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Let your wife or significant other talk you into seeing a
movie of a book she loved and passed on to all her gal pals who loved it too!

@ two and a half hours of my life I'll never get back and
they don't serve beer at the Theater.

"Gone Girl" really sucked!
 
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rimfired said:
Let your wife or significant other talk you into seeing a
movie of a book she loved and passed on to all her gal pals who loved it too!

@ two and a half hours of my life I'll never get back and
they don't serve beer at the Theater.

"Gone Girl" really sucked!
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WORD TO THE WISE --- How true it is that class of movies they call "Chic Flicks" has a perfect name. ;)
 
It is getting great reviews, that should have been an indicator. Just looks like an episode of Dateline to me. But you have to admit, Ben Affleck is sooo dreamy!
 
Just sayin -

Wifey read a couple of the Outlander books before the series came out on TV. Now I'm not a real fan of female authors most times but, I've got to say this TV series is outstanding.
If you're into Scottish history and excellent cinematography, you might like this one.
 
I will probably go to see the movie because it was filmed close to me and some of the locals are extras in it.
 
fiasconva said:
At least you've got a few browning points saved up for the next time you screw up.
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Are BROWNING points the ones you can cash in when your wife finds out what you've been buying when you're "just going to go look around" at your LGS?
 
OP. Keep track of the time you spent there. You can trade it for some extra "Boys' Night Out" time. Or as others have said, it can be a bargaining chip for "forgiveness". :D
 
if my wife watches those movies on tv, i take a little nap. we reserve the theater for loud, action packed movies like transformers and the avengers. now that our daughter is 13, she has a crying partner too...they go and the 4 yr old and i hang out...i'm gonna make her the tomboy since i don't have any sons.
 
Thanks for the movie review. My wife and I read the book recently since it kept showing up in the top 10. We both thought it was HORRIBLE!!! We had to force ourselves to read it through hoping it would get better. The ending was a set-up for a sequel.

We both realized there was not a single character in the book we had any empathy for. Awful book.
 
The only way I REALLY lost 2 1/2 hours.......

The only way I REALLY lost 2 1/2 hours was watching "The Piano". Not "The Pianist". "The Piano". I generally can watch chick flicks to do something with my wife and I even watch 'Once Upon A Time" with her because she enjoys it so much and doesn't get much chance to do what she wants to.

"The Piano" is about a mail order bride coming to Australia who is mute because she was 'victimized' in some vague way. She brings her piano but her husband leaves it on the beach. This other guy gets the piano and cuts deal with her, sex for the piano. She has to 'pay' the guy for each key of the piano. 88 times. Of course this woman, being the 'victim', is the heroine of the story.

Women love this movie and when I hear the title I run the other way. FAST!
 
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Never read the book.
My idea of a "suspense" film is that there will be some gun-play, and most importantly justification or
due dire results.
This was a twinky, the (insert vulgar feminine term here) gets away and.... well, you'll just have to see it.
Afflected. Sad, I'm trying to catch-up with the good stuff
I missed.:) Isn't that always the way?
 
As soon as I saw the trailer, I guessed the outcome. Thanks for saving me 2.5 hours (not that I would have gone to see it but at least I didn't waste my Netflix time).
 
Haven't seen the movie, but the book is quite popular. That being said, any movie about a missing girl should involve Liam Neeson, not Ben Affleck.
 
I loved it. Definitely not a chick flick.

David Fincher is one of my favorite directors (Seven, Fight Club) and he came through again on this one.

Its not a popcorn movie, for sure.
 
Must just be lucky. Over the years my wife has from time to time told me of a movie that she wanted to see. I've always taken her. The movies she's suggested have always been very good, some have been gems.

Many very much enjoyed Band of Brothers, Lord of the Rings, etc. There were those who found those movies to be non-starters. That's understandable. No movie can possibly satisfy the interest and expectations of everyone. A while back my wife and daughters wanted me to go with them to see a movie called Mamma Mia. It was O.K. Enjoyed Meet the Fokkers, Meet the Parents, Madagascar. Very much enjoyed the recent Les Misérables and the two new Hobbit movies. All of these were movies I saw because my wife and daughters wanted us to go. Personally I'll go to see any movie they suggest if for no other reason because I very much enjoy spending time with them doing the things they enjoy doing. The movies, whatever, they don't matter much. But the time I spend with the family, the joy it brings to them... that will be with me forever.
 
CH47gunner said:
Just sayin -

Wifey read a couple of the Outlander books before the series came out on TV. Now I'm not a real fan of female authors most times but, I've got to say this TV series is outstanding.
If you're into Scottish history and excellent cinematography, you might like this one.
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Oiy, I even liked their commercial advertising some electronic device.
 
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