March 15, 2003, 22:14
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What is the point in watching a romance movie?
I think it is stupid to watch a romance movie. First off, they're very unrealistic. The main character always gets laid on his/her first date. Second, almost all of them have a happy ending, which is very unrealistic. The only relationship that has a happy ending in real life is the person you're with when you die. Also, the good guy is always the one who gets the girl. They never make a movie on the other guy in the love triangle, who has to watch the one he desires with someone else. That guys is always the bad guy. And, what's the point in watching one anyways? A romance in real life is a lot better than one on TV.
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March 15, 2003, 22:18
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To get laid.
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March 15, 2003, 22:24
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How old are you John?
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March 15, 2003, 22:25
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what felch said
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March 15, 2003, 22:25
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What Felch X said.
Same reason I went to see The Hours and the Ya Ya Sisterhood.
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March 15, 2003, 22:25
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I watch them for the possible nude scenes.
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March 15, 2003, 22:25
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He's fifteen according to his profile.
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March 15, 2003, 22:26
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March 15, 2003, 22:29
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Originally posted by Felch X
He's fifteen according to his profile.
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Then he's not old enough to understand romance movies.
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March 15, 2003, 22:33
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uncle sparky:  it's an eternal truth isn't it 
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March 15, 2003, 22:34
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Women watch it for the fantasy element...
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March 15, 2003, 22:35
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Titanic doesn't have a happy ending. Pretty Woman does. Ghost is bittersweet. All in all, romance movies are what's called "women movies." They aren't made for men. Men watch them mostly because they need to keep the women company.
Something like that.
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March 15, 2003, 22:37
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I liked Bridget Jones' Diary 
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March 15, 2003, 22:57
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March 15, 2003, 22:58
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What Felch said otherwise they're 
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March 16, 2003, 00:12
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I'm a sucker for sappy romance, despite being incredibly cynical in almost all respects... and I'm a guy.
And actually, in good romance, there are good guys that get hurt, there are unhappy endings, and in real life you can have a good relationship that does not end with your death.
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March 16, 2003, 00:19
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Since good guys get hurt all the time and end up last in real life, it's about time they kick arse in romance movies.
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March 16, 2003, 00:23
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Originally posted by Asher
Women watch it for the fantasy element...
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That fantasy being that guys are interested in more than getting into their pants and care what they say.
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March 16, 2003, 00:27
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Re: What is the point in watching a romance movie?
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Originally posted by johncmcleod
I think it is stupid to watch a romance movie. First off, they're very unrealistic. The main character always gets laid on his/her first date. Second, almost all of them have a happy ending, which is very unrealistic. The only relationship that has a happy ending in real life is the person you're with when you die. Also, the good guy is always the one who gets the girl. They never make a movie on the other guy in the love triangle, who has to watch the one he desires with someone else. That guys is always the bad guy. And, what's the point in watching one anyways? A romance in real life is a lot better than one on TV.
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So, the problem you have with these films is that they are formulaic? 
What genre of films do you like?
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March 16, 2003, 00:47
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Re: What is the point in watching a romance movie?
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Originally posted by johncmcleod
I think it is stupid to watch a romance movie. First off, they're very unrealistic. The main character always gets laid on his/her first date. Second, almost all of them have a happy ending, which is very unrealistic. The only relationship that has a happy ending in real life is the person you're with when you die. Also, the good guy is always the one who gets the girl. They never make a movie on the other guy in the love triangle, who has to watch the one he desires with someone else. That guys is always the bad guy. And, what's the point in watching one anyways? A romance in real life is a lot better than one on TV.
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March 16, 2003, 04:46
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to get laid. 
duh!
p.s. you take your date to them of course.
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March 16, 2003, 05:03
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My name is Rufus, and I like romantic movies.
"Hi Rufus"
Crap romances are crap, but then crap anything is crap. A good romantic movie, however, can make you feel vicariously the excitment of love, which is pretty great; they also tend to be better-plotted and have better dialogue and that most films made for guys. I do, curiously, tend to prefer movies in which the romance doesn't quite work out ( Casablanca, Now Voyager, Annie Hall, Manhattan, New York New York) but that's just my all-embracing cynicism at work. I also don't think very many good ones get made these days, at least in English; Muriel's Wedding and Four Weddings and a Funeral are the last two I remember really liking.
And just for the record, this isn't about being whipped  . My wife, for her part, loves Die Hard-style action films.
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March 16, 2003, 05:09
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Romance movies that are chick flicks are bad.
but if they are a fairly mainstream movie I might like it. I did like Titanic btw . Yes I hate to admit to that, but I did like Titanic. It was a decent flick.
not I'm going to hang my head in shame.
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March 16, 2003, 06:32
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That about boils it down. You watch this shite because she wants to watch it and then you hope she's feeling so romantic at the end that she'll go for a ****.
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March 16, 2003, 06:57
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March 16, 2003, 07:08
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1) Replace "romantic" with "action"
2) Replace "Hugh Grant" with "Arnold Schwarznegger"
3) Sign me up
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1) Replace "romantic" with "comedy"
2) Replace "Hugh Grant" with "Adam Sandler"
3) Sign me up
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March 16, 2003, 18:51
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A friend of mine convinced his girlfriend that Total Recall was a romantic comedy, so she would go with him. Not sure how that ended.
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March 16, 2003, 19:22
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that's lame, women should **** you because they want to, it's silly to manipulate them with romance movies, you sex obsessed perverts!!!
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Women want to do all sorts of pleasant and fun things to you because you are willing to watch the romantic movie. Nothing perverted about it.
Let me guess, the Belgian girls are as frigid as the Arctic, and it's making Trajanus a little testy.
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March 16, 2003, 19:38
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A friend of mine convinced his girlfriend that Total Recall was a romantic comedy, so she would go with him. Not sure how that ended.
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March 16, 2003, 19:46
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Originally posted by Dissident
Romance movies that are chick flicks are bad.
but if they are a fairly mainstream movie I might like it. I did like Titanic btw . Yes I hate to admit to that, but I did like Titanic. It was a decent flick.
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So romance movies that are chick flicks are bad, but you think the pile of ordure that was 'Titanic' was good?
Rarely outside the realms of brain dead action movies for boys with small genitalia has so much money been spent on producing something so unworthy of it.
Anachronisms, poor accents, ludicrous stereotyping, appalling acting, 'Titanic' had something to please every discerning viewer.
I'd rather watch 'Lone Star', 'Afterglow' or 'Lantana' any day.
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that mofo idiot that earns zillions of $$$ with getting his foul face on tv in dozens of romantic movies that are all pretty much identical to one another!!! GRAAAAAAAAAAAA 
