I've always preferred to go to the movies alone. That way I can see what I want to see and enjoy it. However, in relationships, we get dragged to see things we don't want to see. Sometimes, a film can and will surprise you though. Heres a few I can think of;
Sweet Home Alabama - I don't like the song and I hated the movie more.
American Pie 2 - I hadn't seen the first one and had hardly a desire to after seeing this film.
The Notebook - Breaking my current trend in the thread, I actually liked this film. Although I'm sick of it now.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - ditto above
Ah yes...the things we sometimes do for some action... :teddyr: In all fairness my wife sat through Star Wars Episode 2 with me. I think she may have liked it more than me ironically.
My ex used to make me watch:
Cabin Fever
Jack Frost
Nightmare On Elm Street 4,5,6
Tank Girl
Sex & The City
Monster-In-Law
The Wedding Date
Catacombs
Nowhere
Jawbreaker
May
Idle Hands
Doom Generation
Lolita
White Chicks (every night for nearly 2 months!)
She must have made me watch all those at least 10-20 times each. Plus, Ghost World about 1 billion times, but I thought that was good.
The Libertine
Nacho Libre
Secret Window
Finding Neverland
Not Another Teen Movie
Up in Smoke (I think was the title, a Cheech and Chong film)
Juwanna Mann
My girlfriend (from many years ago) made me take her to see FLASHDANCE in the theater. Not really my cup of tea, but I can't say I hated it.
Quote from: Circus_Circus on February 25, 2009, 12:57:46 PM
My ex used to make me watch:
White Chicks (every night for nearly 2 months!)
That's abuse! You're better off alone.
Quote from: Circus_Circus on February 25, 2009, 12:57:46 PM
My ex used to make me watch:
Cabin Fever
Jack Frost
Nightmare On Elm Street 4,5,6
Tank Girl
Sex & The City
Monster-In-Law
The Wedding Date
Catacombs
Nowhere
Jawbreaker
May
Idle Hands
Doom Generation
Lolita
White Chicks (every night for nearly 2 months!)
She must have made me watch all those at least 10-20 times each. Plus, Ghost World about 1 billion times, but I thought that was good.
Three of those I really like...
:bluesad: Black Candles!!! It was on one of those double feature DVDs. The Evil Eye (or something like that) was the target movie, but we ended up watching this one too. I had to cover my head for most of this one and it still gives me nightmares.. this is another one of those movies where the Netflix summary failed miserably at preparing you for what you're about to see. Ever since this happened, I've demanded a full investigation from multiple sources of all movies before I'll watch them.
Quote from: Paquita on February 25, 2009, 06:21:19 PM
I had to cover my head for most of this one and it still gives me nightmares.. this is another one of those movies where the Netflix summary failed miserably at preparing you for what you're about to see. Ever since this happened, I've demanded a full investigation from multiple sources of all movies before I'll watch them.
That just takes away the fun :wink:
ROCKY HORROR PICTUE SHOW
I think it ws called,,dam,WONG FOO or someting...Wesley Snipes was dressed like a chick.
And a lotta other transvestite oriented movies.
What is it about girls and Homosexual oriented movies? Yuk! :buggedout: I an't a homophobe...but it ain't my idea of fun movie watching! I like monsters,boobies, and blood! And machine guns! And car chases! And the 3 Stooges!
Almost NO girls like the StOOGES. I noticed that lesbians kike them....TRUE. Ask any lesbian.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bit9YxtTamY
Quote from: Paquita on February 25, 2009, 06:21:19 PM
:bluesad: Black Candles!!! It was on one of those double feature DVDs. The Evil Eye (or something like that) was the target movie, but we ended up watching this one too. I had to cover my head for most of this one and it still gives me nightmares.. this is another one of those movies where the Netflix summary failed miserably at preparing you for what you're about to see. Ever since this happened, I've demanded a full investigation from multiple sources of all movies before I'll watch them.
First of all, why would someone purposely seek out "Evil Eye"? Secondly, I am a bit jaded and even I kept shaking my head at "Black Candles". Wow. I've seen a lot of lame excuses to create a porn film, but this one...wow. I wasn't offended, although the sex with a goat scene left me fairly speechless.
I ended up watching "Dirty Dancing" because of a significant other. I do not feel like my life was harmed or improved by this film, though I am saddened when I hear a reference, by a woman, to the watermelon scene. I'm horrified when I hear it referenced, in a positive way, by any male, straight or gay.
Oh, and "Pollyanna". I wanted the little brat to die at the end.
This one we saw on video...Riding In Cars With Boys. I couldn't figure out if it was meant to be inspiring. I found it too boring to care.
PRINCESS BRIDE! STARRY NIGHT!...and a lot of Adam Sandler movies! Ack!
One I love her for...
OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzK0739QQqQ
...actually...I enjoyed every moment I watched movies with me sweetie....I usta watch her movies...and she would watch old Bela and B-movies....we had fun. :smile:
Quote from: Saucerman on February 25, 2009, 01:35:26 PM
The Libertine
Nacho Libre
Secret Window
Finding Neverland
Not Another Teen Movie
Up in Smoke (I think was the title, a Cheech and Chong film)
Juwanna Mann
That's just a completely odd list. And yes, Up in Smoke was the Cheech and Chong flick. I mean, Juwanna Mann? Seriously? Good god that was a heaping piece of s**t. I could barely make it through twenty minutes on Comedy Central. Although, from what I saw of Finding Neverland, that seemed okay.
Every Julia Roberts film made. Most are pure crap. Worst offender of them is that Steel Magnolias turd of a film. If it is on, my wife will be glued in front of the TV watching it.
Also stupid comedy films like Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans. She's a sucker for them.
Then there are all the chick flicks she loves to watch. She swears that the crap films shown on Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network are good movies. And if the film is a chick flick, she will watch it. Her most recent stinkburger has to be Mama Mia! which she is trying to find the right time to drag out to force me to watch it. I am trying to talk her into watching it on my computer which has an LCD screen but I know she is going to want to wait until she can force that horror upon me with the regular TV.
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I think my wife has watched more movies for my sake, but one comes along every so often. Most recently, it was Mama Mia, which had kind of a silver lining. We were both amazed by just how ill-conceived the whole thing was, and we sat there watching with utter fascination and mocking it the whole way through. So it does work out sometimes.
And like RC, my wife introduced me to O Brother, Where Art Thou? That was one of the first movies we watched together when dating. It was a favourite of hers, and it immediately became a favourite of mine.
Original Sin
A Guy Thing
13 going on 30, which was Citizen Kane compared to...THE WEDDING PLANNER!
I got dragged to Sleepless In Seattle by an old girlfriend back in 1993.
I also got dragged to My Best Friend's Wedding by two chicks in 1997.
All three of us worked together at the movie theater and they were kind of fighting over me at the time.
Titanic (and I kinda liked that one, but perhaps that was because my expectations were so low)
When I went a few dates with this girl who used to go to my school, we saw Accepted, Happy Feet, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and Man of the Year (It felt kind of weird to watch it with her, we both thought it was going to be mostly a comedy). All the movies were fine, but I mostly saw them because of her.
Quote from: Paquita on February 25, 2009, 06:21:19 PM
:bluesad: Black Candles!!! It was on one of those double feature DVDs. The Evil Eye (or something like that) was the target movie, but we ended up watching this one too. I had to cover my head for most of this one and it still gives me nightmares.. this is another one of those movies where the Netflix summary failed miserably at preparing you for what you're about to see. Ever since this happened, I've demanded a full investigation from multiple sources of all movies before I'll watch them.
I'd like to thank Paquita for telling me about this DVD. It is now on my Netflix queue.
Quote from: schmendrik on February 28, 2009, 10:16:15 AM
Quote from: Paquita on February 25, 2009, 06:21:19 PM
:bluesad: Black Candles!!! It was on one of those double feature DVDs. The Evil Eye (or something like that) was the target movie, but we ended up watching this one too. I had to cover my head for most of this one and it still gives me nightmares.. this is another one of those movies where the Netflix summary failed miserably at preparing you for what you're about to see. Ever since this happened, I've demanded a full investigation from multiple sources of all movies before I'll watch them.
I'd like to thank Paquita for telling me about this DVD. It is now on my Netflix queue.
Just make sure there are no women, children, or elderly in the room when you watch it.
A girl I've just begun to date has made it her mission to show me as many 80s Slasher films as possible. Having now developed a taste for slashers (I used to not be interested in them at all), I probably would have slowly but surely seen them anyways, but now I have someone cute to watch them with, and will see them more quickly.
Let's see, there was:
Hairspray (both versions- actually I liked them both)
Forrest Gump (liked that too)
Click (didn't care for it at all)
Monster In-Law (yikes!)
Several Julia Roberts films (ick)
Stepmom (not my cup of tea)
Sure there's some other chick flicks I'm forgetting. So hard to get her into B-movies although she does like some Horror films (including Carrie and the Evil Dead films and she loves the Three Stooges so there's hope for her yet! Heck she even like TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE! Now if only I could get her liking Godzilla, I'd put up with the occasional chick flick without too much fuss).
Sleepless in Seattle
Like Water for Chocolate
Moonstruck
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment
I could go on, but that sort of film. Bit of a role-reversal here: hubby is the one who is happy watching 'relationship flicks'. I finally figured out that it was simply a matter of the range of what he is happy watching being wider than mine in that one direction. He'll watch everything I like plus the really sappy stuff.