hey, I was just wondering if there are any guys here who had seen this, and what they thought of it! I'm about to force a guy i know to watch it, and was wondering what the general concesus was.
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"The fifth dentist caved and now they're all recommending Trident?"
I´m a guy and i LOVE this film (is one of my 3 favorites) i just i loved it!
You can tell it any person to see this film. There is a "myth" that much people believe and is that Musicals like "Meet me in st. Louis" is just for gay people. That is wrong... the sexuality of the person is that is it that less it cares. Well, maybe a person who is gay can loved, of course. The importance is the meaning of the movie for the person.
And about me ... yes i´m a guy ... and i think my sexuality no matters in this point... like i tell you before... is just the person thinks (and of course likes of movies)
I happened upon this Christmas Eve (I love the movie). I started to watch it - nothing else to do anyway - and we watched the rest several days later (TiVo/DVR). My husband started to watch it with me.
He is NOT much of a "musical" man, and frankly he hasn't seen alot of old movies outside his hero, John Wayne. Although he will watch without much fuss!
He was laughing almost from the start, especially at Tootie's bizarre obsessions and the father's foibles - both his comments, and how the rest of the family keeps him in the dark and tries to keep him under wraps. (Leon Ames - heart be still!)
I should point out that I specifically warned my husband as it started that this is a movie without much plot; you just have to sit and enjoy it as an OBSERVER observing every-day happenings, not expecting any real purpose.
Bottom line, that "man's man" enjoyed the film!
I love this movie. I'm a man. I'm gay.
Stop implying there's something wrong with it.
'nuff said.
I have, several times. Am straight, sane, (ish) smart (ish), over 40, cynical as hell. Doesen't matter-Margaret O'Brien is a sensation-the film is a heart-warming delight. Obviously, you have to suspend disbelief-it's a fantasy as weird as harry P or LOTR- nowhere was ever that perfect- alright, I'm English and thus intrisically sceptical-but it's a lifestyle and milieu to make your heart ache. (And, by the way, yankee trolls, I have great teeth and don't worship the queen)
shareTwohatcat: I am extremely offended and saddened that you think in this thread I was implying that there is something wrong with guys liking this film, or that you have to be gay if you like this film as a guy. I apoligize from the bottom of my heart if you read it that way. I am the very last person to think anything of the sort, I really was just plainly and simply interested in how the opposite sex has responded to this film.
I have been overwhelmed and pleased by the response and once again would like to thank everyone who has contributed!!
"Movies are life without the boring parts."
Almost a decade later....
I think more than gay bashing, the intended implication is that most gay men are more likely to allow their feminine side to surface, and are therefore more likely to appreciate 'girl' films.
IOW, macho, straight men tend to be overly defensive and repress ANY expression of their feminine side, to their own loss....
And, as another poster pointed out, this was a wartime movie, and I'm sure it was very much appreciated by the guys 'over there' who saw it when it was first released. They missed the home life very much.
Next time you watch it, think about how men who hadn't seen their wives, sweethearts, children, or parents for years would view this one.
Also, unlike many musicals, they only sang when it was at least mildly appropriate. They managed to carry on conversations without singing.
In those days people didn't demand that their entertainment be commercialized, and people did get together and sing. Of course most didn't have Judy G in their families. Recorded music was uncommon 110 years ago, and what they did have, was relatively poor quality.
And, as another poster pointed out, this was a wartime movie, and I'm sure it was very much appreciated by the guys 'over there' who saw it when it was first released. They missed the home life very much.
Next time you watch it, think about how men who hadn't seen their wives, sweethearts, children, or parents for years would view this one.
Straight guy here, and I love musicals, and I loved this one.
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We come into the world naked, screaming and covered in blood. Why should the fun end there?
Likewise! Staight guy and it has to be one of the greatest that I've ever seen. It isn't over-laden with songs and the ones that are in it are memorable, one and all, especially the trolley song and the song that both of the parents sing at the piano...:)
shareJudy Garland was a screen legend; a tremendous performer. I'm a guy who just loves great musicals, the same as my father, who also thought Judy Garland was great, and films like this. Same reason why I love films like 'Thoroughly Modern Millie, Funny Girl,' etc.
I could watch 'The Trolly Song' scene, so spectacular and glidy - a total bash - again and again and again; same as the train scene: 'Atchisan Tapika and the Santa Fe' in 'The Harvey Girls' contemporary movie; Just brill. Costumes are just so elegant, refined, irreplaceable.
To say Judy looked like a 'corpse' is to misunderstand. Sure, she was a bit thinner than the other girls around her, but that's because she suffered from a weight problem throughout most of her screen career and which led to her depression and overdose of barbiturates. If you notice her screen debut as Dorothy in the 'Wizard of Oz,' she's carrying quite a bit of puppy fat at the age of sixteen.
There's nothing namby-pamby about this movie, really. It deals with it's themes and issues in a proper manner, fitting its times. It's very much a man's movie for all that.
Judy Garland's perfomances make today's world a richer and happier place to be in.
From a music and musical movie lover extraordinaire
This is one of my favourite films and Judy Garland is the all time greatest actress and entertainer. I got to see this on the big screen with "Singin In the Rain". I'm a guy and a young one at 21 years old. Did I mention Judy Garland as being the best thing in show business?.
shareI love this film...for me, it is one of Vincente Minnelli's best films and Judy does some of her best singing with "The Boy Next Door"and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as standouts.] I also don't think Judy ever looked as beautiful onscreen as she did in this film.
sharei'm a guy, a straight guy. and i just saw this movie for the first time last night. and LOVED it. i thought it was amazzing. judy was fantastic in this movie.(as she always was.)
AT LAST MY ARM IS COMPLETE AGAIN!
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I had the good fortune to see a special screening of this gem at the Los Angeles Theater. After sixty plus years, this film holds up remarkably well. The audience, which was made up of ALL ages and types, loved every minute.
I'm curious as to why you would want to "FORCE" someone to watch it. If he happens to not like old musicals, it won't matter how good it is or what other guys think of it. It'll be lost on him. A better idea would be to tell him what the film is about first and ask if he'd like to watch it with you. If he doesn't want to, watch it by yourself or with someone who appreciates this genre. He'll just end up resenting you, the film or both. It's called respect.
Hi Michaelm6,
As you probably noticed, i started this thread a while ago, and actually never really got around to showing him the film. we just ended up drifting apart. And i wasn't actually going to "force" him to watch it. I simply used taht wording as a manifestation of the steryotype that men generally don't like/ understand musicals. and i would like to stress once again, that i started this thread hoping to disprove that idea, and I am so happy at all the responses.
The "forcing" him to watch it began because we both made lists of 10 movies the other person hadn't seen, and we would watch them (so 20 films in all) over the school year. We were both very busy however and didn't get past 6, three from me and three from him. So that's how it started. :D
But if that hadn't been the case, I completely agree with you, that you can't lump guys into one sampling, and how it wouldn't even matter if other men liked it, if he didn't appreciate it, it would be "lost on him." i can understand how my original post sounded a little...naive i guess, or simply very black and white.
"Movies are life without the boring parts."
I saw it and liked it a lot. Although it was very corny and had a lot of overacting, it was really cute, and I loved Tootie!
shareI loved it. The Halloween scene is classic.
"What do you want me to do, draw a picture? Spell it out!"