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Raging Bull — Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci

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YES!

DRAMA MOVIES!


I didn't really understand or appreciate Drama Movies when I was a kid.

Little Danny was mostly into...


• Action


• Sci-Fi


• Horror


• Cartoons


• Adventure


• Crime



....well, I guess I watched just about everything.....Except Drama Movies.

When I was a kid, I HATED Drama Movies.

There's a very good reason why and it can be summed up in Three Words — Evil Chick Flicks!

I will discuss Danny's Intense Loathing of Evil Chick Flicks further down on this page.


Raging Bull — Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe PesciAs I got older I started watching Great Drama Movies....once I learned how to spot Great Drama Movies.

I really like Biographical Drama Movies. I've seen plenty of good ones.

How many of you saw Raging Bull?

You did see Raging Bull, right?

RIGHT?!?

If all Drama Movies were like Raging Bull I would've been a Drama addict much sooner.

Raging Bull is now considered one of the greatest movies ever made!

Robert De Niro won Best Actor for playing real-life boxer Jake LaMotta.

Much of De Niro's early Drama Movies were pretty intense and Raging Bull is no exception.

De Niro really did act like a Raging Bull....kicking the shit out of everybody that look at him funny. Or people he thought were looking at him funny.

But especially the people he assumed were screwing his wife....and he thought everybody was!

I don't want to give it all away....but this one of De Niro's greatest performances ever.

His performances in Taxi Driver and Cape Fear are also among his best.

Taxi Driver — Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro


De Niro was so dedicated to portraying Jake LaMotta correctly that he actually gained 60 pounds to play a fatter LaMotta in his retirement years.

De Niro isn't wearing a fat suit....those double chins and flabby arms is all De Niro.

Some people said that De Niro set a bad example by going to such an extreme as gaining 60 lbs. so quickly.

Of course, these people are all losers...people who have never committed themselves to their work and who don't care about quality like Robert De Niro does.

De Niro is a method actor. De Niro can't just Pretend to be a fat boxer...he has to Become a fat boxer.

Many quality actors today have followed De Niro's example involving method acting.




"Another Great Boxing Movie"



Cinderella Man — Russell Crowe, Renιe Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Ron HowardWhen I think of a Great Boxing Drama Movies, the first ones that come to most people's minds are Rocky and Million Dollar Baby.

While I'm a big fan of both Rocky and Million Dollar Baby....I love the boxing film Cinderella Man.

Russell Crowe.....he da man!

Sure he likes trash his apartments and movie trailers....and beat up people at random.

Who cares? The man can act!




Playing the real-life Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock...a.k.a. The Pride of New Jersey.

I love that nickname cause I was born and raised in New Jersey.

The drama involving Braddock's struggles to survive and support his family was very moving. Even when the man is down....he still acts like a MAN!

If you've read some of my other pages, then you'll know how much I hate Wimpy Male Actors and Wimpy Male Performances in Action Movies.

Russell Crowe walks that tightrope where he's portraying a Man down on his luck but still fighting.

The fight scenes were brutal. In the final fight, I was on the edge of my seat cheering for Braddock to win.

I've been told that when Rocky came out in 1976, it got the same reaction from those audiences also.

Not many Drama Movies have gotten me to actually cheer for the Main Character!

Whatever Russell Crowe does to make great Drama Movies, he should keep on doing it....including beating up anyone he wants.

I'll even help him!


Cinderella Man — Russell Crowe, Renιe Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Ron HowardIf he asks me to, I'll hold down his next victim while he stomps on his or her face.

Just keep making those Great Drama Movies, Russell!

Paul Giamatti is terrific too as the Braddock's boxing manager.

He almost steals the movie from Russell Crowe...he's THAT Good!

Paul Giamatti in this movie is just as good, if not better, then Burgess Meredith in Rocky!

I know that's blasphemous to all you Rocky fans out there...but that's how good I think Giamatti is in this movie.




"Clint Eastwood Movies Are Some Of Danny's Favorite Drama Movies"



A Perfect World — Clint Eastwood, Kevin CostnerClint Eastwood has also helped me to appreciate Great Drama Movies.

He's directed some of the best drama movies I've ever seen.

Drama Movies like Mystic River, A Perfect World and Million Dollar Baby.

Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby are excellent drama movies....but for some reason I love watching A Perfect World.

Clint Eastwood directs but the top billing is given to Kevin Costner....bad southern accent and all.

Yes....just like in JFK, Kevin Costner whips out his pitiful Southern Accent.

But he does a great job in this movie....mostly because of his chemistry with the eight-year-old boy that's with him the entire length of the movie.

Near the end, there's an intense scene involving the boy having to make a decision when Costner is about to murder an old man who he feels deserves to die.....Powerful Stuff!

