Chick flicks... Love 'em or hate 'em?

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I have a question for you (and this is not an attack on your opinions by any means):

What would you perfer romantic comedies-- or romantic dramas -- Portray relationships as?

I only ask because you, yourself, said that you hate Rom Coms for the simple fact they give a false idea to young women of what real relationships are about.

I will argue that is EXACTLY why rom coms/chick flicks ARE so appealing.

As has been established, they are escapism and wish-fullfilment fantasies -- For both females AND males (I.E., Jerry Maguire).

I can understand that perhaps it does paint a black and white picture of "the perfect couple" who never fights, never argues, etc...

But why would you want to see that in a film when you (unfortunately) can experience that in real life?

I guess I'm having trouble with the fact that you are basically saying that you don't like chick flicks/rom coms because they aren't "real enough"... But again, that's the whole POINT of a rom com: NOT to portray the harsh realities of relationships and let you escape for a few hours.

Help me understand your POV... ;)
 
Naw, it's not because of that. It's the whole way they'd written it. The rapport was what got me really... kilig. That's the Filipino word for feeling all jittery and fluttery and gooey when something mushy happens. :) And that was the only chick flick where I cried at the ending.
 
I just simply love Dirty Dancing, and dancing it is again... :D
And Save the Last Dance and My Girl...

*makes me want to watch a movie* even if it is an action movie...

How do girls feel about action movies?
Better than chick flick or not your thing?
 
Love/Hate relationship... they make me feel good but sometimes I realize they are just playing with your emotions...
 
I love chick flicks, but, I also like thrillers and actions aswell. It depends on the movies. I think the reason why I like 'chick flicks' is because most of the time you can come away smiling at the end and feel abit more cheerful and uplifted. They're entertainment and escapism which is what movies and shows are supposed to be about - to entertain and let you escape from the real world for a couple of hours. It's nice sometimes not to watch things with bad news and crying and death and blood and overworking your brain trying to work out what is happening and can just sit down with popcorn and drinks and just be entertained and abit more cheerful for a couple of hours. Other times it's good to see a film that keeps you on the edge of the seat or makes you jump or something. It depends what mood you're in, really.

Some of my favorites are Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Bridget Jones's Diary, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Two Weeks Notice, Bend it like Beckham, Dirty Dancing and Never Been Kissed.
 
Yes, on that I wholeheartedly agree as well.

*looks at chick-flick/80's-flick loving male heterosexual co-worker*

I wrote a lot more but the system booted me out and I'm too tired to rewrite all of it. Suffice it to say that it was erudite.
 
Legally blonde 2 is kinda dumb to me...
I just didn't think anything of the story...
But I don't think that it is realistic to get a Harvard law degree for just anybody...
But well,that again is my opinion...
 
I don't generally love or hate them. Like all genres of movies, it depends on how good it is to me. I know a lot of people think A Walk To Remember is too cheesy and ugh...but I actually liked it very much. Not because of "awww.....it's so sweet.....", but because it was good story telling and it was done in a way that make people care about the characters. Like, I didn't feel forced to sympathize with the characters. Whereas chick flicks like The Wedding Planner, Here on Earth, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days etc. try too hard to manipulate the audience. It was like telling the audience: "here's the part that you should laugh even though it's not funny", "here's the cute part but not really", "here's the part where you should feel the heartbreak but you don't care".....:rolleyes:

BTW, I feel sorry for guys who get dragged into the theatre by girls to watch chick flicks. I sat next to one before. His girlfriend was ecstatic but he looked like he wanted to die. :lol:
 
Pssst. Come here. Let me let you in on a little secret guys will NEVER let you know about:

They like Rom Coms just as much as women do... If not more ;)

I kid you not.

Why?

Because falling in love and being accepted for who we are on the inside is a very universal thing regardless of gender.

Females may be more "emotional" about certain things and value those emotional bonds more than males in terms of biological fact...

But no one, I don't care how tough they want to sound (male or female) can live without love.

Especially, the HOPE for love.

There have been documented cases (studies) of babies who were only given food and formula -- the neccessities for life -- Bu no love or attention from an adult... And they developed and behaved abnormally to the point of being psychotic... And this is before they were one year old :eek:

As corny as this sounds, Love -- or the things associated with lov like acceptance; belonging; not being alone; etc. -- Really is what makes the world go around and why humans have survived through terrible things like wars, famon, plagues, etc.

It's not just the biological need to reproduce, or pass on genes. It really isn't in my opinion.

There is something more inherent in love that goes beyond nature and biology that science hasn't been able to "nail down" yet and probably (hopefully) never will because like I said, it is the one thing that while maybe forever remain a mystery...

Is what keeps us going as a race and as inviduals...

Especially, the hope -- if nothing else -- That we will eventually find love that will make us complete.

You can debate whether that devaules a person's worth or not if they never find it, or are falsely led (by the media and movies) to persue it...

But it is a reality that I for one am glad exists for EVERYONE...

Regardless if they like Chick Flicks or not ;)
 
I definitely agree - if I'm not in the right frame of mind, I don't even want to watch Bridget Jones' Diary! (one of my favorites)

Mood is key.
 
Depends who's in 'em, I guess. I can tolerate a good actor or actress in any kind of movie, for the most part. :) I have a soft-enough soft spot for Chick Flicks, but it's not that soft that I see everyone that comes out.
 
I :love: love love Ever After. One of my favorite movies ever! It's quite historically inaccurate, and that bothered me when i discovered that. But it'll still probably always be one of my favorite movies. But i've seen probably 200 times... i know all the lines. ;) :)
And i love the classic Sabrina... no one can ever beat Audry Hepburn. :D
 
I do like 'chick flicks' with a bit of realism and it's not about the girl chasing the guy for the whole movie. Like the legally blonde movies, those are 'chick flicks' and it's not romance-based at all.
 
Don't hate them, but don't love them either. I'm pretty indifferent. I can watch a few certain ones occasionally, but even the better ones won't impact me (like buying the DVD).
 
I must admit that at times I find them horribly predictable. But I do love chickflicks. My favorites include The Way We Were, Sabrina, Pretty Woman, Ever After(costumes people!) and City of angels.
 
Depends on who's in it and the story should be good. Not all of the are likeable ;)
I liked Thelma and Louise , Riding in Cars with Boys , Boys On The Side and the one with Witney Houston ( forget the name ) . And some more I don't remember the names :lol:
 
I love chick flicks. My favorite would have to be Sweet Home Alabama- but I also love Center Stage! I'm all about the ballet. :)

One of my guy friends is always dragged to the chick flicks with us girls, but he doesn't usually seem to mind too much. Plus he got me back by making me see the Ring. Scary movies completely bother me, but he told me it wouldn't be too bad. Lol. Yeah right.
 
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