They wish they could be surrounded by a bunch of impressionable, sheltered women who will crowd around a keyhole just to see what a man looks like. This is the prime male fantasy, albeit without select plots that I won't mention.
I saw this movie when I was 14, but even then it struck a chord with me as a male. I was thinking "Yeah! F--k yeah!"
I still feel that way.
Yeah, this IS what most guys probably dream of - being in a house full of impressionable, desirable women.
Not a bad situation to be in at all . . . providing none of them happen to like mushrooms on their menu (ha, ha).
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I think I'd also leave 'having my leg hacked off while lying on a kitchen table' off the menu. But that's probably just me.
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Hey, I never mentioned the amputation part.
If Clint had just played his cards right, he never would have lost his leg, and he'd be fornicating all the way to Reconstruction.
I think that is what I love about the story of this movie. all men fantasize about being held prisoner by a bunch of lonely ladies. but the twist that makes this movie one of my favorites is it shows how women really are. oh, that naughty green-eyed monster jealousy!
shareI don't know, the way I saw it, there wasn't really any way for him to "play his cards right". Yes, this is absolutely an archetypal male fantasy, but I think the point is that in this situation, failure is inevitable. Unless all the girls were poly and it was an open group relationship (how's that for a male fantasy?), it was only a matter of time before things fell apart. McB was racing against the clock - charming as many of the women as he could for as long as possible until he could manage an escape. Because you can only charm multiple women for so long (especially within such confined quarters) before they begin to catch onto the game; and then jealousy sets in and things get ugly - which is exactly what happened.
shareEspecially in the time period the film was set, with more conservative sexual mores than today (even if all sorts of things were going on under the surface) things would have turned ugly almost inevitably.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
This reminds me of the guy in "The Holy Grail" where he is locked in the castle 'Anthrax' with the healthy virgins who are all determined not to be virgins any more. Male fantasy......You're dang tootin'.
shareit's one of those things: too good to be true.
a character from THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY said he married five (or some number) women. the other character asks: "How can you live with five women?" and he replied, "I can marry them. NO ONE can live with them."
funny line, but true in the sense that...
some things are too good to be true.
"This is what most guys dream of."
Eh, I've never dreamed of having my leg cut off and killed by poisonous mushrooms because I killed a turtle. :)
I love to love my Lisa.
Like I said, if Clint had been a little bit more circumspect, none of that would have happened.
shareI agree with those who imply, "Be careful what you wish for." We pay good money to watch heavyweight boxers slug it out but I think if it's really violence you want, get two women in a catfight. Men will square off and throw blows but women...pulling hair, clawing eyes, the whole bit. If they had an atomic weapon they'd use it. Throw in the fact that many of them aren't even "adult" yet and you're just asking for trouble. It's always fun till...well, you know.
shareAsinine heterosexual men like the OP and the Eastwood character in this movie deserve what they end up with = drunk, broke and alone.
Your lifelong worship of pretty faces, breasts, ass and vagina gets you what exactly? The fact of the matter is, as this movie perfectly illustrates, the gender you've chosen to pursue and wreck yourselves over for your whole entire lives consider you to be pesky, smelly, useless monkeys.
They drain you fools of your last cent and leave you curled in a fetal position. They don't care about you or your pleasure. In all cases, they side with fellow females and turn on you. The younger that men wake up and realize this truth, and teach their sons the same, the better chance they can salvage what's left of their dignity.
The OP of this thread, "PotassiumMan" is a lost cause. He openly brags how he still has the same gullible, 14-year-old adolescent, tongue-dragging fantasies for some imaginary female-harem imprisoning and torturing his body. Go ahead and cash in, dude, there's no hope for guys like you.
Aw, come on. Potassium Man was funny. As a woman, I always saw this film as being about female sexuality. The women are all at different stages of development but they are all drawn to the man suddenly in their midst. Great film. Though I sort of knew McB would be eaten after he was mated with.
shareYes, but Sir Lancelot (John Cleese) turned up and saved him from almost certain temptation.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
I consider myself a conservative but I like that this film managed to show things but without showing too much. in todays world, just like the main review here says, if you had brad pitt with a bunch of todays starlets, it would be close to porn. back then, it was pushing the edge but still pretty tame by todays standards. however you couldn't make a "modernized" version of a story like this because in todays world with TV rife with sexual images and 10 year old's having sex, theres no real mystery to "what a man looks like", or a woman especially for that matter.
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It COULD be like porn but that's assuming a remake would be butchered. In your defense, that's usually the case. However, I think a respectful and accurate remake of this movie could potentially gain it the respect it deserves. All it would take is a script that doesn't deviate too far from the original, homely but semi-attractive starlets (with exception of Carol), and Scott Eastwood as McB - not only would it be a great tribute to his father, but they bare an uncanny resemblance so it might still feel like the same old McB that we all know and love.
shareIndeed .. the majority of males never grow up much .
"A man that wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough".
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Indeed
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