March 15th, 2012, 10:46 AM
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What makes a guys movie a guys movie?
So, me and a group of my friends got into this discussion the other night while drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
What makes one film a better "guys movie" than another?
I agrued that a film should be rated on the 3B scale; those B's being Bullets, Boobs, and Blood. The more of any of these 3 elements in a movie, the more of a guys movie it is.
I thought I would solicit other opinions...I might just turn this into a Kumite!
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March 15th, 2012, 11:27 AM
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Need to think of another B for the offbeat humor that we guys tend to find more funny than our female counterparts
The example that sticks in my mind of this is Supertroopers ....... went with a few buddies and a couple of our female friends to see this in the theaters .... no dates or anything like that, just hanging out and they were definitely comfortable with our sense of humor ....... they hated it and we were laughing up a storm
Looking around the theater, almost every guy was laughing and almost every female was miserable ..... I counted 5 couples that left halfway through the movie under the obvious women scorn
I think this lack of crossover appeal can help really cement a movie as a "guys" movie - throw in themes like sports (w/out the sappy love story), some crude humor, some explosions and some light fun and it gets even better
Probably best to identify and come to a consensus on movies where they are heavily slanted to one gender
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March 15th, 2012, 11:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardinals.Ken
So, me and a group of my friends got into this discussion the other night while drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
What makes one film a better "guys movie" than another?
I agrued that a film should be rated on the 3B scale; those B's being Bullets, Boobs, and Blood. The more of any of these 3 elements in a movie, the more of a guys movie it is.
I thought I would solicit other opinions...I might just turn this into a Kumite!
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I'm an assman so change Boobs to bootie and I agree. That could be a swing 'B' that can go either way based on the male preference...
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March 15th, 2012, 11:40 AM
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Ok, so how about I change the 3 B's to:
Bullets (ie. general level of violence, this would include sword fights and fistfights)
Bodaciousness (ie. Boobs/Booty)
Boneheadness (crude/immature male-oriented humor)
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March 15th, 2012, 11:41 AM
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In the City of Scottsdale, guy movies are not allowed to have women in them - too risky
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March 15th, 2012, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Dback Jon
In the City of Scottsdale, guy movies are not allowed to have women in them - too risky
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Sure they are, they just require that chicks get a stunt-double.
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March 15th, 2012, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Cardinals.Ken
Ok, so how about I change the 3 B's to:
Bullets (ie. general level of violence, this would include sword fights and fistfights)
Bodaciousness (ie. Boobs/Booty)
Boneheadness (crude/immature male-oriented humor)
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Bullets to Buttkicking and we're good!
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March 15th, 2012, 12:07 PM
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The Official 3B ASFN Guys Movie Scale?
Buttkicking
Bodaciousness
Boneheadedness
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March 15th, 2012, 12:13 PM
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Catch phrase!
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March 15th, 2012, 12:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardinals.Ken
Ok, so how about I change the 3 B's to:
Bullets (ie. general level of violence, this would include sword fights and fistfights)
Bodaciousness (ie. Boobs/Booty)
Boneheadness (crude/immature male-oriented humor)
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Nah.. Keep it boobs. Ass as a whole isn't shown off like boobs in a guy movie. Plus Portland opinion just sucks  |
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March 15th, 2012, 12:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardinals.Ken
Ok, so how about I change the 3 B's to:
Bullets (ie. general level of violence, this would include sword fights and fistfights)
Bodaciousness (ie. Boobs/Booty)
Boneheadness (crude/immature male-oriented humor)
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I preferred your original three. Adding the "Boneheadness" theme takes me out of the picture. I don't think that qualifies as a guy's movie at all. To me, that's a quality that probably does appeal to the male gender but it's pretty much restricted to an age group also.
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March 15th, 2012, 02:35 PM
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Here's for hoping ...
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Originally Posted by Cardinals.Ken
The Official 3B ASFN Guys Movie Scale?
Buttkicking
Bodaciousness
Boneheadedness
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Sounds about right, lol.
Watched Drive last night. Had boobs, bullets and blood. I thought it was eh.
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March 15th, 2012, 02:41 PM
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Hey fudge packers..go for 2 ;)
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Need a fourth B, since you don't have E's--BOOMS!!! I'd rather say explosions, but would that work? The Three B's and an E? I mean, a real guy's movie has to have some sh!t blow up, right?
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March 15th, 2012, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Stout
Need a fourth B, since you don't have E's--BOOMS!!! I'd rather say explosions, but would that work? The Three B's and an E? I mean, a real guy's movie has to have some sh!t blow up, right?
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March 16th, 2012, 07:23 AM
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Make it 4 Bs because one of the Bs is a Double.
Check that - 2 Bs and a Double D.
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