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My girlfriend was in tears....

posted 14 years ago by TheOpinionGuy
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My girlfriend exited with only about twenty minutes left, she was in tears. She made it clear that because I had brought her to THIS movie, maybe we weren't right for each other. We didn't end up breaking up, but she was so clearly upset by the film. Well, the girlfriend ended up calming down, but is now wary of any movie I might want to show her. So this is just a warning to others out there to NOT take their girlfriend with them, when they want to watch this movie.

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[–] TheOpinionGuy 14 years ago

i guess she was not open minded at all and i just found out... why me, why this girl and not a girl that understands, i am so tired of this, aaarrgh!. you think things did calm down, they did not. it have been an ongoing argument about the movies i like and she dont like, she even called me a weirdo i am not. she is nice and hot but not on the same wave if you know what i mean, it is depressing. when you think you have found the rigth person and things like this happen. so i think a break up of the relationship are evitable in the distant future. some girls are so closed minded and protected that they live in their own pink barbie/kent world, it is sad.

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[–] jagheterjack00 14 years ago

This must be very frustrating for you, dude?! I guess some people just can't handle films that challenge any conventions of the mainstream.

If she's that uptight about a movie then you might want to rethink this relationship..? What else is she likly to have big moral objections over?!

Each to their own I suppose, but this is something you just shouldn't have to be fighting about as its only a fcking movie at the end of the day!.. Whatever the content of a film, it should be discussed and debated on its own merits regardless of if you like it or not.

[–] iplaytetris 14 years ago

"shes nice and hot"
what do you expect if thats why YOU like her,, theres a whole world of girls out there YOu can become 'open minded' to too,
some guys are so close!minded and protected- they want a pink barbie on their arm, it is sad

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[–] JimmyZappa 11 years ago

Dumped a girl just because she didn't like some film?

Damn, glad she didn't end up with you. Heaven forbid if she disagreed with you on topics like politics, you probably would've dumped her on the side of the road like garbage.

Stuff like this reminds me of "Movie Poop Shoot.com" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

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[–] sepsism 13 years ago

Make it up to her by watching August Underground's Mordum together.

She'll thank you for it and you'll be in her good books again.

UNCOMPROMISING UNDERGROUND FILTH

[–] Jet101_x 13 years ago

I can relate to a girlfriend not enjoying a film you like a lot, (mine hates films like Friday The 13th, the death scenes make her wince, but she can watch Cronenberg's The Fly... make sense of that...) but I'd hardly chalk it up to "dump the bit ch now!" kind of scenario. Before you complain about girls only liking prissy movies if they don't like harder stuff, the simple fact is that Trash Humpers is in a completely different spectrum by itself. Only a minority within a minority can actually find real enjoyment in this cheapo chainsaw-less Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 blooper reel. To assume that if you don't like it, you don't know true art is another conversation entirely but it's about as close-minded as one can get.

I personally didn't enjoy it not because of the content or the genre, but because it just doesn't register to my taste in films. I don't do cocaine, so I might be missing the key element there. Not saying you'd need it to enjoy this, but clearly (and judging from interviews) Harmony was not short of it at any point in the last decade. There is nary an emotional connection to the characters or events in the film. No work was put into anything. Ok, the masks. I have no clue if they're store bought or someone made them. It feels like reviewing and analyzing security footage or a found tape. It feels like a chore to watch. Like it's a job. Movie don't have to spoon feed you, and they shouldn't. There's just a difference between a challenging film and the American equivalent of Violent Sh!t. It's not because you can't understand it that it's smarter than you. Sometimes, it's just retarded.

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[–] JulieC3200 12 years ago

Well hopefully you ditched the girl or at least you tried to grow the F up. You sound incredibly emotionally unstable.

[–] eraserdead 14 years ago

why would you take your girlfriend to see a film entitled Trash Humpers? seriously..

"I forgot where I am..."
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[–] jagheterjack00 14 years ago

There are no rules saying guys have to take girlfriends to see 'chick-flicks' all the fcking time.

I personally think its a good way to test someone to see how open minded they are.

I feel that outlook is insulting to women. You're pretty much saying women are all delicate bores that can't handle films that push the envelope and feel obligated to take them to the latest Jennifer Aniston flick instead.

I personally know two couples that went to see Trash Humpers.

[–] eraserdead 14 years ago

i never said that but clearly this chick couldn't handle it

"I forgot where I am..."
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[–] sonofindiandelta 14 years ago

Where do you live,NYC or so e other creative capital? Clearly, in most cities in the US you aren't going to find girls wanting to see this, except those tiny few already into the arts and film especially.
I showed this to my bro and his girl, and she thought the film was a sort of CKY docu of real people, she couldn't sleep b/c of it- was seriously disturbed.
Please don't try to convince your girlfriend to watch this if you value your relationship-unless she is into art-and not just as a craft hobby.

[–] Chris_Oblivion 14 years ago

I think if she's in tears and questioning her relationship with you over a film, there is something wrong with her.. With her little outburst, you should be the one telling her that you don't think she's right at all!

Sid woz ere

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[–] flanger216 14 years ago

Ah, that sucks my friend. A couple years ago I took my fiance to a 35mm screening of "Eraserhead," and she was clearly not a fan --- left the theater in silence, seemed a tad overwhelmed. But, while she was angry towards the experience, it was explicitly towards the movie and not the messenger (me, the guy who asked her if she'd like to see it). We got into a long discussion about why it affected her so much, ended up delving into some interesting territory (she's terrified about having children, and the movie tapped into that in a big way that she wasn't ready for), and we actually ended up bonding over the whole thing.

There *are* women out there like this. It doesn't have to be a 'my-way-or-the-highway' princess situation where the closest thing to ever seeing non-mainstream films is to get dragged to "The King's Speech" or something. If this chick is reacting this violently towards this, simply because you wanted to share a horizon-broadening experience with her, then I'd say reevaluations *are* in order. Moreover, it *is* just a movie. It's not like you gave her eight hits of acid, despite her overblown reaction.

In fact, a few months later they were having a Jodorowsky festival in the Lower East Side. I admit I was a little wary of asking her to go, but we did end up seeing "The Holy Mountain" --- and she absolutely loved it. In fact, she's more a fan of Jodorowsky now than I am. And, of course, it is a give-and-take setup. Every now and then something like "Happy Feet" will come out, she'll ask me to go, and I'll accompany without complaint. Gotta have balance.

[–] jmrwacko 13 years ago

Sounds like you need to sit through the Notebook with her before she gives you another handjob.

[–] tyboulder 13 years ago

Haha, mine too. She was hysterical and genuinely disturbed after just 20 minutes. It only made me like the movie that much more, though. Sometimes we'll be lying in bed talking about something boring or irritating, and I'll kind of hump the air and quote that line, "Make it, make it, don't fake it. Make it, make it, don't take it", and she completely flips out. It's awesome.