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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 4:07 pm
by GORDON
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/LVGMTGVUG31.DTL
...if you listen to talk radio, the guys at the office or the typical men's league softball team, there's one key demographic -- straight men ages 18 to 54 -- who can't seem to get over their insecurities and take those last few steps to see this landmark film.
I'm a straight man with no desire whatsoever to see this film. This means I'm insecure?
Discuss.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:02 pm
by thibodeaux
I thought were past all that pseudo-Freudian b.s.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:37 pm
by GORDON
The article ends with a suggestion to straight men that in order for BB to not scare them so much, they should watch lots of gay porn.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:47 pm
by Vince
I don't know of too many men in that demographic that saw Titanic without being in tow of a woman. Does that mean we hate ships?
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:48 pm
by TPRJones
I'm sure there are some guys that won't see it because they are afraid of their own sexuality.
But the rest of us just aren't interested in movies that probably suck.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:49 pm
by GORDON
But the guy said it was the best movie in years.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:45 pm
by TheCatt
I don't know of too many men in that demographic that saw Titanic without being in tow of a woman. Does that mean we hate ships?
At least that one had a nice set of boobies in it.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:05 am
by Leisher
Stupid.
That article has all the logic of "If you don't sleep with someone of the same sex, then you must be a homophobe."
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:38 am
by Malcolm
I don't know of too many men in that demographic that saw Titanic without being in tow of a woman. Does that mean we hate ships?
Man, I used to walk out of the previews for that dung beetle excretion of a film.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:15 am
by WSGrundy
I'm not going to watch it because it is a friggin love story. I don't care if the main characters are straight or gay.
With one exception if it is a love story with two attractive women and the word erotic is in front of the words love story. Then I might check it out on HBO.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:36 am
by DoctorChaos
In my experience, the more the critics rave about the movie, the less entertaining the film. And come on, isn't that why we go to the movies.
And the guy who wrote that article is soooo closet gay. Going to the movie by the bus load and training to watch the movie by viewing gay porn. Sounds more like recuiting.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:15 am
by thibodeaux
Finally read the article. Here's the first sentence:
You're a progressive Bay Area guy.
Nope. I guess I don't need to read any further.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:56 am
by Mommy Dearest
I'm sure there are some guys that won't see it because they are afraid of their own sexuality.
But the rest of us just aren't interested in movies that probably suck.
Play on words? lol
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:07 am
by Paul
I don't want to see *most* movies so I must secretly be Hollywood crap.
I don't want to see chick flics, so I must secretly be a girl.
I don't want to see March of the Penguins, so I must be a penguin.
I wish I never saw Highlander II, so I must be an immortal alien who badly needs to kill himself because he'll destroy any series she's associated with!!!!
There can be only one crappy alien she-penguin!
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:34 pm
by GORDON
I'm sure there are some guys that won't see it because they are afraid of their own sexuality.
But the rest of us just aren't interested in movies that probably suck.
Play on words? lol
Ha!
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:54 pm
by TPRJones
But the guy said it was the best movie in years.
So? Someone said the same thing about "Stealth".
Some people just have no sense of what makes a good movie.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:01 pm
by GORDON
Yeah but he's from a blue state and therefor much better and smarter than me!
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:33 pm
by unkbill
I'm sure there are some guys that won't see it because they are afraid of their own sexuality.
Just that sentence with that avatar cracked me up.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:23 pm
by Selby
In my experience, the more the critics rave about the movie, the less entertaining the film.
I concur. Critics said "Sideways" and "Lost In Translation" were the best movies of their years, yet I couldn't stand Sideways and was so apathetic by Lost In Translation. Hardly what I would call great films. Sure, they are all different in that they aren't generic play by the numbers Hollywood summer films, but that doesn't mean that they are necessarily any good.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:07 am
by TPRJones
I'm sure there are some guys that won't see it because they are afraid of their own sexuality.
Just that sentence with that avatar cracked me up.
You know you want me.