Mars and Venus: Movies
Monday, 05.22.06 @ 12:19AM 
What movie do we want to see? If “we” is a male/female couple, there may be some back and forth about this. Films seem to be divided into “chick flicks” and “action films”. Women like to get emotionally involved with the plot and characters, while guys want to see something blown up. Too few movies blend the two well, but some do! The Terminator comes to mind... an action film with a pretty decent story, including a doomed romance. When I think back on the kind of movies I’ve seen in the theatre over the last few years, I realize they are all KIDS movies, so I can’t really give much in the way of reviews. Unless its on home video.
My family consists of three females and we still don’t agree on movies. Gothgrrl wants the scariest thing I’ll let her see (Corpse Bride recently), Pricess wants something like Barbie but more mature (The Princess Diaries recently), and I just want something that doesn’t make my mind go numb. The only movie we all three really enjoy together is Pirates of the Caribbean, a combination action-adventure/romantic comedy/Disney kid’s movie. Gothgrrl likes the swordplay, Princess likes the costumes, and I like the jokes and eye candy. Now, if you were to throw a man into the family, he would be eaten alive just another vote for something completely different.
100 greatest guy movies ever made, according to Maxim Magazine.
The ruthless guide to 80s action films.
While we’re on the subject of action movies, here’s The Steven Seagal Show.Not for children.
Men can even just skip the plot altogether and watch things being blown up.
100 Memorable and great chick flicks.
What men can learn about women by watching chick flicks.
Chick Flicks vs. Macho Movies: Can You Tell The Difference?
by: Kathy Shaskan
CF: The main relationship is between a man and woman
MM: The main relationship is between a man and his sworn enemy (or sometimes his sub-machine gun and/or sports car).
CF: There are lots of close-ups so you can see every emotion on the character’s face.
MM: There are lots of long shots so you can see every bit of blood, bone and grey matter that explodes from the character’s face.
CF: The villains are people you see everyday, like cheating husbands and nasty bosses.
MM: The villians are people you’ll probably never see in a lifetime, like heads of cocaine cartels and man-eating aliens.
CF: The villain’s worst act is something awful like sleeping with her best friend’spouse.
MM: The villain’s worst act is something awful like stealing a nuclear weapon.
CF: A chick flick always includes child actors so they can add humanity and warmth to the story.
MM: A macho movie includes child actors so they can be kidnapped and add suspense to the story.
CF: The characters learn to respect one another through long talks and thoughful actions.
MM: The characters learn to respect one another by beating each other up.
CF: If someone gets a disease, it's inevitably cancer or heart failure.
MM: If someone gets a disease, it's inevitably a rare form of radiation poisoning or an exotic parasitic infection picked up in space.
CF: There will be at least one emotional death.
MM: There will be at least 20 unemotional deaths
CF: There will be at least one grunting, gooey depiction of childbirth.
MM: There will be at least one grunting, gooey scene of hand-to-hand combat.
CF: The chick flick will feature at least one scene where the lead character interacts with her mother.
MM: The macho movie will feature at least one scene where the lead character interacts with a digital readout counting down to zero.
CF: The climactic scene involves an explosion of passion.
MM: The climactic scene involves an explosion of a car, bridge or other man-made structure.
CF: A happy ending is when the lead character finds love.
MM: A happy ending is when the lead character finds the villain and blows him to smithereens.
For a compromise, see the list of guy-friendly chick flicks.
Or guy movies that women can like.
Or the Top Ten tearjerker flicks for guys.
Or this list of “Guy Chick Flicks” that both of you may enjoy.
Sleepless in Seattle remixed as a horror film.
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It doesn’t have anything to do with the topic, but I actually found a game called Chick Flick.
Previously on Miss Cellania:
The Mars and Venus posts from the old site.
The Mars and Venus posts from the new site.
Thought for today: "A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh." --Conan O'Brien
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Reader Comments (12)
I too found a lot of movies I like in both categories.
My god, why not? It had sword fighting, monsters, Andre The Giant, and even eye-candy!
Jeesus, what a bunch of closet cases read THAT magazine!
Hi Miss Cellania, thanks for visiting my site earlier today. Love the new look her at Squarespace, much nicer than Blogger, eh? I like that YouTube thing, but like so many other things, I can't load them too well because of my slower than molasses dialup connection. Grr! Good post! Have a fine week. :)
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Please slow down. I'm having a devil of a time keeping up and I haven't even begun to get through the original Mars and Venus Index (though I particularly loved the cornered male lion!). I also loved the Giants link yesterday. Thanks for all the research. How on earth do you keep up with it? You-one-smart-cookie!
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Karen, you've got a lot of beautiful photos.
Skunk, I have a lot to say about that, of course, but I won't.
Thank you, John!
Lucy dear, you don't have to read all those old posts in one day! It took me months to put them together!
JB, I can always count on you to say sonething nice or complimentary. ;-)
Jules, come back! I didn't mean it!