speculawyer
Member
So let me get this straight . . . your girlfriend is into kinky sex and not nerdy Star Wars . . . . and you are complaining?
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
My Girlfriend Has Seen Fifty Shades Twice But Hasn't Seen A Single Star War Film :(
- Thread starter Kaneda Shotaro
- Start date
- Status
terrisus
Member
Hey Kaneda Shotaro's girlfriend - I have no interest in seeing Star Wars either! <3
[terrisus]
Lordy, he's digging his heels in. Star Wars isn't that important to her, it's not important to a lot of people.
Seems you've wrong twice in one day.
Delta Assault
Member
She wants force, just not The Force.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
What good is the kinky sex if he isn't having sex with a jabba
Bobby Roberts hosts one of the most popular Star Wars podcast on the internet.
He interviews those from Lucasfilm and various Star Wars celebrities often on said podcast.
He was moderator of the official StarWars.com message board before it got shut down.
He posted in this thread and even he doesn't agree with you.
He interviews those from Lucasfilm and various Star Wars celebrities often on said podcast.
He was moderator of the official StarWars.com message board before it got shut down.
He posted in this thread and even he doesn't agree with you.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Yeah I'm sure the members of neogaf.com agreeing with you would be just the ticket to convince her
terrisus
Member
Sorry, fixed >.>
lastplayed
Member
Don't worry, Boba Fett is sure to get her all steamy.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
OP, please start to gain some self-awareness now.
What you're doing was made fun of in an episode How I Met Your Mother. There is literally an episode where the main character goes nuts getting his girlfriend to see Star Wars. You are being a joke.
freenudemacusers
Member
no, keep it nintendo. it makes as much sense as the op.
Kaneda Shotaro
Member
They helped me escape reality and showed me films are really able to transport you. I love writing because I want people to react and have emotional feelings towards my work. It had the perfect story to me.
She watched one but she wasn't into it. She doesn't like films that are slowly paced and isn't interested in the art of film which is fine. Kurosawa changed my perception of film and got me interested in more films and the international market. Star Wars would be pure joy for her, I'm almost sure of it.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
This is hilarious by the way
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
I've never seen them. No desire to either.
Let it go man jeez
Let it go man jeez
Marty Chinn
Member
Do not edit down Star Wars. Just show her Episode 4. If she likes it, she likes it, if she doesn't, don't make her watch the rest. But whatever you do, do not edit down the movie to show her. You'll be making it worse than better.
Just like everything forced down your throat after arguments...pure ecstasy.
This guy gets it.
freenudemacusers
Member
this is like me trying to get my wife to read the xeelee sequence instead of those 'not porn' romance novels on her kindle, until I realized I benefitted much more from the status quo.
IdreamofHIME
Member
She's not into an indie puppet movie from the 70's.
I'm shocked.
I'm shocked.
Yep. My wife reads those trashy romantic novels too and I don't throw a fit and force her to read my "real" books.
PaperFlame
Member
My friends showed me Jurassic park recently and I thought it was lame. Nostalgia makes us blind~
mullet2000
Member
Opinionatedfish
Member
Missed op-porn-tunity from not watching it with her.
The movie is laughable in spots and intentionally funny in others. It's like a Korean Drama directed by Pedro Almadovar but distilled for the Tween & Soccer Mom market.
The best parts are the passive aggressive e-mails between the two main characters, the actually good cinematography, the soundtrack (seriously this), and the ridiculously PC arguments over consent. Seriously, the whole first movie is the dude trying to get the girl to sign a contract.
.
The real problem with the movie is that it's not as artsy as other films that are semi-similar and almost as badly acted:
Let's be honest here, the whole argument that it's unhealthy is kind of moot when Irreversible and Salo exist. The movie isn't even as scandalous as something like The Brown Bunny.
But eh... all relationships require you to give a little sometimes... maybe you should have seen 50 shades with her. It seems rude not to.
The movie is laughable in spots and intentionally funny in others. It's like a Korean Drama directed by Pedro Almadovar but distilled for the Tween & Soccer Mom market.
The best parts are the passive aggressive e-mails between the two main characters, the actually good cinematography, the soundtrack (seriously this), and the ridiculously PC arguments over consent. Seriously, the whole first movie is the dude trying to get the girl to sign a contract.
The second and third movies are about his previous lovers or people who stalk the main female character trying to kill them, also they get married at some point.
The real problem with the movie is that it's not as artsy as other films that are semi-similar and almost as badly acted:
Nymphomaniac, Tie Me Up/Tie Me Down, Blue is the Warmest Color, and so forth.
Let's be honest here, the whole argument that it's unhealthy is kind of moot when Irreversible and Salo exist. The movie isn't even as scandalous as something like The Brown Bunny.
But eh... all relationships require you to give a little sometimes... maybe you should have seen 50 shades with her. It seems rude not to.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
That's a product of the medium at hand. Choosing Star Wars as your "portal" as it were seems more serendipitous than anything profoundly impactful such as learning life lessons from the writing or the story.
It's fair to get a "love of writing" (really, its a love of storytelling, since we are talking about a movie) with the intent to be able to have people have emotional feelings toward your work, but there's still a disconnect here with the general culture of Star Wars and what you are trying to convey here. Star Wars in tandem with, say, your love of Kurosawa films might make more sense in context, but pushing your girlfriend to watch a movie you are essentially doing it to make her "understand you" rather than having her enjoy a film.
There's something in film you should really take to heart that is said a lot:
"Show, don't tell."
You are essentially telling your girlfriend to love you by watching a movie and loving it rather than showing her actual reasons to love you.
Kaneda Shotaro
Member
Star Wars is like a rare steak, Fifty Shades is like Spam. Stop comparing the two.
You see topics like this on the gaming side of those who seem outright ashamed of kids for preferring to play tablet games over "real" games. Like they joined some kind of satanic cult.
Lesson 101 for everyone. Your significant other and kids are not going to like or be interested in the same things as you.
Vicetrailia
Member
This is what assholes are made of. OP, strike a mutually beneficial deal.
And your girlfriend is vegetarian. So stop being an asshole.
BronsonLee
Member
As a Hawaiian, we're going to fight now.
lmao
How can you say that without sitting down for a few hours and watching it?
Gambit 1138
Banned
It's the most important thing in this life
freenudemacusers
Member
Marty Chinn
Member
Well, they aren't wrong....
They are both franchises with rabid fanbases. I LIVE for Star Wars (Episode VII avatar as you can see).
But it's just a franchise like any other.
Star Wars are enjoyable but they are not great movies by any stretch of the imagination. Nor do they have to be
terrisus
Member
I don't like rare steak either >.>
Also, "Stop comparing the two?"
You compared the two in the OP.
lol awesome
Fun films, not much more. Doesn't have to be.
We get it Cheebo, you are a fan. Haha
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked