# Movies you love your SO doesn't "get" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337 "2003-10-29T23:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/1 "2003-10-29T23:20:23Z")
I’ve got a few favorite movies guaranteed to make my wife wander off in search of something else to do. She doesn’t see appeal at all - just a waste of celluloid (or bit patterns in my case). Big Trouble in Little China Buckaroo Bonzai Johnny Mnemonic The Fifth Element …just on the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/2 "2003-10-30T00:04:41Z")
A Chorus Line Singles Requiem For a Dream Pi Trainspotting Sixteen Candles Heathers The Breakfast Club Nightmare Before Christmas The Dark Crystal Monty Python and the Holy Grail Austin Powers Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction WarGames And that’s just movies we own. His movies that I couldn’t care less about: Legend Clash of the Titans Starship Troopers (actually, this movie made me cry once) The Time Machine (original) Top Gun Mortal Kombat National Lampoon’s anything. Rob Roy Braveheart Solarbabies There are many many many more that we DO agree on, however. Just don’t get me started on music… we have one band in common. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/3 "2003-10-30T00:16:35Z")
My girlfriend and I have pretty similar taste in movies, leaning heavily toward sci-fi and fantasy. She does like a few chick flicks that give me deep hurting, and I do like horror movies that she can’t actually sit through, but there’s a lot of overlap there. However, she just doesn’t get Tron, while I feel that it’s the most realistic depiction of my life ever put to film. I mean, not all the silly working in a cube farm and getting dicked over by upper management. That’s just silly. I’m talking about running around in a glowing hockey helmet and throwing frisbees at people you don’t like. It’s my life, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/4 "2003-10-30T01:17:25Z")
My wife pretty much refuses to watch anything by Woody Allen which I mostly enjoy. She is enamored of lightweight comedies from the 50s and 60s the charm of which eludes me. She wasn’t crazy about _Gladiator_ which I kind of like. She liked _Far from Heaven_ which bored me nearly to tears. She is more or less indifferent to SciFi, except Star Trek (which I also like). She doesn’t like LOTR. We both like goofy Brendan Fraser movies, and pretty much anything with Johnny Depp. At my undending insistence she finally watched _LA Confidential_ which she enjoyed (I knew she would). Oh, and we both liked _About a Boy._ ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/5 "2003-10-30T01:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FilmGeek \* > Singles > Requiem For a Dream > Pi > Heathers > The Breakfast Club > Nightmare Before Christmas > Monty Python and the Holy Grail > Austin Powers > Reservoir Dogs > Pulp Fiction > WarGames I think I’m in love. But I must say, Rob Roy and Braveheart were both quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/6 "2003-10-30T01:33:07Z")
Any Monty Python movie The God’s Must Be Crazy I too cried at Starship Troopers but only because I thought the movie was a complete pile of crap compared to the nearly flawless book. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/7 "2003-10-30T01:38:46Z")
I currently am not dating - but only one woman that I have ever dated seemed to understand Wonder that is The Princess Bride. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/8 "2003-10-30T01:56:44Z")
Big Lebowski ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/9 "2003-10-30T02:24:14Z")
Most everything I like. My wife likes Lifetime-type movies. “Chick flicks”. Oh, and she likes Julia Roberts. I’d rather have my eyes sucked out by rabid anteaters that watch a JR movie. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/10 "2003-10-30T02:35:10Z")
Sound of Music and other musicals ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/11 "2003-10-30T03:46:56Z")
I don’t have an SO, but two of the requirements to be so are to have an appreciation of: 1. Memento 2. Pulp Fiction I’ve known people who don’t “get” either of them, and surprisingly it can be a turn-off for me. One girl I knew said Pulp Fiction was “stupid,” but that’s because she couldn’t follow it. ---
**Author:** ![kinky\_module](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@kinky\_module](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinky_module)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/12 "2003-10-30T04:54:28Z")
Caddy Shack Ghostbusters Animal House Story Telling Happiness ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/13 "2003-10-30T05:04:13Z")
My husband does not understand my passion for the so-bad-it’s-good Desperado. And I will NEVER understand the appeal of that damned Zulu movie with Michael Caine. _“zulululululululululululululululululululululululululululu!!!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/14 "2003-10-30T07:31:01Z")
Dr. Strangelove Matrix anything by Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/15 "2003-10-30T09:25:16Z")
My wife and I have similar tastes in movies. One might love what the other only likes, and we don’t always have the same obsessions - I mean, Colin Firth is a good actor, but please - but we usually see eye to eye. The two major exceptions are _Apocolypse Now_ and _Gangs of New York_, which I consider among my top 20 films, and she finds unwatchable. OTOH, she has this thing for _Mars Attacks_, the one Tim Burton film I just can’t stand. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/16 "2003-10-30T11:12:39Z")
she was my ex, but its appropriate. Fellowship of the ring and the Two Towers were her favourite films ever. yet she wouldnt watch anything else remotely fantasy/sci fi. no talking animals, aliens or robots, no cartoons. which cuts out at least 90% of the films I like/own etc. “why don’t you come with me to watch attack of the clones?” “it’s sci fi fantasy” “lord of the rings is fantasy” “yes, but thats realistic. star wars is stupid stuff in space.” “so balrogs and wizards are more real than jedi’s and spaceships?” “yes.” finding something to watch together at the cinema was a fucking mare. I went on my own most of time. she did like flash gordon & the matrix though. whereas theres no way on earth i’m watching Dirty Dancing/monsoon wedding/anything with Hugh Grant in it. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Interior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@Lux\_Interior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Interior)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/17 "2003-10-30T11:59:38Z")
Yes, “The Big Lebowski”. I find that most women don’t get that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/18 "2003-10-30T12:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I currently am not dating - but only one woman that I have ever dated seemed to understand Wonder that is The Princess Bride. Dude. The Princess Bride is just a feel-good movie in a fantasy setting. What the hell is all the fuss about it? ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/19 "2003-10-30T12:13:04Z")
Mr. Skeptic does not understand why I love love love: The Princess Bride Monty Python and the Holy Grail Young Frankenstein And I don’t get the appeal of: The Three Stooges (not a movie, but still) Beastmaster Any other cheesy movie like Beastmaster ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337/20 "2003-10-30T12:22:07Z")
> [@](#): > > I currently am not dating - but only one woman that I have ever dated seemed to understand Wonder that is The Princess Bride. **Khadaji** - You are dating the wrong women. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-your-so-doesnt-get/210337.md?page=2)