Generally, I find that men are more often "proper" film watchers. Even the total a'holes who only like seeing sex comedies will come out of a film and say why they liked or disliked it. It's always dependent on the quality of the film (Knocked Up? pffft)
Women, on the other hand, seem to be immune to any filmmaking shortcomings, as long as there is a goodlooking lead male, and a female supporting actor (love interest), and a deplorable bad guy, and the women cry because the music tells them to, and then they come out and say it was great, even though it sucked.
I really like Mamma Mia! and Twilight. Definitely more so than all the women in the theatre. Mamma Mia! was full of annoying middle-aged Greek women who thought it was amazing that the British actress said a Greek word, and there were also the others who just liked Abba, and were visibly bored in between, and those who liked that Dominic person. Twilight was full of girls who would have been better served watching a porn film. "OMG, Look at Robert! He's sort of taken his shirt off! AAhhh!" While I watched it and took in the storyline, the acting, the cinematography, which I'm sure none of the girls did.
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Sunshine1910
16 years ago
Yeh sure a lot of females are like that, mostly teenage girls, but many also appreciate a good film when they see it. I'm a female and I love films like The Shawshank Redemption, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and To Kill a Mockingbird, which are considered to be some of the greatest films ever made.
There's also a lot of teenage males who only enjoy films full of violence and stuff, but most will grow out of that, just like many females will grow out of their movie tastes as a teenager.
So basically, who really cares? When you're a teenager you don't want to have to think about stuff like war, you just want to have fun. So just let the girls gush over the guys on screen and enjoy the film for yourself!
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activista
14 years ago
@opethanddonniedarko
That is such an ignorant and stupid generalizing statement to make about ALL teenage girls--have you even met enough teenage girls to throw that out there as if it's the godfosaken truth. Yu sound like a teenage boy who's got some unresolved issues with girls, so you're dragging that into a movie review. Give me a damn break! Boys under 18 will go to a film with the quickness if it's got a naked chick in it, so don't even try it. Also, I'd say,a LOT of teens under 18 probably aren't interested in watching serious, heavy war films. Basically, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. FYI, I was an 11-year old girl myself when I first saw the film (I loved old films, and still do) and it stuck in my mind all these years---I just recently checked it out to see it again for the only the second time on DVD,and found out that it even better than I remember it being---more in-depth, a little more realistic and a much grittier take on the subject of war itself, surprisingly so for a film made in 1930. It's pretty much a classic and deserves to be called that.
Dismmising a whole gender due to their taste in movies is downright stupid, but then that just shows how low your maturity level is.
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