Men-"get over it and 'reground'"!

[barkley]

while shopping at the local blockbuster i overheard a woman say to her dh "honey look they have 'brokeback mountain'". dh replies "um, i dunno, can we look around some more?". dw-"but honey it's supposed to be great", dh "um, well, i, uhhh". another male patron looks at the dh and says "my wife rented it last week". dh- "did you watch it, how was it". other guy- "um, well..the story was good-it was just i don't know...TOO graphic for my taste", dh (who btw already has a copy of "saw 2" in his hand)-"yeah thats what i heard-honey i think it might be too graphic for me, you know, i'm not sure if it's something i'm comfortable with bringing graphic stuff into our home" (all the women standing nearby do one of these ). finaly a female voice from a nearby aisle is heard "good god men-JUST GET OVER IT ALREADY! rent it, give it a chance and if you still feel 'icky' after you watch it pop in a porn flick and get 'regrounded'-sheeese".

 

[PolyAnna]

 

[Pooh67_68]

for the woman in the aisle over.

 

[Spinning]

See I don't see what the big deal is if people don't care to see it. Why is that? Am I some horrible person because I have no desire to watch it? I really couldn't care less about the "love" story but that isn't the problem it is a cowboy/western love story. Not something I would watch if it was about a man and a women! I had no desire to ever watch bridges of madison county, Cold mountain or anthing else like that. Gee wiz! Why is it a big deal? It has an audiance, it got great reviews good! I hope it continues to do well. But seriously, it is almost $5 to rent a movie, $10 to go see one...I think people should be allowed to say it isn't something they would find interesting and not be racked over the coals! Give me Star Wars or any scifi and i am a happy camper! Love stories...nah not my thing...so if that makes me horrible oh well! It has nothing to do with the gay issues. Does that make sense?

 

[mickeyfan2]

Why does he have to see it? I have not and will not. I hate love stories, dramas and westerns. Thus it is not my taste. Could careless who is in love. I go for comedies, horrors and Disney.

 

[DaisyD]

My DH wouldn't want to see it and neither would I.

 

[Sleepy]

See I don't see what the big deal is if people don't care to see it.

The big deal is not so much the fact that they don't want to see it, but rather their reaction when asked if they want to watch it. A plain "no" would be sufficient. You don't have to be embarrassed, look the other way or even give an excuse as to the reason why you don't want to see a movie. I worked at Blockbuster for several years and never heard couples going into detail as to why one did not want to watch a movie. They simply asked "Do you want to watch this movie" and the other would reply "yes" or "no". End of story.

 

[NMAmy]

Okay, that made me laugh. I wish I'd said the same thing when I heard some guy in the video store yesterday saying, "I don't know why anyone would EVER want to watch that."

DH watched it with me and enjoyed it--well, maybe enjoyed it is going too far--he was moved by it as much as I was.

 

[JoeEpcotRocks]

Could it be any worse than "Terms of Endearment" or "On Golden Pond" ?

I'll take "CaddyShack" or "Blazing Saddles." True entertaiment.

 

[beckmrk04]

It's not about not wanting to see it- my dh has no desire, but he hates love stories. What's funny is how guys will watch porn or SAW 2 and that's not too "graphic."

It has nothing to do with Brokeback being graphic, just more to do with guys making up excuses not to watch a movie that has 2 guys in it doing the deed. The EXCUSES are the funny thing.

OP- Thanks- you have no idea how much I needed that laugh!

 

[Beth76]

I didn't even ask my husband if he wanted to see it. I know he doesn't like movies like that. And really, I didn't think I would like it either, but I was reeled in by the "buzz". Have to say it was exactly what I was expecting. Glad we both didn't waste two hours of our lives. I don't care what the message was, it was a bad movie.

 

[Charade]

I'll take "CaddyShack" or "Blazing Saddles." True entertaiment.

Taggart: Well, that's where we go a-ridin' into town, a whampin' and whompin' every livin' thing that moves within an inch of its life. Except the women folks, of course.
Hedley Lamarr: You spare the women?

not exactly...

 

[Molly Meow]

I work at Blockbuster, and while I have no problem with a movie not being to someone's taste, some men DO need to get over it.

I have men tell me all the time with Brokeback Mountain- "Oh, this is for my wife, not me, I don't want you to think I'M going to watch it." Or, "Please don't read this title out loud, I don't want people to know I'm renting it." Or, "Please put this in a bag so no one else sees that I rented it."

I mean really, I don't care. I don't care what you watch and what you refuse to watch. I refuse to watch Hostel - that doesn't mean that I judge customers just because they rented it.

I'm just glad that I have a young, male, straight coworker who sings the praises of this movie from the rooftops. It helps a lot with these men who are so embarrassed that someone they don't know is judging them for renting a movie.

 

[momof2inPA]

I wanted to see it at some point, but some guy (straight, married, about 50) at the gym told me the whole plot.

 

[minkydog]

I have no desire to see this movie and I usually like love stories. But I just can't get into cowboys too much

 

[VSL]

It's the excuses and the 'ummm'-ing that cracks me up

I haven't seen it and have no desire to see it (not into love stories or Western flicks here), but claiming that Brokeback Mountain is too graphic while holding a slasher horror flick in your hand?!

 

[LukenDC]

I can understand not wanting to see BBM because the theme is unappealing. I originally had no interest in seeing it because I usually don't care for gay themed films (I resent the stereotypes) and Westerns bore me. My Mom talked me into seeing it and I'm glad that she did. BBM is one of the best films I have ever seen. I liked it so much that I joined a campaign to donate the DVD to libraries in the USA and Canada and to date have donated 13 DVDs to libraries in California, Alaska, and West Virginia.

As for BBM being "too graphic," the sex is very PG13 and the most explicit scenes are man-woman in nature. I'm bothered by the new genre of films, such as the Saw series and Hostel (and they're making a sequel of that one), that focus on torture, sadism, dismemberment, terror, and sexually-motivated murder. That's entertainment??

 

[Free4Life11]

Or, "Please don't read this title out loud, I don't want people to know I'm renting it."

Is there a reason you all do this though?? Every time I go they loudly announce what you're renting. Why do they do this? It's not like I'm renting anything bad but it's kind of annoying. I don't see why everyone in the store needs to know what you're renting.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

I wonder if Brokeback Mountain had been about two COWGIRLS, if the men would feel the same scenes would be too graphic.

Hmmmmm......I wondeeeeeerr.

 

[VSL]

I wonder if Brokeback Mountain had been about two COWGIRLS, if the men would feel the same scenes would be too graphic.

Hmmmmm......I wondeeeeeerr.

Exactly!