of the week over Sex in the City. I don't even like action movies very much, but they would be far preferable than watching the shallow vapid bimbos in this movie.

Re: I enjoyed Indiana Jones

irvingchang — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:18:07 GMT

'Sex and the City is that small box of expensive chocolates we keep in our desk drawer. Not really good for us, but really good for us. It is our decadent reward for putting up with everything that we put up with.'

so you and your airhead friends are going to sit around and wallow in victimhood? man oh man.

heck, you just convinced me to buy that boat i've had my eye on. after all, i have to put up with airhead chicks, so i deserve it.

Re: Just Don't Care

buggie — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:58:18 GMT

dude, I'm a girl and I'd sooo much rather be going to see Indy or Iron Man tonight. I don't like sex in the city at all. I'm going tonight though-my friend is going with a huge group of people and they have an extra ticket and I haven't been out or to a movie in a while so I figured I'd see what the fuss is about.

So that's the thing, it's not about gender at all, it's about how tastes differ in relationships. I happen to have friends who will all be dying to see the most crap-tacular "chick flicks" ever made. And I will usually end up watching them. Why? because I want to hang out with my friends, and there's no way in hell they'll concede to like, going to a rock show or seeing any of the movies I like. I find THAT interesting- how certain people in a group end up grudgingly molding their social life around what the others like and it's not reciprocated.

And for the record- my grouchy, mid-60s dad thinks the show is hilarious (and why shouldn't he? the outcome made it the most conservative show on television). He likes it much more than I do.

Re: It was never about men

mikestand — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:00:10 GMT

biteoftheweek:

sorry.

It was always about friendship with women.

Um, just kinda wondering about the title...