Shoot, I hear even Dakota Fanning is in it… and she’s grown up fast! I remember her in I Am Sam … and now she’s all make-up wearing and foxy.
And I feel dirty now.
I just wanted to add this to the discussion:
It’s all a question of how you see yourself.
I was staying at my brother’s at Christmas when each of the Lord of the Rings movies was released. They would invite me to rush along to see the first session on Boxing day morning but I would rather sleep in.
One year I was up early enough to see them going. One of the nephews was exhorting everyone to hurry even though the movie wasn’t on for hours. I asked him what the rush was.
“We don’t want to get stuck in line behind the Lord of the Rings nerds,” he said.
“Dan,” I said, “you guys are the Lord of the Ring nerds.”
naturally. kids don’t have MAN cards.
You’ve never watched Gurren Lagaan, have you?
Come on, admit it: Titanic would have been a much better movie had the titular ship turned into a giant robot and torn the iceberg apart by hand, then headed to Europe and won World War 1 six years ahead of schedule.
'xactly. The guy has stumbled upon the Sneaky Fucker Strategy.
That, or some modern male teenagers *really *think Edward is cool as Steve McQueen. And they’re soooo gonna get nookie for it. I’d rather not think about this theory and its implications re:the future of the human race. LALALAAAA CAN’T HEAR YOU.
In this case, I think ‘camping out’ means watching the movie. 
Your iceberg is the iceberg that will pierce the heavens?
He, emphatically, does not need to turn his man card.
Just have him wear a simply divine pink dress with all of the ruffles, and nobody will even bother carding him.
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When I was coming back from vacation this summer there was a young serviceman in combat uniform sitting next to me at the gate. He was reading Twilight.
I was SO tempted to say something like “Hey man, is your girlfriend making you read that?” or even “I think reading that book is a DADT violation.” I restrained myself because I figured there was some slight chance that he actually liked the book and I’d have felt bad about making fun of an active duty serviceman’s reading material. And if he DID like Twilight, no doubt he was getting made fun of by his compatriots on a regular basis.
It did occur to me that the book might be a prop he was using to try to pick up women, like carrying around a cute puppy or something. If that’s the case it was too bad he wound up sitting next to me rather than some girl who’d have been impressed by it.
I just went to see it yesterday as well…alone…just because I felt like seeing a hollywood style film that didn’t require any thinking. Do I have to turn in my man-card as well? How long till I get it back? Can I take a re-test?
I’d like to defend myself by saying I’m in Holland and the Tilight sereis isn’t as big here as in the US. It’s not common knowledge that the movie is pretty much only targeted at teenage girls. In all honesty though, I did have kind of good time. On numerous instances I bursted out with laughter at parts that were supposed to be sincere an/or touching, especially when the pale looking dude was in the scene. It was also kind of funny to be in a theatre full of teenage girls who were collectively gasping and cheering when any of the male leads came on screen, especially if they had their shirts off. So I think the horny teenage girls thing is kind of true, sorry for that BlinkingDuck.
I’m reminded a story I read a long time ago. I’m unsure on the author or the main details, but that’s for another thread.
As I recall a jealous man “accidentally” knocks his friend into a wood chipper or a wine press or an industrial grinding unit or some such. The guy in the process of being pulped does everything in his power to convince the guy who pulped him that the feeling is the most exquisite pleasure that anyone could ever hope to experience. In the normal way these stories go, the jealous guy eventually finds himself in a similar situation and discovers the truth: Being pulped hurts like a motherfucker.
I think the boyfriend is doing that to you.
Hmmm, I’d like to see what interest the movie New Moon holds in 20 or 30 years. I’m guessing people will STILL remember Star Wars, but not too many of them will remember New Moon.
Post-Flick nookie? This is the perfect make-out movie. Hardly anything happens so you can do lots of stuff in the back of the theater without missing anything.
My dad. He liked the sinky bits.
It was really weird, actually. I think he ended up liking the movie more than I did…and I was a fifth grade girl! I liked HANSON, for god’s sake.
Now I watch the movie and I’m amused that Jack and Rose spend such a long time traipsing through all that water like it’s a swimming pool that’s slightly chilly. They get into the ocean proper after the sinking and THEN they start being all “it’s so cooooold I can’t mooooooove,” and I’m thinking “dude, that should’ve happened like an hour ago.”
Try A Night To Remember, which was made in 1958. So yes, it’s in Black & White, but it’s all very Stiff Upper Lip and has “before they were famous” cameos by Sean Connery and Desmond Llewellyn.
This is simply a tit for tat.
… and tat is seeing the new Twilight Movie.
I second this. The first trailer I saw for it made me think the movie looked like an action movie. Or at least had enough action in it. But then I looked on message boards, and found out what the movie really is.
I assumed a movie with vampires and wearwolves must be good. Thank God I looked into it and didn’t actually go and see it.
Dinosaurs, nazis and swords.
I would like to green-light your project. I will call it “Mantanic”.
I would still rather go with the pulping.