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My boyfriend is physically incapable of selecting decent movies for us to watch together. I keep trying to coach him on it ("okay honey, now see, this is another lame flic about rich people killing for more money...") but it's not working. He just doesn't understand the words "pick out something intellectual". I end up chosing most of the movies myself now but it'd be really nice if I could just say, "Pick something up on the way here and we'll watch it" when I'm feeling lazy. Got any tips on how to make him get it? Is this a sign that he's just not right?
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This has got to be one of the 5 biggest "relationship" mind bogglers. It is not as important as money or sex differences when it comes to long-term romance but it is almost always asked by people who share time together. Women have differing tastes than men (Obviously) but it is deceptive when it comes to movies. That is why they have something called "chick flicks" for women and why a movie with explosions in the soundtrack is almost always preferred by action-type men. The hidden question here is not his choice of movies but why you like him in the first place. My opinion... if he started to watch intellectual flicks, it would not make him an intellectual and it would not bring you closer to him. He is your boyfriend despite his choice of films. However, it may make your movie experience slighly better if Hollywood decides to make more intellectually romantic movies that have lot's of napalm-like explosions and rich people chasing money. Of course, this is just an opinion. Being a guy, I thought Starship Troopers was a real tear-jerker.
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Well, if you have a serious aversion to watching one of his movies once in a while, you could always suggest he get one by a certain director or starring a certain actor you already like... also, most video/DVD rental places have their stuff divided into sections, which you could use as guidelines.
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Um...no. Its a sign that you have different taste in movies. Maybe its time to accept and deal with that, hm? Like, some nights you pick the movie and some nights he does and you do this fancy little thing called COMPROMISE? Because my guess is that he LIKES his "dumb" movies and probably isn't the biggest fan of yours. Either watch a bad movie every now and again, or don't watch movies with your boyfriend.
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What could possibly be more intellectual that rich people killing for money?
Erm 0 go try renting Fatherland. It's both intellectual, and about nazis. Might not fix your problem, but it's a damned good movie.
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