Comments on Men: They Have Emotions, Too

They had this great 'piece' on a girl who had hiccups for 5 weeks. Can you imagine 5 weeks? Then I wondered about kids killed by suicide bombs that day in Iraq, and how we see 10 second clips of that. Oh yeah, they got a special glass for that girl, and 'yes' she does worry a little when she gets a hiccup now. That Matt Lauer is such a charmer.

Who are these "men" and why would anybody give a shit what they think about movies? Can't you make up your own mind?

I can't stand "guy flicks" or "chick flicks", but if I had to sit through one, I'd pick the one that doesn't have any bombs, burning cars, fist-fights or amped up gunfire in it.

Thesis: Love.
Antithesis: robots, guns, etc.
Synthesis: TERMINATOR

The 80's had it all figured out.

Opera is about noble dying women and unrequited love, and men like opera, at least most of the men I know. Most of them are gay. I wonder if that has something to do with it?

Sports films as a whole are more likely than any other kind of "guy film" that will choke a man up because most of men have played sports sometime in their lives. Films like Pride of The Yankees, Brian's Song, Bang the Drum Slowly, The Natural, and Field of Dreams will always make men a bit weepy.

I don't have much to say about so called "chick flicks." If it's a good movie I'll watch it. However, as a single straight man, I'll wait for the DVD or cable. The last time I went to a women-centric film by myself, Legally Blonde, I was literally the only man in the theater and most of the audience were 14 year old girls and their moms. I never felt so creepy in my life.

Oh Erica, you know there's no such thing as "movies."

Anyone who watches ESPN with a critical eye knows that guys love drama just as much as chicks. Before every sportscast, they have to show some human-interest backstory complete with swelling orchestral music.

Matt Lauer said he cried like a baby when he watched The Notebook on a plane.

I, myself, love a good chick flick. Two older sisters, no brothers, if I wanted to watch tv it wasn't what I wanted to watch.

Now quick, ask me anything about Days Of Our Lives from 1975-1985

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you are obv. straight guy - truly OK - will try to find you at next guy flick I go to

Nice queer guy would have struck up conversation with mom, just tra la la stuff, and asked the youngster about her hair and jeans - maybe jokes about her boyfriends

viva la difference

I'm a straight male and I loved The Departed.
Could it be because it had the studliest cast imaginable?!

I don't mind "Chick Flicks", I cried at Steel Magnolias scene where Sally Field goes ape shit, but I do like getting it in the butt, so maybe I am besides the point.

I must be a man, then, because I loathe dumb chick flicks, and loved every one of the movies Erica listed except Gladiator.

I went to see The Notebook with some friends, and it was so ridiculous we started laughing at the end. This enormous woman two rows in front of us turned around and bellowed at us, tears streaming down her face, "You have no hearts! You have rocks for hearts and Jesus knows it!"

That was a good day.

GAWD, I hate broad-brush generalizations about gender. My husband and I both bawl at To Kill A Mockingbird ("stand up, Miss Jean Louise, your father's passing") and love Young Frankenstein. Neither of us likes manipulative pap or movies where shit blows up for no good reason. So where does that leave us?

I loved "The Piano". Does that count as a chick flick?

yes, 14, it certainly does. so, you must be the sensitive type. does that bother you?

15, a straight man's ability to identify with "chick stuff" is more a matter of intelligence and open-mindedness than sensitivity.

I agree that open-mindness is the key. But in essence I think that it has much more to do with culturization.

Such as I, a dreadfully straight man, love "chick flicks" they are fantastic emotional romps. Generally much more satisfying than "guy flicks." But then "guy flicks" are over-the-top, testosterone dripping productions that are so over the top that I generally find them unrelatable and only whet the appetite for character and story. (But generally, I must admit, a damn good time.) However, I'm speaking about the recent ultra-masculine aspect of the male potential. Classically, "male stories" are much more level and adhere to the liturgical aspects of plot, story, character, etc. Hell, modern "love" was invented by male artists.

Sadly, especially for sophisticated comedy "chick flicks" are the only place to go.

But back to my point, culturalization. I was raised by a father (very masculine blacksmith/carpenter/renaissance man) who loved chick flicks. So I was raised in a masculine environment that accepted the so called "chick flicks" making them "flicks" for me.

Sadly, I think that has much more to do with the appreciation of such schtuff than open-mindedness and intelligence. People seemingly prefer the art that is "acceptable" to their identity than anything. The gender bias is just a corrolary effect. (In my opine.)

Anyways,