Matt Shea
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Films that you mention on a date
June 27th 2007 23:44
There's a lot of great movies on that list, but, interestingly enough, there are a lot of stinkers. Poorly made films that pander to obvious entertainment emotions. They're guilty pleasures.
And they're rightfully on the list... 1 000 films to see before you die... why should they all be masterpieces or arthouse knockouts? No, as human beings, we have the right to be entertained by our movies. In my opinion, the best movies are both show-stoppingly entertaining while simultaneously being a work of art.
Today, on the Guardian Film Blog, a writer asked the interesting question: On a date, do you list the movies that you know will impress, or do you go all honest?
It is a tough decision... after all, if you're having coffee with one of those deliciously intellectual girls from the Humanities department, talking Bergman might get you somewhere. Only I've never watched a Bergman film... but sometimes I'll say something like 'Oh, yes, I liked her in Casablanca', hoping to score points on comedy.
Bro 1: (handing three condoms to Bro 2) Good luck!
Bro 2: Naw, man, I just need one. I just flip it inside out and use it again. Recycle, baby!
Bro 2: Naw, man, I just need one. I just flip it inside out and use it again. Recycle, baby!
But it works both ways... I recently met a young girl who found out I was reviewing movies.
'Oh!,' she exclaimed, looking pleased to have a conversation about movies, 'did you see Spiderman 3?'
'No,' I replied, shaking my head, trying to hide the look of disgust.
'Did you see Pirates of the Caribbean 3?'
'No,' I replied, softer now, as I tried to hold back the acidic comments.
'Did you see Shrek 3?'
'No,' I gagged.
'Humph!,' she waramphed in derision, 'You haven't seen anything!'
* DVD cover of Booty Call is from lovefilm.com
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Comment by Miss Natalie
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Comment by KylieW
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I have been known to tallk up some movies that I might not have liked so much to impress others. But that's necessary as there's very few people in world impressed that at one stage or another throughout my life I could quote entire movies such as Speed, Mall Rats, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and Cool as Ice verbatim. When you have the kind of love for bad movies that I have....you have to be careful who you share that with.
Comment by Cibbuano
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natalie, I'd like to make it through one... I just can't convince myself to do it... maybe on the big screen?
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Comment by JohnDoe
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Believing you can tell alot about a person by what entertains them, my girlfriends had to pass the movie test to even appeal to me past 24 hrs.
I find Fight Club is a good sounding board, to check out their attitude to the modern world.
In the romantic comedies I would cite Say Anything or Swingers.
The true gauge though is Black and White films.
If a girl makes comments like
"Oh I cant watch old movies,or Black and White sux" she is out the door faster than a speeding bullet.
Foreign films same, "Oh I can't watch subtitles its distracting , or if I wanted to read i would grab a book"...again no chance of hanging with the Doe.
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Comment by Brenton
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I don't think i could ever be with a girl who didn't 'get' Donny Darko.
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I put on my most deadpan thoughtful intellectual face and say "I'd have to say that 'Butt Sluts II, The Cracks of Doom' is one of the most compelling, thought-provoking films I've seen to date. I'd give it 2 thumbs up. Well, 3 if you count the pizza deliveryman."
50 bonus points if he laughs...
Comment by Miswanderlust
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When guys launch into a pretentious diatribe about movies that are "high art"....total cockblock. Like the guys who can watch it all...from Fast Times to Little Voice to Cracks of Doom..... hahahahaha
Mis
Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
have to go along with Brenton, Donnie Darko is a great movie, and one I wouldn't be embarrassed about to mention on a date...
Sometimes it may be a tad deep for some, but trying to explain it is half the fun!
Great post!
Take care,
Nick
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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. . . and for those dates you regard as a real challenge - try Groundhog Day or 50 First Dates.
- Remember though, not to keep repeating yourself.
Cheers
MNG
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