Sympathy For The Devil

A few days ago I wrote about how many of my friends’ husbands were angry with me for introducing their wives to Twilight.

I have to admit that my husband is not one of them.  In fact, I think he would like to join the Stephenie Meyers Fan Club.

Although he hasn’t actually read one word of the saga, he is very supportive of my addiction.  Just the other night he ran all over town looking for the Entertainment Weekly magazine featuring the cast of the movie.  He couldn’t find it but came home with this magazine:

Now, before you say “awww” and start thinking he is so romantic, I must stop you.

While it was very sweet, I truly believe that he has purely selfish reasons for being so supportive.

I think he enjoys the “effects” these books have on me and the “fringe benefits” that have come from reading me them.   I’ve heard them referred to as “girly porn” and I think that might be a good comparison.

I’ve been thinking about this for the past couple of days and I think it all comes down to how different men are from women.

Women are very complex creatures.

And the more I think about it, the more sorry I feel for guys. It isn’t easy to figure out the female control panel.

Men are simple.  It doesn’t take much to turn them on.

Oh you don’t believe me.  Then how do you explain these:

Girls Gone Wild

Featuring…

Sleazy Girls: Willing to take their tops off in various locations while jumping up and down and yelling “Wooo” for a random stranger holding a video camera.

Don’t get me wrong.  I still think these videos are the WORST!  However, I have to say that I feel a bit lucky that we have it so easy.

The only talent these girls seem to have is taking off their clothes. That’s it.

If that is all there is to it, then why isn’t there a “Guys Gone Wild” featuring men in trench coats flashing women?  Well, for one, that sounds very distubing.  Also that isn’t really what a woman is looking for in a guy?

So what is it that women want from a man?  I look to my favorite (and soon to be favorite) chick flicks for the answer.

Exhibit A:  The Notebook

Featuring…

Noah Calhoun: Boy from the wrong side of the tracks; great dancer; likes to read poetry, row boats, write love letters and kiss in the rain.  Did I happen to mention that he can build houses with his bare hands?

Exhibit B: Titanic

Featuring:

Jack Dawson:  Boy from the wrong side of the tracks; talents include rescuing girls from falling off the back of a ship, finding perfect spot for a first kiss, and looking great in a tux; Also willing to freeze to death so that girl can have the entire raft all to herself.  Did I mention that he has the ability to draw life-like sketches that are able to survive at the bottom of the ocean for over 80 years?

Exhibit C:  Twilight

Featuring…

Edward Cullen: Boy from the wrong side of the tracks who also happens to be a gorgeous, chivalrous, vampire; has waited his entire existence for one girl; dedicates the rest of said existence to keeping her safe, practices self-sacrificing restraint daily.  Did I mention that he has the ability to stop vans with his bare hands.

I could give more examples, but you get the point.  How are the guys supposed to live up to these crazy, romantic standards?  Do we really want them to be from the wrong side of the tracks?  Do we really want to be rescued all the time?  Our standards are impossibly high.

At least, their qualifications for a leading woman are basic:  Must have boobs and be able to show them.

And even though my boobs may not be as big or perky as those sleazy, “wild” girls, I don’t think it really matters much to my husband.

So, this weekend, after seeing Twilight, don’t forget to cut your guys some slack.  I’m not saying to go out and buy a Girls Gone Wild video or flash him at the movie theater*-oh my gosh, NO!!  Just remember to be thankful to them for having such low standards.

*Flashing them at home is completely optional.

This actually brings up a really good question that I’ve been meaning to ask my readers:

What are your thoughts on videos like Girls Gone Wild?  Would you mind if your husband/boyfriend went to a strip club without you?  How do you feel about your guy watching p0rn?

I’m really interested to hear your thoughts on this topic.

November 19, 2008 | Filed Under Ponderings | 18 Comments 

Top Five Tuesday

I wasn’t really planning on doing another post so soon, but I saw this fun little meme over at Supernanny Where Are You and since I was looking for something to do to avoid going to the grocery store I just had to participate. 

It’s about movies (Top 5 Favorites) and since I love lists and I love movies, I just couldn’t resist. 

Plus, I thought this would be a great post to promote my Movie Madness Carnival.  I finally picked a date for next month.  It is going to be on Tuesday, August 5th.  Click on the little banner on my sidebar for more information. 

Anyway, back to my list.  My husband says I have about twenty movies in my top five, but I disagree.  There are twenty in my top ten, but only five in my top five.  So there!

