The stuff we watch for our sweeties

Silver Linings Playbook (2015) - this was so bad with its pop psychology nonsense. Won all kinds of awards and Mrs How thought it was it was the best ever. I did get through it somehow.

Big Little Lies (2017) - we binged this over a weekend. Very soap opera ish. A strong cast but the murder mystery was a bit of a letdown. Never would have watched it otherwise. Zoe Kravitz was hot.

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We have four TVs and we pick our corners. No problems here.
He's usually in the bedroom watching something on YouTube or Netflix by the time I come in. I like a lot of what he watches. He likes those people who review the As Seen On TV products. We especially enjoy Mathias, Vivian Tries or The Crazy Russian Hacker. Those three are the most fun.
He also likes True Crime shows like Forensic Files. We both like historical docs.
As for him watching what I watch, I learned long ago not to bother trying to get him to watch with me if he isn't interested. I can't enjoy something if I know that he is in misery. I'd much rather watch in peace.

I gotta laugh about what you said about The Bridges of Madison County!
Another show the husband and I both like is Two and a Half Men. You reminded me of something . There is an episode where Charlie comes downstairs and sees his brother, Allen watching TV. He asks what's on. Allen tells him it's a Clint Eastwood movie. The movie Allen is watching is TBoMC. Somewhere during the scene, Charlie scoffs and says, "Even Clint Eastwood knows that this isn't a Clint Eastwood movie!"

Wish I could interest him in Mad Men!

It's not crappy but I have sat through hundreds...nay thousands of hours of Star related movies and tv over the years. Star Trek, Star Wars, StarshipTroopers and now he's discovered a rich mine of never-ending Star Wars fan films.

So The Real Housewives of NYC isn't too much punishment is it?

Re:”The Reader”...The following is a copy of my review I wrote on 04/04/2017 on that other place which shall not be named:

04/04/2017
My review of "The Reader" with Kate Winslet. I gave it one star:

"The pathos this movie attempts to convey is sorely lacking. The movie's positive spin on a former Nazi guard molesting an underage boy leaves me disgusted! And to make it worse, the character of Hannah was a Nazi harlot...she made him pay for sex by first reading to her! But, apparently to most reviewers, "boys will be boys"! Our society's mores are all too accepting of the older woman, younger boy syndrome. This is ethos at it's worst...read today's headlines. I'm sure if the movie portrayed an older man (and a former Nazi guard), molesting an underage girl, those same reviewers would review the movie with a bad taste in their mouths! The only positive from this movie was to make us aware of the lifetime damage that can be done to a young boy after such an encounter. No, boys are not just boys...they are human beings with feelings. They should be able to remember their first sexual experience with someone their own age and not from a molester!"

Spanish soap operas and of course,the Bollywood ones

Oh, the Humanity!!

Don't have that problem, Shogie. I'm a confirmed old bachelor, and (like Henry Higgins) likely to remain so.


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That's why me and my man have separate tv's. I would never expect him to watch my shit and visa versa. The only thing we watch together is sport or comedy shows.

There are a lot of quality films mentioned in this thread, albeit divisive in terms of taste. Here's something that under no circumstances should be watched by someone who wants to be entertained: Dare to Be Wild.

I cannot recall another movie that stacked the opposition against the main character without introducing actual conflict into the story. Movies like Bridges of Madison County, The Notebook, The Reader, etc. at least contain the necessary elements of a good story, so you can at least understand why someone else might like them, even if they don't suit everyone's taste. Dare to Be Wild, by contrast, is perplexingly boring.