Hate. But I am a feminist and I do want to ‘vote’ with my dollars so when it came out I saw Baby Mama. I was just ok. I thought the ending was downright stupid. I briefly thought of seeing the Sex and the City movie – but I really did hate that show (especially the later seasons) so I passed. And now this dumb movie about a dumb play comes out (plus I’m NOT and Abba fan) and I feel like I need to go see that to prove that I love women over 50. I can’t take it!

I hate that the movie industry and the feminist media (why Braodsheet, why?) are making my taste in film into a women’s issue. I don’t like to see people sing and dance in sparkly outfits! Not all women do. I’ll be excited to see HellBoy this week and I’ll be skipping Mama Mia next – don’t interpret that as me disliking women over 50!

The Dark Knight opens on July 18th. Mama Mia looks like a decent, enjoyable film, but I find it hard to imagine it will have a strong opening weekend going head to head with Heath Ledger as the Joker.

Normally, if nobody dies and nothing explodes, I want my money back at the movies, but yeah, I did see "Baby Mama" as a bonding experience with a girlfriend when my husband had a migraine on a Friday night. SITC seems supremely anti-feminist to me, so I avoided that one like the plague and got my Hulk on. But OMG, Iron Man, Hulk, Hellboy, and Dark Knight all in one Summer-- there's some pretty tasty man-flesh on display there AND explosions! Woo hoo! Now if Joaquin Phoenix can manage to be in something that doesn't suck.......

"The Descent" and "High Tension" are a couple of excellent horror movies that completely fill the action bill but are 100% gyno-centric. And of course, "Teeth!" I could go on and on, because I'm a geek....

Firstly, to catslave: you sound pretty darn cool. Too bad (for me & other single guys) you are married! =)

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As far as movie musicals: I'm a straight dude who really enjoyed the film versions of "Sweeney Todd" and "The Producers". (What can I say - Mel Brooks made me laugh at age 9...and at age 29.) However, "Chicago" was a pain for me to endure...and while I like Colin Firth, I think I'll pass on "Mamma Mia!" as well.

And really, what were they thinkin' scheduling its opening weekend against "The Dark Knight"? Heck, even my gay male theater buddies - who are a big chunk of "Mamma.."'s target demographic - have prioritized "The Dark Knight" #1...at least partly in homage to Heath for taking on his role in "Brokeback Mountain."

WALL-E & The Dark Knight = best movies of the year.

I like movies that are smart or fun that don't totally insult your intelligence, whichever genre they fall into. I'm hoping Mama Mia won't be too dumb. Didn't see the stage version. But I like a good musical and I like Abba.

I passed on Sex in the City because of the infamous shoe porn factor. That sort of thing doesn't do it for me.

My husband is the same way. We don't care if a movie is about cars blowing up or people falling in love or the importance of friendship. All these can be done very poorly or very well and both of us are happy to see any type of story if it is well written, directed, and acted.

Gay male theater buddies --> gay friends who are into theater and theater arts.

NOT...ummm...'theater buddies' as in XXX Adult Theaters, LOL. Jeez, they sure are gonna give me some grief over that...=)

Seriously, Sex in the City is 5th in opening weekend receipts for an R rated movie.

1 Matrix Reloaded

2 Passion of the Christ

3 300

4 Hannibal

5 Sex in the City.

While Sex in the City did very well, it did not come in first.

As pointed out above Sex in the City was not the highest opening R rated movie. Next, the success of Sex in the City will do little if anything to show that female leads can or cannot open movies as it is Franchise movie. Franchise movies do not need big name actors to open large as seen in Iron Man (Robert Downey was never a name that opened movies before) Spiderman, Superman, xmen and Harry Potter to name but just a few. Even if the studio's credit SiC success on a female cast and Momma Mia is a huge hit it still does nothing to show that older female leads can open movies as 2 data points does not make statistical significance but statistics are something that the radical feminist never seems to understand or report honesty.

I rarely go to the movies. And I hate the emphasis on "first weekend" attendance numbers, because it seems to emphasize loud things that go boom over quieter movies that build by word of mouth (do those exist any more?) However, I've been looking forward to Mamma Mia, and I plan to go see it - although probably not on opening weekend. I don't like crowds.

However, I can see Mamma Mia as a movie that could grow over weeks or months, if that's still viable. I saw the broadway show a few years back, and although it was certainly very silly, it was a fun show that everyone seemed to enjoy. (I saw it when the Republican convention was in town, and even the most straight laced Republicans in the audience were on their feet singing along by the end.)

If the movie stays true to the show, I can see this as a show that would attract a wide range of people - much like My Big Fat Greek Wedding a few years back. I remember when that movie came out, it seemed like every suburban mom I knew told me that I "had to go see it". And even though it didn't have a killer opening weekend, it played and played and made tons of money by the end of the run, even though it didn't attract the typical teenage boy moviegoer. It seems like this movie could have similar appeal.