Men Love Romantic Movies Too

As Valentine's Day (Link) approaches, I have got romantic movies on my mind. Apparently so do many men! According to recent U.S. study, men are more fond of romantic movies than originally suspected (Link). Kansas State University psychology professor Richard Harris surveyed 250 men and women, having them watch a romantic film together and rate it from 0 to 7, 7 being the highest. The average score from women was about 6, while men rated the film 4.8 - much higher than expected. Reuters article say
"Everyone thinks that women like romantic movies and that they drag guys along with them", Harris told Reuters.He said movies studio executives should put aside stereotypes about "chick flicks" and recognize the fact that there is a moderate interest among men in romantic movies.
"There are a lot of men who go to these romantic movies and enjoy them. I wouldn't write off the male audience just because it is a romantic film. I would suggest marketing to the men in the audience."
The label like "chick flick" is an automatic deterrent when couples are trying to choose a movie the will both enjoy. Also, nowadays "chick flick" implies something insubstantial and silly, which seems to become a comment on women and kinds of things we find interesting and relevant. Ultimately, movies don't have to have a gender assigned to them. Romantic film is just a romantic film.

Elf

Don't miss It!

It will be shown tomorrow evening on ONE TV.

I guess the timing is a bit wrong as Christmas (Link) was 2 weeks ago, but still the movie is great and worth seeing it. A hilariously funny and absolutely precious family film, ELF (Link) is lots of fun even if you don't have any kids to take along. The movie has got what it takes to be a memorable Christmas film you'll wanna watch again each year.

Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human raised in the North Pole to be an elf. After wreaking havoc in the elf community due to his size, Buddy heads to New York City to find his place in the world, and track down his father. But life in the big city is not all sugarplums and candy canes. His father is a "Scrooge" and his eight-year-old stepbrother doesn't believe in Santa.

The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind

When I was teenager my favorite book and movie was The Tree Musketeers and D'Artanyan - means gentlemen, heroes, dignity and beautiful dresses along with the beautiful dames.
Later on as a young woman I fall in love with Gone with The Wind ( Link) and is still my favorite movie of all time. Last night while cruising trough the channels of Orbit I come across a very moving documentary on TCM (Link) , which is the home of films with outstanding films from all genres, tailor made documentaries and exclusive interviews with the biggest stars.
The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind is an insightful documentary charting the extensive production of MGM's classic romantic story set around the Civil War starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh and produced by David Selznick. This is the movie that has won 7 Oscars back in 1939 and until now has topped all box offices of all times with the record profit of 840 Mil US $.
I guess there is no one who haven't watched or haven't heard of it.
Scarlet O'Hara (Link) is an inspiration even today - few senturies after her time.


To my surprise at the documentary she was called "bitch" by one of the women who commented on the movie and to some may pass as one, but to me she is exceptional mixture of feminism, shrewd cunning brain, strong character and all the rest. Reth Butler is dream of my heart - tall, dark, handsome, dangerous and generous, a man to dream for and rare to find now a day.