How do you deal with a male friend who saw Fifty Shades Darker and said
"It was really good." He saw this by himself. No one forced him, he didn't go with another friend for moral support or company. This man walked up to the ticket booth, saw John Wick 2 and Fifty Shades Darker were both playing, and said, "One for Fifty Shades Darker, please." And he LOVED the first John Wick! And he didn't buy this ticket at a discount. Not a matinee. Full price. I just don't even... I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that my friend has a case of the worst taste in movies I've ever seen in my life. He even admitted that he saw the first one and liked it, too!
I know it sounds like I'm being overly-dramatic, but I honestly lost a lot of respect for this man when he told me this. I even explained to him, "You do know that this garbage started out as Twilight fan-fiction, right?" To which he replied, "Well, I've seen all the Twilight movies, and this was definitely nothing like Twilight. The author made some major changes." WHAT?!! This man is 53 years old, and he's proudly proclaiming that he's seen all the Twilight movies and thought they were really good, as well! I think I could have walked in on him letting a dog lick peanut butter off of his pen!s and have more respect than I do for him now.
I get it. I get that there are millions and millions of people out there who honestly like these movies. But 99.9% of them are either teenagers or menopausal women. How in the *beep* do I have a friend that falls into that 0.1%? And he honestly got mad at me for bashing the movie, saying, "How can you say it's bad, if you haven't even seen it?" I've never been to North Korea, but I don't have to book a two-week vacation to know that I would absolutely hate it there! I've never seen a Madea movie either, but I can bet my most vital of organs that the movies are pure crap.
I've been friends with this guy for years, through thick and thin. He's always been my movie buddy, but in the past, he was very selective. I'd say, "Hey, let's go see The Craft." and he'd say, "Nah, that's not a movie I'd be interested in." "What about Training Day?" "No. You go on ahead." Now, this man is seeing sh*t like Project X by himself, and telling me how hilarious it was. I don't know why I'm venting on this board, of all places, but I don't have a therapist and I just had to get this out. I honestly think my friend has lost his damn mind.