tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post6053564406819095849..comments2024-03-27T01:07:03.944-04:00Comments on The Roses of Prose: Rebel Without a Cause?Alison Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-24840107473319871612014-08-05T16:44:21.630-04:002014-08-05T16:44:21.630-04:00You do have a lot of rules, Chris. :) I am another...You do have a lot of rules, Chris. :) I am another skunk at the picnic, except, unlike Betsy, I also like slasher flicks (but only the well made ones :)) I do like romcom. I like movies that make me think and movies that don't make me think. I love sad movies, because they touch me and stay with me. I think it's cathartic to cry over a movie, since it's not your own tragedy. I don't like sci fi movies. But I don't think that makes me a Rebel. Oh yeah, and I did watch Rebel Without a Cause, and I loved it. Alicia Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003539473772776004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-51885190494181350692014-08-05T10:34:44.263-04:002014-08-05T10:34:44.263-04:00Call me the skunk at the picnic but I love movies ...Call me the skunk at the picnic but I love movies that scare me, make me cry, make me think. I don't go to be entertained but to have my assumptions challenged. To that end, I rarely go to a rom-com. Not interested. I don't like slasher movies because most are so badly made. Blame me for marrying a cameraman the first time around. Blame me for hanging with film students at USC and UCLA. Blame me for attending LA County Museum screenings of top films. Call me stinky. I can handle it.Betsy Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871010122475160477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-73786428784332302332014-08-04T19:34:08.256-04:002014-08-04T19:34:08.256-04:00Oh, Chris, I am SO with you. If I know a movie is ...Oh, Chris, I am SO with you. If I know a movie is sad, I take it off my list although I have been suckered in a few times, like Steel Magnolias and Stepmom. I went to Somersby with my sister and we both cried so hard I thought they'd have to call 911 to get us out of there. It was bad. I remember feeling physically ill. I think most fiction writers must have some of the empathy gene, though. How else can we put ourselves into all those characters' heads? Great post. :-)Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-45916843170440600492014-08-04T19:32:09.846-04:002014-08-04T19:32:09.846-04:00Vonnie, you are sooo not the only nut here. LOL.Vonnie, you are sooo not the only nut here. LOL.Christine DePetrillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527942532875216883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-90438618607489758952014-08-04T10:18:45.683-04:002014-08-04T10:18:45.683-04:00I've watched Rebel Without a Cause and thought...I've watched Rebel Without a Cause and thought James Dean acted like a whiny spoiled child. I mean, take off your underoos, but on some man boxers and deal. Life isn't fair...it just is. I love James Bond movies for the play on words and the quips...OK, and 007 in a tux is never a bad sight. I also like movies that make me laugh, but then I usually laugh at the oddest things. I'm the whacko in the theater laughing by herself, because I see things with a different eye, a writer's eye. Often I see a scene and want to write it better or get a story idea from it and plot it out and bamm, the movie's over. What was the movie about? I haven't a clue...I was mentally writing. People don't get that, but other writers do. I mean, tell me I'm not the only nut here!Vonnie Davis ~ Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360480832587538895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-21167724198293152602014-08-04T09:24:30.963-04:002014-08-04T09:24:30.963-04:00You speak for many of us, Chris. I remember crying...You speak for many of us, Chris. I remember crying my eyes out at The sad parts of Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp. Bambi darn near did me in. Still bothers me when people are sad, but if an animal is hurt, I'm outa there!Margo Hoornstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036077481652050799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-60967555931862797572014-08-04T08:48:27.690-04:002014-08-04T08:48:27.690-04:00I'm with you, Chris. No movies that make me wa...I'm with you, Chris. No movies that make me walk out of the theater crying. Why deliberately set out to depress ourselves? I'm a fan of romantic comedies and action adventure flicks where only the bad guys get wasted. Nice post!Jannine Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692098634695675967noreply@blogger.com