Movie night suggestions?

[lauren3210]

So, I don't get out much. I mean, I have 3 kids plus a job and a house to keep, so that's not really all that surprising. Also, I'm an introvert; social outings tend to leave me close to a panic attack and so it's never as much fun as my friends swear it will be. My husband works incredibly odd shifts (he's a doctor) and so there are times when we are but ships passing in the night for occasionally months in a row. But, whenever we can, we like to spend an evening together, watching movies and getting very drunk (because we're secretly still 16 years old), while our oldest rolls her eyes at us and looks after the kids upstairs, and then laughs at our collective hangovers the next morning. At least until I tell her to shut up and make me bacon, anyway.

But the problem is, we're having trouble coming up with movies to watch. A lot of people don't really understand how we work as a couple, because our likes and dislikes are so wildly different, in every aspect. He likes Indian food, I prefer Chinese; he likes easy listening music, I listen to hard rock at deafening levels; he has a man-crush on George Clooney, I can't stand the dude. It's really hard for us to come up with a way to spend time together doing something we both enjoy. However, during our last evening in on the couch, we gave up trying to agree and just shoved on Independence Day - and it was bloody fantastic! We had an amazing evening, one of our best, and we've finally realised a movie genre that we can both agree on: light hearted action movies.

So my question is, does anyone have any ideas for movies in a similar vein? I'm not really much of a movie buff myself, having always preferred books and serialised stories to films, and I've tried IMDB but their lists are weird, and basically, if anyone here knows a lot of movies and can suggest some that we might like, I would really appreciate it!

On another note, the weather here is GORGEOUS today, and I'm currently sitting out in my back garden with a cold can of diet coke and my short shorts on watching my baby do cartwheels on the trampoline while I pretend to do some work but am in actual fact surfing Tumblr. I want to bottle how I'm feeling right now and keep it with me forever. What a beautiful day!

Comments

[capitu]

Maybe you should try the first Men In Black, The Mummy (also the first one, the second one is OK, too) And Guardians of the Galaxy?

Those are fun movies that the bf and myself have enjoyed. :)

What a lovely day! Enjoy it. <33

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Ooh Men in Black! Are we basically saying here that Will Smith movies are the way to go? LOL I love The Mummy films (not the third one, that one doesn't exist), so I'll try and force him into giving it a go!

Unfortunately I have to get up soon to make dinner for people. Ugh, why can't kids work out how to cook for themselves? LOL

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

You know, your relationship sounds a lot like mine lol! We tend to compromise on films and watch light-hearted action films :D

I second Men in Black! Another Will Smith one to watch is Bad Boys. The first one, not the second one.

If you haven't seen any of the X-Men films, then I recommend X-Men First Class.

We quite liked Armageddon, Swordfish, The Rock, National Treasure, Prince of Persia, 2012 to name a few. My husband also raves about Pacific Rim (but I haven't seen it yet!). One of our all time favourites is Grosse Point Blank.

Sadly, these are all very old films now and I have no idea on more recent action films, simply because we don't get much chance to go to the cinema anymore :(

Anyway, hope that gives you some ideas :)

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Oh, if you like Star Trek, then the new films (with Chris Pine) are quite entertaining as well. The first one is better, but the second one is ok. (Plus they gave me a whole new ship with Kirk/McCoy :D)

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Light hearted action seems to be the way to go when couples are so different, then lol!

I've seen the first couple of X Men, but not the newer ones, although i want to because James McAvoy mmmmmmmmm! I've seen a couple of the others, but I'll definitely look into the others, they look cool, so thanks!

Star trek, yessssss! I am putting those straight on the list! Karl Urban is McCoy in those, right? My life is a Karl Urban related breakdown, I swear to god, that man is delicious! And McKirk, you say? I've always been a Spirk fan myself, so I'll have to see if the new movies change my mind, haha!

[iwao.livejournal.com]

I can't rec any movies (beyond the ones already recced here) because I don't watch much tv or films, but I wanted to say taht for some reason this post made me really happy. Lolol! Maybe is the image it paints at the end.

Anyway, just taht! :D

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

haha, well I'm glad the image of me sunbathing instead of working made you happy! <3