Clint Eastwood also helped Danny to become addicted to Revisionist Western Movies.




"Men Must Avoid EVIL CHICK FLICKS
At All Costs!"



The Prince of Tides - BANNED, Barbra Streisand, Nick NolteThis is the MAIN REASON why Danny HATED Drama Movies as a kid.

I had many traumatic experiences in my youth involving Drama Movies and it can be summed up in Three Words.....


EVIL CHICK FLICKS!



Evil Chick Flicks, as defined by Danny, are Movies marketed towards women with the intent to Manipulate their Fragile Girlie Emotions!


I HATE Evil Chick Flicks So Much!



Evil Chick Flick Drama Movies are the Bane of the entire Human Male Species.... because we're constantly being Forced into watching them by our Women!

"Special Note To The Girls"

Your Boyfriend (or Husband) Hates Chick Flicks Too!

If he tells you that he loves them, it's because he's telling you what you want to hear so that you'll play a little Sex Game called "Butt-Naked Twister" with him!



When I was a kid and my Mom got her hands on the remote control, she watched Chick Flicks.

And if she wanted to keep an eye on me, that meant that I had to watch the Chick Flicks with her.

You'll be happy to know that I never gave in without a fight!


Gandhi — Ben Kingsley, Richard AttenboroughShe always had to kick
Little Danny's 7-year-old ass....because I would hide the remote control from her.

That was my version of Non-Violent Resistance!

It didn't work as well for me like it did for Ghandi....because I had to endure Chick Flick Drama Movies for Too Many YEARS!

I think if Ghandi was in my shoes and was forced to watch Chick Flicks....you better believe he would put up Plenty of Violent Resistance!

Ghandi would've taken an Uzi and gone Medieval on Everybody's Asses!



• When I was forced to watch a Chick Flick with my Mom, I felt the sudden urge to dump Bleach into my eyeballs!

I thought that the sound of my own screams would keep my mind off the cinematic abominations that I was being forced to watch.


• If I were to walk up to the television when a Chick Flick was on....and Vomit on the screen....that would be an improvement.


• Anytime I watch them I feel like my brain cells are Suicide Bombing each other!






"The Devil In Disguise"



In particular, Evil Chick Flick Drama Movies starring Barbra Streisand were torture!

Brutal, Inhumane Torture!

The Geneva Convention's policies on Torture didn't apply in MY HOUSE when I was a kid!

Barbra Streisand.....even her name makes me sick!

Her name conjures up too many Revolting Memories of too many wasted hours watching too many of her Extremely Boring Movies!

Barbra Streisand.....I can't stand her movies, I can't stand her music and I can't stand her!

Movies like The Way We Were, Yentl and The Prince of Tides....just thinking about these movies makes my Balls shrivel up!

Barbra Streisand — Pure Evil


Sweet Jesus....I cannot believe I still remember the titles of Barbra Streisand movies!

It's like I'm re-living the Nightmare of my youth all over again!

Please....KILL ME!!!!

And I'm not the only one who feels this way about her...the creators of South Park hate Barbra Streisand as much as I do.


Danny will now make this Promise.....

If I EVER wind up marrying a Woman like Barbra Streisand,
I Will Blow the Back of my Head Out With A Shotgun!

I Swear It!







"Believe It Or Not....
It Just Keeps Getting Worse"



How many of you saw the movie Love Story back in 1970.

Mention the title Love Story to a middle-aged woman in her 40's or 50's.....and her knees will buckle from remembering the Passion in that movie.


Gimme a Break, Man!


Oh, God.....I think I just Puked in my Throat!


Love Story — BannedIf I recall correctly, the two young kids fall in love and the girl dies.

Believe me, I did you a favor by telling you what happens in this movie.

The women who went to see this garbage fell in love with the young man, Ryan O'Neil, because he stuck by the young girl's side, Ali MacGraw, before and after she died.

And that's supposed to be LOVE....I call it Obsessive Compulsive!

I call it the story of a sick, selfish girl who wanted company in her dying days so she used some kind of mental guilt trip on the guy to get him to stick around.


Love Story is the best example of Hollywood Love.


Hollywood Love = Emotional Manipulation of Women to Boost Ticket Sales!

"The Stupidest Movie Quote
In All Human History"

Just like I have the lines from Goodfellas memorized, women have the lines from Love Story memorized also.

The most famous line from Love Story is:

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."

I Don't Even Know What The Hell That's Supposed To Mean!

Do You Know What It Means?



When it comes to Evil Chick Flick Drama Movies, I can't decide which is worse.....


• The Ridiculous Scenarios that somehow brings
the two love interests together


OR


• The totally Unbelievable dialogue between the characters.





"Danny Figures Out The Real Reason Why 'Evil Chicks' Love Evil Chick Flicks"



Ghost — BANNEDI have a theory for the reason why Women (and some Gay Men) love Evil Chick Flick Drama Movies so much.....


