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Old 01-16-2013, 10:26 AM
 
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Assuming I was dating at this time, and it was her turn to pick the movie or she would have insisted on it, I'd see it. However, it doesn't interest me.

I saw "Titanic" for the first time within the last few years. I did so because I was interested in seeing how they replicated the ship and how they handled the sinking, to see if it was credible. It was credible.

I'd much rather see a comedy of the variety no longer made (i.e. Eddie Murphy), a drama ("American Beauty"), or a thriller ("Man on a Ledge"), those kinds of movies, but guys have too many hangups about being "caught dead" at a chick flick.
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:33 AM
 
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I doubt my wife would ask me to take her to a film she knew I had little interest in. She'd likely go with her girlfriends.

I don't rule musicals out entirely. I do love The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music, and Dreamgirls.
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:38 AM
 
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I don't have any silly insecurities about seeing a chick flick. They simply don't interest me. Thankfully my girlfriend would never expect me to go. If she wants to see a girl movie she has girlfriends to go with. If I want to go to a hockey game I have guy friends to go with. We have MANY other activities that we enjoy doing together. No reason to make your SO miserable.
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Old 01-16-2013, 11:42 AM
 
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It's about 2.5 hour long musical. Would you see it at a theater with a girl?

A guy asked me out (second date). I told him that I would go but I would like to see "Les Miserables". He took me and we saw it together. But before the movie starts, he says, " I don't normally see this type of movie and it would be the first time but I would do it for you because I like you".

At the end, he said that he had a great time and would like to see me again.
Oh come on now LOL!

I've been forced to sit through Beaches, Thelma and Louise, Fried Green Tomatoes and other "chick" flicks. Watched a couple of musicals too AND I will say that I did enjoy some of them. Les Miserables is nothing.

I put my foot down and had to say NO to the Vagina Monologues. Girlfriend at the time wanted me to come along as the only guy in a group of 5.
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Old 01-16-2013, 11:44 AM
 
Location: SF CA, USA
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Oh come on now LOL!

I've been forced to sit through Beaches, Thelma and Louise, Fried Green Tomatoes and other "chick" flicks. Watched a couple of musicals too AND I will say that I did enjoy some of them. Les Miserables is nothing.

I put my foot down and had to say NO to the Vagina Monologues. Girlfriend at the time wanted me to come along as the only guy in a group of 5.
Even if I was female I wouldn't go to the VM. It's honestly a terrible, self indulgent, pretentious waste of time, and makes feminists look bad.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:27 PM
 
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Oh come on now LOL!

I've been forced to sit through Beaches, Thelma and Louise, Fried Green Tomatoes and other "chick" flicks. Watched a couple of musicals too AND I will say that I did enjoy some of them. Les Miserables is nothing.

I put my foot down and had to say NO to the Vagina Monologues. Girlfriend at the time wanted me to come along as the only guy in a group of 5.
I saw this somewhere along the line, either in the theater or at home, and I forgot who was present. I usually don't forget who I saw a movie with. "Thelma and Louise," to me, was not a "chick flick." It was more of a character study or political statement. I saw "Erin Brockovich" at the theater. That is FAR from a "chick flick." It is a legal drama. I then told a coworker that this was among other things I had done that weekend. He said "Oh, that's a chick flick." He was a goofy and toothy eastern Washington "perennial kid," so I ignored the ignorance of that observation.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:33 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I saw this somewhere along the line, either in the theater or at home, and I forgot who was present. I usually don't forget who I saw a movie with. "Thelma and Louise," to me, was not a "chick flick." It was more of a character study or political statement. I saw "Erin Brockovich" at the theater. That is FAR from a "chick flick." It is a legal drama. I then told a coworker that this was among other things I had done that weekend. He said "Oh, that's a chick flick." He was a goofy and toothy eastern Washington "perennial kid," so I ignored the ignorance of that observation.
A lot of guys consider any movie with a woman (or women) as the main character(s) as a "chick flick," regardless of what it's actually about. And of course if they watch one of these movies, their penises will fall off.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:36 PM
 
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Well, anyone who thinks their man card will be revoked for seeing Les Miserables pretty much had a probationary membership to begin with.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:41 PM
 
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A lot of guys consider any movie with a woman (or women) as the main character(s) as a "chick flick," regardless of what it's actually about. And of course if they watch one of these movies, their penises will fall off.
This guy was an idiot, one who was educated but also provincial.
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Old 01-16-2013, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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It's about 2.5 hour long musical. Would you see it at a theater with a girl?

A guy asked me out (second date). I told him that I would go but I would like to see "Les Miserables". He took me and we saw it together. But before the movie starts, he says, " I don't normally see this type of movie and it would be the first time but I would do it for you because I like you".

At the end, he said that he had a great time and would like to see me again.
More then likely no unless I really really liked her or I owed her a favor.
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