Comments on: My Irrational (perhaps) movie boycotts…but I’m sticking to ‘em http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Do Not Want TSOM http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-7619 Do Not Want TSOM Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:39:28 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-7619 You are not alone. I've never seen The Sound of Music and I'm really alright with that. I've been to Salzburg, played the show in the pit orchestra...not seeing the movie. Good on you! You are not alone. I’ve never seen The Sound of Music and I’m really alright with that. I’ve been to Salzburg, played the show in the pit orchestra…not seeing the movie. Good on you!

]]> By: medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-7063 medusamorlock Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:12:04 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-7063 Hi Walt! I never hold back! :-) Hi Walt! I never hold back! :-)

]]> By: Walt Watson http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-7061 Walt Watson Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:39:24 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-7061 My My... Don't hold back,,, Tell us what you really think. The thing that strikes me funniest about your rant, is I can only add one thing to it. If your adept at photoshop. I would love to see a shot of Julia Roberts in a Tyrolean hat. These movies are at the very bottom of my list as well. My My… Don’t hold back,,, Tell us what you really think.
The thing that strikes me funniest about your rant, is I can only add one thing to it. If your adept at photoshop. I would love to see a shot of Julia Roberts in a Tyrolean hat.
These movies are at the very bottom of my list as well.

]]> By: brent http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-7024 brent Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:30:47 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-7024 I loathed The Sound of Music, due to being force-fed it as a kid. Then I took my wife to the sing-along version (you're encouraged to make sarcastic remarks over the dialogue, people wear costumes, several transvestites dressed like Julie Andrews "got married" during the wedding...), and you know what? When you're watching the film with an audience that won't take any bull, the sentiment gets stripped away - and you realize there's actually a decent movie there. Maybe you should hold a festival of your rejects with some other non-fans, insult them and see what happens! I loathed The Sound of Music, due to being force-fed it as a kid. Then I took my wife to the sing-along version (you’re encouraged to make sarcastic remarks over the dialogue, people wear costumes, several transvestites dressed like Julie Andrews “got married” during the wedding…), and you know what? When you’re watching the film with an audience that won’t take any bull, the sentiment gets stripped away – and you realize there’s actually a decent movie there. Maybe you should hold a festival of your rejects with some other non-fans, insult them and see what happens!

]]> By: James http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-7018 James Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:30:01 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-7018 The Sound of Music is one of the few videotapes my wife, not a movie buff, actually bought. I did see it as a kid and enjoyed it, and last year we both saw the play at the London Palladium and enjoyed it. I'm an Anime buff and was surprised to learn that there is an anime TV show called The Trapp Family Story which is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. The real story is *very* different from the play or the movie. Having said that, The Sound of Music isn't a bad movie. My wife has decent taste in movies, she just doesn't like very many of them. She enjoyed most of the movies on your list, and I did too up to a point. (Sex and the City was the exception. I don't know if she liked that one or not. I'm afraid to ask). It would be nice to have some more intelligent women's pictures to take my wife to say, preferably starring Jodie Foster. She could direct them, too. The Sound of Music is one of the few videotapes my wife, not a movie buff, actually bought. I did see it as a kid and enjoyed it, and last year we both saw the play at the London Palladium and enjoyed it. I’m an Anime buff and was surprised to learn that there is an anime TV show called The Trapp Family Story which is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. The real story is *very* different from the play or the movie.

Having said that, The Sound of Music isn’t a bad movie. My wife has decent taste in movies, she just doesn’t like very many of them. She enjoyed most of the movies on your list, and I did too up to a point. (Sex and the City was the exception. I don’t know if she liked that one or not. I’m afraid to ask).

It would be nice to have some more intelligent women’s pictures to take my wife to say, preferably starring Jodie Foster. She could direct them, too.

]]> By: Vargas http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-6993 Vargas Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:08:58 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-6993 I'm so glad to see that the boycott movies here are worthy of boycott! (With the exception of Some Like it Hot - explain yourself, Moirafinnie!) I have to say it is best to be a child to appreciate Mary Poppins and perhaps also Sound of Music. I was wee when I first saw MP and I was enchanted. I wrote a fan letter to Julie and she sent me an autographed head shot which delighted the child me and made me a fan for life! I will watch almost any movie (even The Island od Doctor Mareau!) but I'm with on Pretty Woman and I walked out on Don Juan de Marco. Perhaps I should give it another shot? I’m so glad to see that the boycott movies here are worthy of boycott! (With the exception of Some Like it Hot – explain yourself, Moirafinnie!) I have to say it is best to be a child to appreciate Mary Poppins and perhaps also Sound of Music. I was wee when I first saw MP and I was enchanted. I wrote a fan letter to Julie and she sent me an autographed head shot which delighted the child me and made me a fan for life! I will watch almost any movie (even The Island od Doctor Mareau!) but I’m with on Pretty Woman and I walked out on Don Juan de Marco. Perhaps I should give it another shot?

