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List Day

In honor of list day at a small victory:

"Chick flicks” that I, a man, love:
• When Harry Met Sally
• Terms of Endearment
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• Pretty Woman
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• The Princess Bride
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Kate & Leopold
• Fifty First Dates
• Legally Blond

“Guy” movies that I, a guy, do not like:
• Rambo
• Rocky II-V
• Blade Runner
• Star Wars I, II, and V
• Shane
• Sudden Impact
• The Fifth Element
• Rush Hour
• Beverly Hills Cop II
• Goodfellas
• Solaris

Movies that I, as a hardened, cynical, unfeeling, soulless person tend to break down in tears while watching:
• Terms of Endearment
• Schindler’s List
• The Killing Fields
• The Color of Paradise
• Life Is Beautiful
• Penny Serenade
• Brian’s Song

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Comments

I'll try to come up with a more comprehensive list later, but as a start...

Guy flicks I love
Commando
Die Hard

Chick flicks I hate
An Officer and a Gentleman
Pretty Woman

Movies that always make me cry
The Sound of Music (shut up all you Julie Andrews haters)

A movie that makes me tear up a smidge almost every time is "The Iron Giant".

My son broke down and cried when Godzilla (1998 version) was killed.

guy flick I hated:
Windtalkers - besides the historical inaccuracies (starting with the basic plot, an order to kill a windtalker if they were in danger iof being captured) it was supposed to be about the windtalkers, not Cage.

Chick flick I liked:
Bend it like Beckham

I can't let it go. WHY do you not like Shane?

It's been a while since I've seen Shane, several years in fact, so I don't recall all the reasons why I dislike it. One reason is that I didn't like Shane himself. Far from being a heroic character, he struck me as a ruffian who did a lot of unnecessary fighting.

"Solaris" is a 'guy flick'?

No, I think not.

I was debating about Solaris. I was going with the whole sci-fi & Space Station thing plus the male protagonist. But you may be right. Given the whole twist with his wife, it may be more of a sci-fi Chick Flick. Either way, still don't like it. Steven Soderbergh should stick with directing and forget writing.

Chick Flicks I love...

Deliverance
Snow White and the Three Stooges

Guy flicks I hate

Bareback man whores #43

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

The Adventures of Robinhood

My wife says Solaris was a chick flick (because of the Clooney factor).

And she says Affleck was the bomb in Bareback man whores #43.

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