Guide to Chick Flicks
October 9th, 2002
Here are some random observations pertaining to chick flicks.
- Many chick flicks are named after old songs. Simply Irresistible, Addicted to Love, Sweet Home Alabama, When a Man Loves a Woman, The Sweetest Thing, Leaving Las Vegas and Pretty Woman to name a few.
- Gratuitous bra and panty shots are not only acceptable within chick flicks; they are encouraged. Women are offended when women are exploited and used as sex objects in action and comedy films, but if it is in a chick flick, it is A OK.
- Clothes Montage. This is a prerequisite for any good chick flick. How is it that every girl finds herself in a clothing store and ends up trying on clothes in every single chick flick? Actually, this is a phenomenon that transcends chick flicks, and goes into pretty much every single “romantic comedyâ€. I am pretty sure that in order to have “romantic†attached to a comedy movie, it has to have a clothes montage scene. And these scenes are always the exact same! It’s always a girl trying on moderately revealing clothes, and dancing in front of a mirror while a Robert Palmer song is playing in the background and the girls are smiling like they have never had more fun in their lives. Please put an end to this immediately!
- Characters singing a song from the soundtrack in the middle of the movie. My Best Friends Wedding, Coyote Ugly to name a few… Ladies eat this up… ask any female with a pulse what their favorite movie moment is, and they will say the dinner scene in My Best Friends Wedding. I have yet to mention my “love†of this scene to a female without them proposing marriage to me. Women love that movie, and they love that scene more than anything in the world. The way to a woman’s heart is purchasing them My Best Friends Wedding on DVD. Sit back and enjoy the results.
- Men Suck. Men are pigs. It’s not a chick flick unless it contains a 40 Minute monologue by Bonnie Hunt talking about how bad men suck (Jerry Maguire anyone?).
This is just a small list of things that I have noticed in estrogen-oriented films. I’m sure there is more that I will add at a later date. Enjoy.