]]> By: cinesage http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-6990 cinesage Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:04:04 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-6990 I don't think it's irrational at all to boycott movies which glorify drug use. I also tend to avoid the pure political plays by Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Al Gore, etc. Who needs 'em? I think you'd like The American President though, give it a chance. I don’t think it’s irrational at all to boycott movies which glorify drug use. I also tend to avoid the pure political plays by Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Al Gore, etc. Who needs ‘em? I think you’d like The American President though, give it a chance.

]]> By: Caitlin http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-6989 Caitlin Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:27:12 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-6989 You're definitely not alone on Sound Of Music. No matter how many times my mother has tried to get me to see that movie, I just can't muster enough interest to sit through it. I'll also never see another Harry Potter movie. I think I've seen the first three, maybe a bit of the fourth? But I really don't see the point when I've already read all the books. The Saw series seems to be wildly popular among people my age (college kids), but I flat-out refuse to see any of them. Too much blood and guts and ew. You’re definitely not alone on Sound Of Music. No matter how many times my mother has tried to get me to see that movie, I just can’t muster enough interest to sit through it.

I’ll also never see another Harry Potter movie. I think I’ve seen the first three, maybe a bit of the fourth? But I really don’t see the point when I’ve already read all the books.

The Saw series seems to be wildly popular among people my age (college kids), but I flat-out refuse to see any of them. Too much blood and guts and ew.

]]> By: Cristy http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-6987 Cristy Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:12:33 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-6987 My biggest hold-out/boycott movie... Titanic. I never understood the appeal of a movie the you already know how it's going to end. My biggest hold-out/boycott movie… Titanic. I never understood the appeal of a movie the you already know how it’s going to end.

]]> By: suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/23/my-irrational-perhaps-movie-boycottsbut-im-sticking-to-em/#comment-6985 suzidoll Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:01:45 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6782#comment-6985 What a fun blog post! I am with you on SOUND OF MUSIC. I dislike anything with Julie Andrews singing to/with children, which are in the so-sugary-you-will-get-diabetes genre. Thus, I am also a hold-out on MARY POPPINS. Am so glad she hooked up with Blake Edwards. Along the Al Lowe approach to this topic -- I refuse to see anything Michael Bay directs. Someone needs to take up a collection and send him to directing school. (Michael: do the phrases "matching screen direction," "crossing the axis," or even "continuity" mean anything to you?) I saw SEX IN THE CITY, and there are many things I disliked about it, but I liked the experience of seeing it with a theater full of women who went to see a movie about women. (Again, the theater experience vs. the at-home experience makes a difference in appreciating the merits of a movie, though there were few for this one.) The absolute disregard mainstream Hollywood has for the female audience continues to anger and disgust me. I saw BRIDE WARS and it is not what you think it is based on the ads. Just like the sex farces or comedies of the early 1960s turned out not to advocate wanton sex (as the ads suggested), this film doesn't validate the "Bridezilla" idea, nor does it suggest "all girls should be married to be happy" as the marketing suggests. Too bad the reviews are not bringing out that point, but then that would suppose that reviewers are capable of making credible insights. What a fun blog post!

I am with you on SOUND OF MUSIC. I dislike anything with Julie Andrews singing to/with children, which are in the so-sugary-you-will-get-diabetes genre. Thus, I am also a hold-out on MARY POPPINS. Am so glad she hooked up with Blake Edwards.

Along the Al Lowe approach to this topic — I refuse to see anything Michael Bay directs. Someone needs to take up a collection and send him to directing school. (Michael: do the phrases “matching screen direction,” “crossing the axis,” or even “continuity” mean anything to you?)

I saw SEX IN THE CITY, and there are many things I disliked about it, but I liked the experience of seeing it with a theater full of women who went to see a movie about women. (Again, the theater experience vs. the at-home experience makes a difference in appreciating the merits of a movie, though there were few for this one.) The absolute disregard mainstream Hollywood has for the female audience continues to anger and disgust me.

I saw BRIDE WARS and it is not what you think it is based on the ads. Just like the sex farces or comedies of the early 1960s turned out not to advocate wanton sex (as the ads suggested), this film doesn’t validate the “Bridezilla” idea, nor does it suggest “all girls should be married to be happy” as the marketing suggests. Too bad the reviews are not bringing out that point, but then that would suppose that reviewers are capable of making credible insights.

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