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SamuraiFrog comments on a list of ‘chick flicks’ that apparently guys love but refuse to admit watching. How do I measure up to the list? Let’s find out!
Mean Girls; The Proposal. I haven’t seen either of these. Wouldn’t mind seeing either, but just haven’t.
The Notebook. Oh, Nicholas Sparks. Yes, I’ve seen this. And I liked it. I didn’t like it as much as some other folks I know, but yeah, it’s really not a bad flick, for what it is. (True confession: I’ve read a not-insignificant number of Sparks’s novels, and his semi-autobiography-and-around-the-world-travelogue. If you’ve ever wondered why it is that somebody in a Sparks book always has to suffer some kind of awful fate, well, read the guy’s life story. Sparks is the poster-child for “Just when things were going great, the Grim Reaper showed up”.)
Bridget Jones’ Diary. I haven’t seen this. Again, I think I probably should, since I’ve heard all kinds of great things about it.
Titanic. SamuraiFrog doesn’t like this anymore, but when I watched it not too long ago with The Daughter, I still liked it just fine. I still think the angry backlash against it is a lot of poseur bullshit.
Sweet Home Alabama, Never Been Kissed, Legally Blonde. I’ve seen none of these, and I can’t really say that I want to, either.
Love Actually. This is not only one of my favorite movies ever, it’s one of those movies that when I find out somebody doesn’t like it, I think a little bit less of them. Not liking this movie is like saying “I think kittens suck” or “F*** puppies”. This is one of my favoritist movies ever, and it’s part of my Christmas world. Here’s where I wrote about it at length. Wonderful, just a great damn movie.
13 Going On 30. Ye Gods, I’m not even sure I’ve heard of this movie.
So, of ten movies, I haven’t even seen seven of them. Makes me wonder why I bothered writing this post at all. Oh well….
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Mean Girls, Never Been Kissed, and 13 Going on 30 are all delightful. I own all 3. Legally Blonde is also a lot of fun.
I saw Sweet Home Alabama, and it was cute but forgettable. 🙂
I agree with you about Love, Actually. It's a fabulous film so well written and well made. I wouldn't even characterize it as a chick-flick. It's not a romance movie. It's a light hearted film about the very deep subject of love. It is one of my favorite films of all time.
As for Titanic, that film bothered me. I still think they could have saved the ship if the characters hadn't acted like such idiots. Very unbelievable. Just bad filmmaking.
See Mean Girls, at least.