We just re-watched Blazing Saddles recently. In our opinions, it really did not age well. Just not a lot of funny. Funny, as we had both remembered it as hilarious in our (relative) youth.
There is something juvenile about Mel Books’ humor but the juvenile in me still chuckles. Like the farting scene in Blazing Saddles. Not quite as funny as when I was 14 but I still laugh at it.
Yeah - my wife said she thought that was funny. But a long movie to sit through for a few seconds of farting.
For me it was, “Work, work, work. How ya doing, fellas?”
A friend of ours really likes Madeline Kahn’s “I’m so tired” bit. I found it unfunny and too long.
My husband and I both really like Hitchcock. His broad appeal seems to work for men and women about equally-- only problem is that he may be getting too old-- even though people who see a few of his films are often hooked (like my son, born 2006), people stumbling across him are getting rarer and rarer.
Another “genre,” if you want to call it that is MST3K-type movies-- so bad they’re hilarious. Both men and women love to laugh at Plan 9 from Outer Space.
I think mystery/thriller/horror/suspense is a good place to go. DH and I agree on a lot of movies in that category, even the old movies I love and he kinda snorts at-- he liked Gaslight and Witness for the Prosecution, albeit, he saw them in his thirties, unlike me, who saw them around age 11, so he saw the surprise endings a mile away. Still liked them.
ETA: We both loved Napoleon Dynamite and the first two Terminator movies-- also the first two Alien movies. We have seen Star Wars I don’t know how many times.
Well, women have to learn to enjoy movies without strong (or any) female characters or they’d be cut off from an awful lot of movies. Less today than earlier, thank Og.
You may not be shocked to hear that I didn’t mean L.A. Story, though I do love that movie. My addled brain was grasping for L.A. Confidential, not quite the same thing.
I am a bit surprised. L.A. Story is a great example for this thread. Lots of rom-coms don’t do a thing for me. I remember being pretty “meh” about *Pretty Woman" for example, but it was a huge hit.
I think there’s some truth that certain types of movies appeal more to men, or to women. It’s not universal though. I find it interesting to hear about which rom-coms appeal to men, or which action movies appeal to women.
How do action movies with female protagonists do? I’m thinking “The Long Kiss Goodnight”, “Tomb Raider”, “Black Widow”, etc.
The Mummy, with Brendan Fraser.
Many pre-Code films including (but not limited to):
Tarzan and his Mate (1932)
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Baby Face (1933)
Employee’s Entrance (1933)
King Kong (1933)
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Many films noirs, for example - 20 best film noirs: From Double Indemnity to Shadow of a Doubt | The Independent | The Independent
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Some random titles:
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
Latitude Zero (1969)
Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Rocky Horror Picture Show has been mentioned, and in general, I’d think that a lot of ‘cult’ movies would have roughly even ratings from males and females. A few that come to mind:
The President’s Analyst
Harold and Maude
Carnival of Souls (the original)
The Babadook
Big Trouble in Little China
House of Games
Mommie Dearest
Sunset Boulevard
I’d add ‘all the Monty Python movies’ but I’m less sure that they appeal to equal numbers of males and females.