They Secretly Hate All Straight Men!


After all, the Straight Men in Chick Flicks are either Really Sweet and Emotional.... or they're Rapists!

There's no middle ground for men....those are the only two options for Male Roles in Chick Flicks.

Chick Flick Fans want to see the women get even with their "Male Oppressors."


Chick Flick Fans also want to see the women have a Passionate Love Affair with the Really Sweet, Emotional male character that conveniently shows up in the middle of the story.

By the way, I've never seen a Real Man act the way the Sweet, Emotional Men act in Chick Flicks.

If I ever come across a guy who acts like that.....I'm afraid I'll have to take matters into my Own Hands!

I'll start to help him by first Kidnapping him.

Then I'll take him to a remote motel on the outskirts of town, tie him to a chair, and spend the next month De-Programming the Wussiness that Chick Flicks have Programmed into his brain!


Jerry Maguire — BANNEDAnd Why do Women (and some Gay Men) Secretly Hate Straight Men?


Because They're Afraid of Us!


And Why Are They Afraid of Us?!?


Because They Cannot Control Us!


We're like The Untamed Lion.....

We use our Strength and Cunning to Rule over the rest of the Jungle!

So in an effort to gain Control and Dominance over Men....Women decide to go into the Illustrious Career of The Sexless Ball-Breaking Feminist!

If Women decide not to go into that field....they at least enlist the help of other Sexless Ball-Breaking Feminists!


Waiting to Exhale — BANNEDWhy Would Women Do This?


• To Keep Men under Control


AND


• To Put Men in the place that is most comfortable for Women.... Groveling At Their "Cankled" Feet!


However, if a War breaks out or if they need help moving Furniture around the Living Room, who do the women look for to help them do what they cannot do for themselves?


THE UNTAMED LION, BABY!







"Danny Intends To Win
The Battle Of The Sexes!"



FIRST STEP To Male Victory.....Win The Battle of the Sexes in Danny's Own Home!


SECOND STEP To Male Victory.....Spread the Word of the Victory in my home all over America to inspire other "Y-Chromosomers" to stop spending time at the Opera Houses and the Art Museums.....

.....And start spending more time at the Sports Bars and the Strip Joints!


FINAL STEP To Male Victory.....Allow The Male Revolution to Sweep Over The Entire World.... with Danny being crowned "Emperor Dude Of The World!"

Danny will be just like Colin Farrell in the movie Alexander!

But instead of Colin Farrell, it will be Danny who will be Ruler of the World.....with a Butt-Naked Rosario Dawson as my Trophy Wench!



Rosario Dawson — Penis Envy


And just as the Crown is about to be put onto my head.....I suddenly wake up from my Deep Sleep!

Danny is ripped away from his Dream by the sound of a Shrill Female Voice saying:


"DANNY....WAKE UP!

GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT OF BED AND HELP ME MOVE THIS FURNITURE....

WE'RE REDECORATING THE HOUSE TODAY!"



Oh, well.....It was a Beautiful Dream while it lasted.

Danny is So Depressed Right Now....






"Danny's Finale Warning!"



Testosterone Killing Chick Flick Drama Movies are not as pervasive in the movie theaters like they use to be. They're mostly found on TV stations like Lifetime, Oxygen and on the Daytime Soaps.

But every once in a while, Hollywood manages to sneak one past you.

And they're usually starring Renιe Zellweger and Jude Law!

And for God's Sake....stay away from any movie starring Hugh Grant!

This British Actor is at his Worst when he's "Acting" like he had his Balls chopped off at Birth....which is quite often.


You Have Been Warned!

Avoid Evil Chick Flicks Like Grim Death!



Barbra Streisand — The Horror....The Horror....


I promise that I will try very....VERY HARD....to NEVER put Evil Chick Flick Drama Movies into Entertainment Movie Guide.

The only time that I MIGHT cave in is if some woman points a Loaded Gun at my face and forces me to include one.

So if you ever see a Vomit Inducing, Anti-Penis Chick Flick on Entertainment Movie Guide....call the F.B.I. cause I've been kidnapped and I'm being held hostage!



"WARNING! MEN PREPARE FOR BATTLE!"



There is a New Enemy in the Battle between Men and Women.....and this New Enemy Hates Men more than Life Itself!

Of course, I am talking about.....

Rosie O'Donnell




Rosie O'Donnell.....Yuk!



Rosie O'Donnell Rant System





"Danny Loves Movies Starring
Gorgeous Chicks-With-Guns!"



There is One Kind of Chick Flick that I wouldn't mind seeing more of.... CHICKS WITH GUNS!!!

