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To some, Fight Club conjures up images of bloodied punched-in faces; others, of Meat Loaf’s boobs; others, Helena Bonham Carter in orgasmic ecstasy. But for Lorna from Yorkshire, the associations are far more pleasant:
Whilst listening to your discussion of fight clubs a week or so ago I reminisced, misty-eyed, about my now fiance Edward taking me on our first date
to see Fight Club at the Warner Village Cinema at Clifton Moor (a handsome industrial estate on the edge of York) back in ’99.
Some people think it’s very strange that he took me to see Fight Club on a date and that it is a terrible choice for first dateyness. I suppose they think it ought to have been something more romantic, but i think romance could be quite awkward on a first date.
Anyway answermethis please: what film would be your ideal first date movie and why? And what film would be the worst possible film to see on a first
date and why?
My own first date took place at a showing of Naked Gun 2 1/2, which of course contains all the elements of the ideal first date movie – nukes, OJ Simpson, Richard Griffiths’s arse… If, however, you have strong feelings that another film is the pinnacle of the first date movie genre, then commit those to the comments; alternatively, feel free to apply yourself to Lorna’s supplementary question and tell us which film totally cockblocked you.
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Answer Me This! Podcast 
February 2, 2011 at 12:54 pm |
Seven, starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. You’re not getting any nookie after that one.
January 28, 2011 at 3:05 am |
I took a date, a girl I didn’t know very well to see Pulp Fiction when it first came out. I’ll let that sink in a little. I took a very nice Catholic girl to see Pulp Fiction. On purpose. In my defense, I hadn’t seen it and nobody warned me about it. Thanks a lot, culture!
January 27, 2011 at 11:00 pm |
My first date with the ex was to see “G.I. Joe, Rise of the Cobra”
Was interesting. The fact she’s my ex may indicate the success that had.
January 27, 2011 at 3:41 pm |
The best first-date movie has got to be Lars von Trier’s “ANTICHRIST”.
Throughout the film, you should nudge your date and say “eh? eh? That could be us one day…”. If she stays with you, then she’s a keeper!
However, if she claims that the negative depiction of women in the movie is sexist, then simply reply “Sexist? Yeah. Do me a favour love” and leave immediately.