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He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies

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We love this book - it is a humorous book not to be shelved within the confines of "video directories." Ever since Adam and Eve have the sexes disagreed over almost everything but one of the biggest issues men and women (at least the men I date never agree upon are films to watch -- but often times we are too afraid to say what we really think. This amazing book touches upon all of the thoughts and feelings men feel on womens films and vice-verse, however derivitive they may be, of the constant battle in the video store. Instead of saying "i disagree with you" you can now say "um, turn to Richard's comments. page 28..." It gets one's point accross and no one's feelings are as hurt.

Video didn't kill the radio star...it may have broken up a few marriages but kill? Never.

The book was otherwise enjoyable but Roeper's classification of Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a guy flick was so dreadfully wrong that now I'm not sure his advice about any movie can be trusted. Roeper says that he has never met a female Pythonite in America. I have to wonder what sort of women he associates with. Either he or they don't get out enough. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a PARODY of a guy flick. This is an important distinction and one a competent movie reviewer should be able to make. It was fake blood, it was fake violence, it was in-your-dreams seductiveness. One of the knights didn't even have a proper horse. He had coconuts! That's funny! When guys do graphic sex, violence and blood and take it seriously it's a guy flick. Big difference.
The rest of the book had some interesting, informative and useful content but this misclassification of one of the all time great sidesplitters is just too egregious to be overlooked.

Every once in a while I am allowed to go out and pick a movie at the nearest Blockbuster by myself - without running all contenders in the new release section by my wife. Usually it's evenings that require drives through rain and / or snowstorms, and the last thing you want to do is getting lost in aisle seven while dinner is waiting at home. Since I've resorted to bringing "He rents She rents" with me to the store, you can find me studying especially talented author Laurie Viera's femme fatale section that has managed to make innocent me an expert on forgotten gems like "Mildred Pierce" and "Mrs.Miniver" - leaving my devoted wife speechless on more than one occasion. I've also dabbled in the delightul Viera's hilarious "romantic recipe - sidebars" where she's sparring it out with co-author Richard Roeper. Since viewing "All About Eve" and "The Goodbye Girl" with tears in my eyes all in one evening, there's no limit to what I'm capable of in the future. Looking ahead, I've already renamed my very own assistant Eve Harrington.

Mr. Roeper has said that he "doesn't get" the fuss about Charlie Chaplin, and he gave a "thumbs up" to JACKASS: THE MOVIE.

Why anybody would pay good money to read a movie book he has written is beyond me.