Chick flicks you'll admit to liking

[steveo]

Ghost
My Best Friends Wedding
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days
A Guy Thing (although I really think it's a guy film)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

 

[Maelstrom]

The Princess Bride is not a Chick Flick. It's badass.

Seconded

 

[Lost in Trek]

Heart and Souls
Somewhere in Time
Moulan Rouge
When Harry Met Sally
Without a Trace

 

[Deric]

Why do people keep listing Princess Bride as a chick flick? He tells the story to his grandson. That's like saying Yellowbeard is a chick flick

 

[PHArchivist]

6 days 7 nights.

Like the film, but not really a chick flick in my opinion (for whatever that's worth! )

 

[Deric]

Holy crap I was just told kill bill was a chick flick.

Wait - now I'm told Death Becomes her is a chick flick too.



Noooooooooooo


I think we need a clear definition.

 

[Raza Crew]

10 Things I Hate About You
The Notebook
A Walk to Remember
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Holiday
Some Kind of Wonderful
Serendipity
Morning Glory
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

 

[firesprite]

Urban Dictionary: chick flick


1. chick flick
A film that indulges in the hopes and dreams of women and/or girls. A film that has a happy, fuzzy, ridiculously unrealistic ending.
My best friend's wedding, Mona Lisa Smile, Runaway Bride, The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, Josie and the pussycats, Mean girls, A cinderella story, Freaky Friday.... I could go on forever!


2. chick flick
I word which refers to movies characteristically geered at young females in their twenties and late teens. Must include: love scenes, kissing, something sad, a happy ending, Flipper.
LAURA: Hey wanna watch "The Happy Movie" with me?
DANNY: That chick flick!?!?! No way.


3. chick flick
A film that has the following formula:
Two people fall in love
They get along fine
There is some kind of misunderstanding
They break up
They get back together
The end.
Oh no, not another boring formulaic chick flick!

 

[Darth Mawr]

I would have to agree with others about Princess Bride and Fried Green Tomatoes and add: Somewhere In Time

 

[Flagg]

I always liked Ladyhawke.
I never hear it mentioned as a chick flick though.

I used to love that movie. I watched it a couple of months ago and to me at least, it didn't hold up all that well. What I used to think was badass seemed just kind of hokey now.

 

[Bizarro Lois]

I used to love that movie. I watched it a couple of months ago and to me at least, it didn't hold up all that well. What I used to think was badass seemed just kind of hokey now.

My only problem with Ladyhawke is the soundtrack. If they replaced it with more medieval instrumentals, it would be much better.

 

[Nwerke]

Why do people keep listing Princess Bride as a chick flick? He tells the story to his grandson. That's like saying Yellowbeard is a chick flick

It's totally a chick flick. It's a romance in both senses of the term. It's girl-friendly fantasy without gore or intense action. It has more eye-candy for the ladies than for the gents. It found a big female audience, or rather a big part of the audience it found was female (it didn't do all that well IIRC).

Well, the formula usually is a likeable guy in the beginning, but circumstances have him show his true colors - money, fame, popularity, whatever -

Same difference, I think. The key part is, his misdemeanour must be heartbreaking, but ultimately must also be plausibly forgiveable.

In reality... the response would likely be a cellphone picture from the girl showing her getting it on with some other guy.

Some of the time, sure. But in real life women do forgive guys for, for example, cheating, more often than guys forgive women for the same thing.

I actually (really) like everything about Titanic

Saw it three times in cinemas. I really disliked Leo at the time, but the ship was (mostly) so well realized, and I've followed the story since I was a child. And it works fine as a tentpole spectacular.

But I'm sorry. Hugh Grant should be flung off a cliff into the ocean. I will not watch anything he is in.

He does the hesitant/diffident thing to death. He can do other modes, but rarely shows it. I don't care, I think he deserves a sodding knighthood for outing Rupert Murdoch's evil empire.

The one time I almost cried in that movie is when the designer finally realizes that he has ****ed up, and decides to go down with the ship.

The designer didn't **** up at all. The captain and owner, yes, in a big way. Interesting new book out, by the way, a biography about Ismay's "afterlife" so to speak. Socially he pretty much died that night; only his body survived.

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

Sweet home Alabama
The princess bride
Romeo and Juliet
50 first dates
Aladin
Titanic
Just Friends

 

[PHArchivist]

Good to see Fried Green Tomatoes mentioned a number of times.

Again - why the HELL is this not on Blu-ray?

 

[Zykotec]

The designer didn't **** up at all. The captain and owner, yes, in a big way. Interesting new book out, by the way, a biography about Ismay's "afterlife" so to speak. Socially he pretty much died that night; only his body survived.

OK, the moment when he (Andrews) realized he had underestimated his foolproofing of the ship then (under-estimated the fools so to speak). He didn't really **** up that's true, but they couldn't have fu**ed it so bad without his 'help', and the way he faces his responsibility, unlike the others that pushed the ship to it's demise, was a touching moment to me.
(it's a bit like if Dyson could have watched the end of T3 )

 

[DoubleD]

I've never seen FGT or The Notebook, but given the love they'be been shown in this thread I'll have to watch them.

I don't know if The Holiday counts as a chick flick, but that's another I remeber I like.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Same difference, I think. The key part is, his misdemeanour must be heartbreaking, but ultimately must also be plausibly forgiveable.

Yeah, but it's for the most part done in such a jerk-can't-never-come-back kinda way, yet the jerk is still forgiven and smooched and the girl becomes a weak character. Though, what do I know about women... really... they are so complex and weird and altogether illogical logical... hmm... yup, I don't know women. LOL.

 

[CelticRuins]

Ever After - Can I haz ALL of Drew's costumes? Her 'Breathe' gown is my all-time favorite costume in any movie.

The Princess Bride is considered a chick flick? Well alright then.

Marie Antoinette (2006) - For serious eye porn right there. Costumes, location, food...everything. Also the soundtrack is rather amazing.

 

[benhs1898]

The Notebook. Does Crazy, Stupid Love count?

Jeeze, they both have Ryan Gosling.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail
How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
When Harry Met Sally