Conference bookie::movies

	Rented this one on video last week.  Sadly I have to give
	this one a thumbs down.  It wasn't a horrible film, it was
	just very boring.  It reminded me so much of "Used People"
	which was a much better film based on a similiar theme.

    I rented this movie last night and
    enjoyed it also.
    
    It's refreshing to see a movie about
    older people dealing with issues relevant
    to them; I saw Used People the other night
    and enjoyed that also.
    
    I would recommend both films if you like
    this kind of movie.  They deal with real
    emotions that most people feel; the loss
    of love, coming to terms with the pain, and
    just dealing with your life when it's not
    what you expected it would be.
    
    I personally find those movies more interesting
    than the Passenger 57 type which I also rented
    the other night.  Now, to me, those are yawners;
    yet I see their appeal to others.
    
    The casting of CC was brilliant with some fine
    actresses and Danny Aiello also.  I get sick
    of the movies with good lookers, who can't act and
    are there because of their looks.
    
    Anyway, I found the love story charming, as I did
    in Used People.  It's also refreshing to see older
    people falling in love and trying to figure out how
    to go about it.
    
    I would recommend this movie if you like a more cerebral
    type movie......well, maybe cerebral is going too far, but
    you get my drift.  It's not Passenger 57, and not Howard's
    End..kind of in the middle. 

    I rented this a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed it very much, too.  I
    agree with the previous noter who said that it is refreshing to see
    movies that deal with the life experiences of older women.  Growing old
    and losing a spouse is something that will happen to a large percentage
    of women, yet rarely have I ever seen this aspect of life dealt with in
    the movies.
    
    I actually preferred this movie to Used People, which I saw last year
    when it was in the theaters.  I think what I appreciated the most was
    the way that the movie showed how important the women friends were to
    each other.  Movies usually play up romantic relationships, or male
    buddy relationships, but rarely do we see a movie which shows what a
    major role friendships with other women play in most women's lives.
    
    Lorna
     

	Sounds like TCC is more of a womens movie then :-)  For you
	other men out there, I'd recommend you see "Used People" instead ....

    Odd, I thought both movies were the
    same kind of movie.  Both dealt with
    people coming to terms with their
    lives, and both involved a love story
    with an older couple.  In addition, 
    most of the main characters were women. 
    
    So, are you saying that men don't 
    generally like movies that deal with
    emotions and women do? Or that women
    don't like action movies and men do?
    
    Maybe this should be another topic??
    
    8^)   

>     So, are you saying that men don't 
>     generally like movies that deal with
>     emotions and women do? Or that women
>     don't like action movies and men do?

	Neither.  I was basing my opinion on the previous replys where
	women were saying they liked this film better than "Used People".
	On the other hand I'm a man and thought "Used People" was a much
	better film.

    I hear that often men/women movies,
    but I am not sure what that means.
    
    Oh, well,  do you think there's
    anything to that..that most men
    like different kinds of movies than
    women do?
    
    I think it's an interesting topic.
    
    

    The title is "The Cemetery Club" (or at least "cemetery" is spelled
    incorrectly in the topic title.
    
    - Dave

    re .7, well, in *general* I think there are differences between the
    types of movies that men and women tend to enjoy.  But, of course,
    there are always exceptions to this.  I think that, in general, more
    women than men tend to like romantic comedies (such as Sleepless In
    Seattle or When Harry Met Sally), and that, in general, more men than
    women seem to prefer action flicks (such as Top Gun, Lethal Weapon,
    Die Hard, etc.).  Of course, there are women who love action movies and
    men who enjoy romantic comedies.
    
    I think when it comes to movies where all or most of the main
    characters are women (such as Fried Green Tomatoes, The Cemetary Club,
    Thelma & Louise, Steel Magnolias, Mystic Pizza), that more women than
    men enjoy them.  
    
    I think that there are a certain percentage of people of both genders
    who don't seem to have the patience to enjoy a movie such as Howard's
    End, Enchanted April or A Room With A View.  However, in general, I
    find that men who prefer action movies to all others, tend to have the
    hardest time with this type of movie, whereas, while a certain
    percentage of women won't like it, a large percentage of women will at
    least sit still for them, without complaining.  (Or, dare I say it, is
    it just that men tend to complain more about seeing movies they don't
    really like, than women do???)
    
    Lorna
    

>     I think when it comes to movies where all or most of the main
>     characters are women (such as Fried Green Tomatoes, The Cemetary Club,
>     Thelma & Louise, Steel Magnolias, Mystic Pizza), that more women than
>     men enjoy them.  

	What's interesting is I enjoyed Fried Green Tomatoes, Thelma
	& Louise, Steal Magnolias and Mystic Pizza.  Those were all
	good films.  I did not enjoy The Cemetary Club however.  I
	didn't hate it either as I said in .0, I just found it a boring
	film.  I felt the story was weak besides.  That's why I found
	Used People a much better film, even though both films were
	similiar in plot, etc.

    re.-8
    This was me.
    Sorry, as English is not my mothertongue, this can happen.
    
    Can someone tell me how to correct the title (or do this)?
    
    thanks
    Andrea
    

    RE: .11
    
    SET NOTE/TITLE="The Cemetery Club" 252.0
    
    - Dave