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Originally Posted by snow1868
My wife read the book and loved it, naturally she's enjoying the show. I dug the first episode, looking forward to what's next.
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I have the book sitting on my shelf. I'm determined to get through it this week. I want to get the story from the author.
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Originally Posted by smokew11
yeah I'm really enjoying Big Little Lies as well
this is gonna sound sexist as hell, though I don't mean it to be. I don't generally enjoy shows/movies with all-female leads. Not sure why, maybe just not as relatable to me as a male lead (cuz yeah, I can relate to Brad Pitt ) but Im really liking this
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It's not sexist! (Huge irritant.) Women aren't supposed to like a lot of "male" movies and that's not sexist either. Now, if you can't appreciate a good story and good acting, that's a little different.
Let me know how you feel about the following movies. If you don't like any of them, then yeah, you may be sexist.
1.) Steel Magnolias (personally I love this movie)
2.) Monster
3.) Thelma & Louise
4.) Bridesmaids
5.) Trainwreck
6.) The Accused (maybe not all female cast but the main two characters were female)
7.) The Girl on the Train (totally underrated, imo - but I did read that book, so could be biased)
8.) In Her Shoes
I'm sure there are more.
My point being is that, of course, you're not going to be able to relate to every "female" movie but you should be able to relate to good stories regardless of the gender of the characters.
I think BLL is a great example. I don't care at all that it's mainly about that group of women. I'm just really digging the way the story is going.
Again, I haven't read the book but I think the fact that throughout episode 1 (watching 2 tonight) you really don't know anything but learn a lot is really cool. I don't recall a show/movie where I didn't even know who the victim was, let alone the perp.