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I never quite understood whether to qualify as a chick flick, "romance" elements that are thought to "appeal to women" have to be involved which is the stuff people criticize as fluff or if it is just any film dominated by women characters and women's lives (not necessarily involving romance) that can be called that.
Is "The Devil Wears Prada" a typical chick flick if it focuses on female characters in an office politics/corporate setting? How about "Mean Girls"? "Bend it like Beckham"?
Liked "Mean Girls" - loved "Beckham" (but it's hard to find decent soccer movies - Ladybugs???)
As far as surf-stop movies (those that I come across while channel surfing and watch at least a few scenes regardless of where they are in the movie, and despite seeing it numerous times - much to my wife's chagrin):
Legally Blonde (and the sequel sometimes)
Bring It On
Steel Magnolias (LOVE the graveyard scene)
Enchanted
Sleepless in Seattle (got married to the theme song)
I don't think liking Monty Python has anything to do with gender. Some people just don't like cerebral comedy. They just want to see someone dress up as a woman in a fat suit.
What about most of Kevin Costner's sports movies? Lots of romance in them and guys obviously like the sports connection.
I actually liked Gone with the Wind. My maternal grandmother says it is her favorite movie, and wanted me and my siblings to watch it. I was at first a little nervous because of the four-hour running time and the fact that it was about a time period in America that I didn't know about. But I gave it a chance and it was actually a good movie.
In particular I liked the costumes, the special effects (great for the time), and Vivien Leigh's performance. I had known that she was British, but her portrayal of a woman from the American South was very convincing.
I found out shortly afterward that Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy, won an Oscar for her performance - the first black person to do so. I thought she did a good performance too.
Bend it Like Beckham was good too - I liked the humour.
The term "chick flick" is annoying because it implies that movies that appeal to, or are about women are somehow lesser than other movies. Action or horror movies that are directed towards men don't get that stigma.
I prefer to call them Rom Coms (romantic comedies). Unless of course it's a sappy drama which I don't often watch (there are a few exceptions like 'The Notebook').
I love ALL kinds of movies. And I am a HUGE Monty Python fan. Heck I met them back in the 1970's (had some correspondence with John Cleese at the time)!
I hate generalizations.
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