These are the absolute favorites, the movies I could watch over and over again and never get sick of.  These are the ones I choose to watch when I’m feeling sick for comfort (especially #2) and the ones that will make me laugh and cry no matter how many times I see them. 

I thought I’d list them in the form of youtube videos just to be annoying for fun. 

1.  The Notebook-It’s hard to pick just one scene.  The kiss scene is of course my favorite, but I really love this one too:

 

2.  The Burbs–A classic dark comedy. Yes, it is extremely cheesy, but I love it!  Plus, it is nice to watch a Tom Hanks movie where he doesn’t have a fake accent.

 

3.  Titanic–Again, the kiss scene trumps all but this is another good one:

4.  Meet the Parents–I laughed from beginning to end with this movie.  It is hard to pick a scene that stands alone as being the funniest because they build off of each other, but here is one that sort of stands alone:

 

5.  Pride and Prejudice–I have to post this scene of Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth unexpectedly running into each other at Pemberley. It is law. No other scene will do. Great, great movie!!

Looking at this list, I just can’t believe there isn’t even one traditional romantic comedy on there.   I love romantic comedies, so my honorable mentions include Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Only You, and many more.

July 22, 2008 | Filed Under I Like Lists, Movie Madness, Movies I Love, Top Five Tuesday | 9 Comments 

Our List of The Top Ten Romantic Movies of All Time

All good things must come to an end.  My Bloggy Giveaway is officially closed to any new entries.  According to a random drawing, the winner is…… 

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

274

Timestamp: 2008-04-26 04:16:35 UTC

 
That means Grace from Kids Health Notes is the winner.  Thanks to everyone who entered and left so many wonderful recommendations for me.  I had no idea people were as passionate about chick flicks (or maybe it was the possibility of free stuff) as I was. 

I noticed that there were quite a few films that continued to come up over and over again.  Because I will do pretty much anything to avoid cleaning my house, I went through the nearly 400 comments and pulled out the 10 most popular films and here they are:

  1. The Notebook (no surprise here, what’s not to love)
  2. Pride and Prejudice  (I love this one, but surprised to see so many others listed it since it is so long)
  3. You’ve Got Mail
  4. The Princess Bride (see below for my thoughts on this one)
  5. Titanic
  6. Sleepless in Seattle
  7. Sweet Home Alabama
  8. Pretty Woman
  9. While You Were Sleeping
  10. Notting Hill

And the runners up included Ever After, Dirty Dancing, When Harry Met Sally, Gone With The Wind, Love Actually, Sense and Sensibility, The Lake House, and Return to Me. 

Many people couldn’t pick just one so it was pretty time consuming to go through the list and count. I’ll have a poll up on the sidebar pretty soon to try to narrow it down to the absolute favorite.  So, stay tuned for that.  I’m sure you are on the edge of your seat with anticipation.

I agree with most of the choices but I have to say that “The Princess Bride” comes awfully close to hobbit territory.  So, I really hesitated even letting it appear on the list, but since so many of you love it, I felt guilty leaving it off.  Believe me I really wanted to leave it off, but fair is fair.  I just have to say that I’ve attempted to watch the movie a couple times, but I just don’t get it.  What am I missing?

Surprisingly, there were a couple of movies that showed up in my comments that I have actually never seen.  I’ll be sure to add them to my Netflix queue when I sign back up again this summer (Note:  We only do Netflix/Blockbuster thing over the summer because there just isn’ t much on tv then and if we didn’t have something on the screen we may just be forced to actually have a conversation and that is a scary thought.)

Here is a list of just a few of the ones that I will be checking out soon:

  • Emma
  • Love Comes Softly
  • 27 Dresses
  • Jane Eyre
  • Somewhere in Time
  • No Reservations
  • Sabrina
  • Persuasion

We actually rented one on the list that someone recommended–Becoming Jane.  I have to say that I cried like a baby at the end, which I wasn’t expecting.  I thought Anne Hathaway was believable as Jane Austen (not that I’ve met her or anything) and I am now really crushing on James McAvoy.  He was seriously charming in his role as Tom Lefroy.  There was one scene in particular that made me gasp with delight.  It was the scene at the ball when Jane was looking for Tom and couldn’t find him, but then he just sort of appears as in the middle of the dance.  It was magical.  There were some dull parts, but overall I really enjoyed this movie.   

It’s been so much fun reading all the comments and I hope that there will be more (even though I’m too poor to continue to pay you to do so, just so you know). 

April 26, 2008 | Filed Under Bloggy Giveaways, Movies I Love | 6 Comments