# For Manly Men.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767 "2003-08-08T05:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/61 "2003-08-09T15:12:00Z")
Add me to the list; **TITANIC?!?** :dubious: :eek: :rolleyes: And Lethal Weapon 3: That better be one hell of a good long story. I’ll chime in with; **Grave Of The Fireflies** - Have to ensure no other men within 100 yards before I watch it) **Scandal** - Poor, poor John Hurt **The Elephant Man** - As above **Gone In 60 Seconds** - What they did to that Mustang ought to be a felony **A.I.** - I can’t stand kids but that still gets me \*\*Friends, Series 7, The One With Chandler And Monica’s Wedding Part I & II and Friends, Series \*\* - :sirtonyh wanders off to garage to play with powertools ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/62 "2003-08-09T15:12:09Z")
Add me to the list; **TITANIC?!?** :dubious: :eek: :rolleyes: And Lethal Weapon 3: That better be one hell of a good long story. I’ll chime in with; **Grave Of The Fireflies** - Have to ensure no other men within 100 yards before I watch it) **Scandal** - Poor, poor John Hurt **The Elephant Man** - As above **Gone In 60 Seconds** - What they did to that Mustang ought to be a felony **A.I.** - I can’t stand kids but that still gets me \*\*Friends, Series 7, The One With Chandler And Monica’s Wedding Part I & II and Friends, Series \*\* - :sirtonyh wanders off to garage to play with powertools: ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/63 "2003-08-09T15:13:35Z")
Add me to the list; **TITANIC?!?** :dubious: :eek: :rolleyes: And Lethal Weapon 3: That better be one hell of a good long story. I’ll chime in with; **Grave Of The Fireflies** - Have to ensure no other men within 100 yards before I watch it) **Scandal** - Poor, poor John Hurt **The Elephant Man** - As above **Gone In 60 Seconds** - What they did to that Mustang ought to be a felony **A.I.** - I can’t stand kids but that still gets me **Friends, Series 7, The One With Chandler And Monica’s Wedding Part I & II** - :sirtonyh wanders off to garage to play with powertools: ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/64 "2003-08-09T15:14:37Z")
:wally - alcohol and smdb do not mix, alcohol and smdb do not mix … ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/65 "2003-08-09T15:18:49Z")
Hmmm, an obvious one has been missed thus far - “Bang the Drum Slowly”. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/66 "2003-08-09T17:04:53Z")
Wow! This thread has taught me that manly men watch and are deeply moved by some really really bad movies. I mean anything with Kevin Costner makes me cry, but only because I can’t believe they pay him to act. I’ll join the club that says: TITANIC??? An episode of Friends? WTF??? Damn, I’m never been so proud to be a Girly Man!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprigenus_Chevre)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/67 "2003-08-09T20:34:59Z")
**"Somewhere in Time"** with Christopher Reid and Jane Seymour has been discribed as 'the male chick flick" (ie a typical wishy-washy romance made directly for the male audience). And based on my personal experience, all my male friends (and myself) love the movie, all my female friends are blase about it. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/68 "2003-08-09T23:43:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caprigenus Chèvre \* > **"Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reid and Jane Seymour** Christopher **Reeve**. About the only role Reeve is known for besides Superman. (I mean, how many people remember him in _Monsignor_ or _Noises Off_?) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/69 "2003-08-10T02:12:15Z")
I am a moderately manly fellow, and I cry every time I see **Titanic**. And anyone, of any gender, who does not cry while watching **The Iron Giant** … well, let’s just say that something about them ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/70 "2003-08-10T02:22:01Z")
Okay I’m contacting the league of Manly Men and having them start rechecking the members for qualifications. Some of these movies are just not even close to acceptible. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/71 "2003-08-10T02:50:46Z")
“The color purple”…let the mocking begin. I’m a manly man…I can take it. ---
**Author:** ![Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprigenus_Chevre)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/72 "2003-08-10T04:57:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Christopher **Reeve**. > > About the only role Reeve is known for besides Superman. (I mean, how many people remember him in _Monsignor_ or _Noises Off_?) \*\* Talk about me having a blonde moment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/73 "2003-08-10T05:15:34Z")
I cried (although I’ll NEVER admit it in person) during **Forrest Gump** when Bubba died. “Forrest…I wanna go home.” Damnit to hell, I’m misty eyed as I typed that. Although I didn’t cry during **Titanic** because I was with my brothers, but if I hadn’t been, I probaly would have. I was happy Jack died, two things got me though. One: when they cut to the mother reading the story to her children in their cabin while the boat was sinking and Two: when they cut to the father telling his little children that he was going to get on one the lifeboat just for daddy as his children were lowered away with them crying for him. How can you not want to cry seeing a mother trying to calm her children when she knows they’re going to drown, and a father knowing he’s never going to see his family again? (damn love story ruined a perfectly good movie) ---
**Author:** ![LudditeAndroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LudditeAndroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LudditeAndroid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/74 "2003-08-10T05:23:38Z")
“Driving Miss Daisy” had me teary eyed. Two hours of my life I could never get back at a theater that never gave refunds. ---
**Author:** ![Alexei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Alexei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexei)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/75 "2003-08-10T05:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > - Originally posted by wolfman\* > **Okay I’m contacting the league of Manly Men and having them start rechecking the members for qualifications. Some of these movies are just not even close to acceptible.** I quite agree wolfman. Only scene I’d consider is Arnold being lowered into the pit in T2. ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/76 "2003-08-10T05:53:04Z")
As regards **Titanic** : I cry when I see the ship designer setting the clock in the dining room as as the room fills with water. I also cry when the guy playing the violin says, “Gentlemen, it has been a pleasure playing with you this evening.” And if that makes me less of a man, then so be it. **Dead Poets Society**. The end with them all standing on their desks. “Thank you, Boys, thank you.” **Glory**. “GIVE 'EM HELL 54TH!!!” I am a withering mess. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/77 "2003-08-10T07:22:19Z")
About “Old Yeller.” I’ve never seen it, but I remember hearing a song about a man who had to break up with his girlfriend because “She never cried when Old Yeller died.” ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/78 "2003-08-10T07:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by verbenabeast \* > \*\*_Rudy_ \*\* Yeah , I’ll second Rudy . ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/79 "2003-08-12T02:02:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caprigenus Chèvre \* > \*\*Talk about me having a blonde moment. 😉 \*\* Manly men do not have blonde moments. They have beer moments. And on the rare occasion that the color of their hair actually matters – which, for a manly man, it only will if they’re going gray or getting paintball residue out of it – they also know that “blond” is the masculine spelling and “blonde” is the feminine spelling. You are hereby assigned a penance of two Hail Marys. And I don’t mean the prayer, I mean the heaving of a football all the way down the gridiron at the end of the half. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/80 "2003-08-12T03:28:52Z")
More votes for: _Field of Dreams_ and _Iron Giant_. I also cried at _Life is Beautiful_ and _Captains Courageous_, do those count? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767.md?page=5)