I fell in love with the kinds of movies that had Chicks With Guns, Knives and Explosives because of Pam Grier, 1970's American Grindhouse Movies.....and the movies Alien and Aliens!

"More Great Flicks Starring
Chicks-With-Guns"

Back in April 2007, I saw two of the Best Chick Flicks I've ever seen in my Life....

• Planet Terror!


AND


• Death Proof!



Half-Naked Chicks Kicking Ass is the kind of Chick Flicks Danny wouldn't mind seeing a lot more of!

The only thing better than Half Naked Chicks Kicking Ass is.....


.....Completely Naked Chicks Kicking Ass!


Thelma & Louise — BANNEDHowever, Danny Hates Chicks With Guns movies like Thelma & Louise.

Thelma & Louise is nothing but Anti-Man Propaganda....with the Females shown as Victims!

The Evil Male-Dominated World drives these Women to become Violent!

Quick! Get Danny a tissue cause I think I'm gonna Cry over here!

Thelma & Louise couldn't just be Violent for the Thrill of it!

They had to have a Reason that Justifies it All!


They had to be pushed into their Violent Behavior by Men so that the audience could be Sympathetic to them and NOT hold these women responsible for their Violent Behavior!

Thelma & Louise wanted to be a couple of Tough, Kick Ass Mamas looking for Revenge.....but act like they're Victims at the same time!

How Gutless and Cowardly is That?!?

I wasn't sure if I was watching a Movie.....or a Disgusting, Chick-Infested Hillary Clinton Political Rally!


And the Worst Part is that while Thelma & Louise were Kicking Ass.....they were Fully Dressed!

They didn't even follow Janet Jackson's example and have an "Accidental" Ward-robe Malfunction!!!

Are You Shittin' Me?!?

Kill Bill, Vol. 1 — Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman Kill Bill, Vol. 2 — Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman


The Chicks With Guns (or Swords) movies Danny approves of are the ones showing the Chicks Kicking Ass like a Guy would.....but without all the Crying and Self-Pity!

And Without any Excuses or Justifications! These Chicks Kick Ass cause they Love It!

When you watch the Great Chicks With Guns Movies.....you don't have to put up with any Crying or other Emotional, Girlie Garbage!

The Kill Bill Movies understood how to do it Right!




"Some Of The Evilest Of
The Evil Chick Flicks"



NOTE: Danny wrote this list of Evil Chick Flicks as a Warning to all men!

Study this list throughly because I Guarantee you that Your Woman will try to pop one of these into your DVD Player....when you Least Expect It!


"Know Thy Enemy!"

— The Art of War by Sun Tzu




The American President — BANNED• The American President

Don't you just love Politically Biased movies that are deliberately Disguised as Romantic Comedies?

Compare the Pansy Commander-in-Chief, played by Michael Douglas, in this Disgusting Evil Chick Flick to....

....The Kick Ass Commander-in-Chief that "Macho Man" Harrison Ford played in Air Force One!

You Tell Me....

Who Do You Prefer to be in The White House when The Shit Hits the Fan?


• The Pussy-Whipped President

What is Bill Clinton up to these days anyway?

Oh yeah, he is Riding His Wife's Coattails!


OR



• The Kick Ass, "Take No Prisoners" President

The one that wants to Kill Evil Terrorists.....NOT become Buddy-Buddy with Evil Terrorists!


Take a Wild Guess at which Commander-in-Chief Danny chooses!




• Jerry Maguire

Renιe Zellweger says, "You had me at hello."

Danny says, "Shut The Fuck Up!"


Tom Cruise says, "You Complete Me."

Danny says, "Hey Bitch, Didn't I just tell you to Shut The Fuck Up???"




Shakespeare In Love — BANNED• Shakespeare In Love

The Best Picture Oscar of 1998 went to This Piece of Shit Chick Flick!

Do you know what Totally Deserving Movie got snubbed from winning The Best Picture Oscar of 1998?

Saving Private Ryan!

They gave The Best Picture award to a sappy, chick flick with a ridiculous plot....instead of to Saving Private Ryan!

Danny is still bitter about that to this very day!






• Failure to Launch


Starring an Old-Looking Sarah Jessica Parker, an even Older Looking Kathy Bates....

...and finally Matthew McConaughey


OR as I prefer to call him — Matthew "Mc-Kinda-Gay"




The Bridges Of Madison County — BANNED

• Pretty Woman


• Ghost


• Bridget Jones' Diary


• Thelma and Louise


• Dirty Dancing


• The Notebook


• Waiting to Exhale


• The English Patient


• The Bridges of Madison County
— Why, Clint? WHY???


• The First Wives Club — Bitter Ex-Wives Love This Evil Chick Flick!


• Beaches


• Working Girl


• Steel Magnolias


• The Joy Luck Club


• City of Angels


• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood






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