Holy Crap on a Crutch, I'm not alone!

[Neon Noodle]

Skaboi wrote recently a number of similar tastes we share in movies, games, etc...both of our wives disliking Japanese movies with subtitles, so on and so forth.

This made me realize I am not alone or totally abnormal (okay, maybe just not alone) in my entertainment choices.

It made me wonder if anyone else here breathed a sigh of relief when they talked about a topic or a bad movie and someone else had the exact same thoughts, or they realized someone else monitors the Phorum at 1-4 in the morning in various time zones.

It's almost like this board is a source of salvation for the high school AV Geek in all of us...

Thoughts?

[Mr_Vindictive]

LOL

Great post.  Yeah, it is fantastic to cruise around the board and read some things that really hit home.  It's good that I'm not the only person I know who likes Japanese films.  It's fantastic to be able to speak to other people of the same level of intelligence about horrible films.

Yes, this board does bring out the whole AV geek in me.  I love it!  And, I can honestly say that you guys are some of the coolest people I have ever talked to.

[Andrew]

A fairly common comment from Katie is, "I'm not in the mood to read a movie tonight."  This is because I often pick three films and let her select which to watch.  I get to see something that I wanted to watch and she gets at least some input on the matter.

However, this does bring up the one night when I offered three choice.  The third is lost to memory, but the other two were "Reactor" and "War of the Robots."  Katie picked "Reactor."  About five minutes into the film I exclaimed, "Hey, this is 'War of the Robots!'"  I had no clue that it had been released under the other name.  Not sure if she ever believed me on this...

She did enjoy "Shaolin Soccer" the other night.  There was enough stuff going on that she didn't get hung up on reading the subtitles.

[Tilebreaker]

I've had a really hard time explaining to people that the reason i really like "Jack Frost" is because if a bunch of friends got together who had equal skill levels to do special effects, act, plot, had a camera, you movie might be this good.  The movie isn't too bad (you can't see any strings) but it's not too great, A Killer snowman. So for  me it's nice to read a good review of it that appreciates some of the tolerable work that crew did.

And it's also nice to see posts for Das Experiment which i'm a fan of. And Also seeing a post for "lucky" which I saw the day of my video trip. Which made me think atleast one other person out there had picked up the DVD and thought WTF? So I grabbed it on my next trip and posted a small review.

as for the late night stuff, It's 1am and I enjoy not being to coherent.

[AndyC]

Three choices, eh? I ought to give that a try.

The only drawback is that the problem usually only comes up when I get in the mood for a particular movie, and Lori's not in the mood for anything cheesy, old, obscure or weird. Her latest complaint is that she's tired of seeing movies she "really needs to see." She said that last week, when I rented the Airport collection and wound up trying to find the time to watch even one of them when she wasn't around.

It's not even that she doesn't like these movies. She seems to have as much fun as I do when we watch them. She's just rarely in the mood, and usually in need of persuasion. Any of you other married guys run up against this? Do you understand it any better than I do?

The good thing is that since we watched Dead Man Walking yesterday (and she did laugh at my 'is that a zombie movie?' joke), she now owes me one. I find that trading one of mine for one of hers works about the best.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Yes, I often find myself wanting to watch a particular film and doing so with bad results.

The worst was Phantasm.  My wife and I were watching something on TV when I noticed that Angus Scrimm was one of the characters (think it was a Roger Corman Showtime flick).  I immediatly talked my wife into watching Phantasm which she had never seen.

I was yelled at so much that night.  I still haven't been able to live down the "Phantasm Episode".  She now despises the film and hates when I open the freezer and huff the cold air that comes out, ala the tall man in Phantasm.

[AndyC]

What was it your wife didn't like about Phantasm? Was it the grave robbing, head drilling, blood draining and yellow gunk, or was it the general cheesy weirdness of the movie?

Halloween is about the only time I can convince Lori to watch a horror movie, unless we have a group over and she's outvoted.

Seems the thing that annoys her, with any movie, is when I find out she hasn't seen something, and insist that she really should. I've learned that a soft sell works a little better, and I'm trying to avoid saying anything that implies that she needs to see the movie.

I should have learned that lesson with Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, when I wanted her professional opinion. I figured she might offer a different perspective, or at least spot some details the rest of us would miss. Oversold the movie, unfortunately, and it became a chore.

I think many of us oversell these movies to our spouses because it is a passion of ours, and we want to share it with the people most important to us. Unfortunately, most people don't quite understand this.

I suppose it's one interest we don't share among many that we do. Besides, I can always wait for the kids, and ensure that they're properly indoctrinated :)