Define 'Chick Flick' ?

[urgeok2]

A buddy of mine recently refered to The Breakup as a 'chick flick'
I was taken aback .. to me it was a well done comedy with some insightful things to say about relationships. I couldnt see where a guy would enjoy this movie any less than a gal.

Then i started to think - what would i consider a chick flick ...

I know 'romantic comedies' get called chick flicks ... but i dont get that either .. i find they're comedies - either well done or poorly done.

So does the measure of how well it's done elevate it from the status of 'chick flick' ? isn't that negatively sexist ?

After contemplating this - in the shower this morning ...where i do all my best thinking - i came to the conclusion that the only thing i would consider a chick-flick - is a poorly made drama .. where boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy loses arm in a tractor accident, girl cares for boy, and little Joey gets stuck in a well after a battle with an incurable liver disease.

that being said - i would only consider this a chick-flick to s specific few chicks .. sad, lonely, none-too-bright.

Certainly none of the 'chicks' i know - but they must be out there.




so does that make sense to anyone else or do most of you knuckle dragging beetle browed football eating neadrathals just consider anything without a body count (as a result of extreme violence) a chick-flick ?

[ferretchucker]

I don´t think any film an be entirely a chick flick but i suppose it´s one that the film maker has chosen females as the target audience. But every film appeals to some people not in their target audience.

[newb]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

so does that make sense to anyone else or do most of you knuckle dragging beetle browed football eating neadrathals just consider anything without a body count (as a result of extreme violence) a chick-flick ?

there it is




I think any movie with MORE romance than any other element .....i.e. comedy,action,horror.....would be considered a "chick flick".


Brokeback Mountain,in my eyes, would be a "chick flick".

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by newb

Brokeback Mountain,in my eyes, would be a "chick flick".

And me and newb enjoyed that together quite a bit. :D


Seriously though, the ones with the mushy-wushy, teary-eyed stuff, long-drawn out sequences of forlorn lovers...the ones with endings so sweet they make your back teeth ache with a heavy throb...

"Reality bites" - not a motto for these ones.

And of course, the "Mean Girls" and "Parent Trap" kinda flicks.

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

And of course, the "Mean Girls" and "Parent Trap" kinda flicks.

see - to me:

- Mean Girls is a teen comedy
- Parent Trap is a disney film ..

i wouldnt consider them to be chick flicks

[crabapple]

I would make a really strong suggestion that Disney's "ENCHANTED" is a chick flick. Because it's really girl-oriented and romance-oriented, it has hunka guys in it, and songs are sung. Oh, and it has animated characters and Susan Sarandon. In other words, it's a chick flick. :rolleyes: ;)

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by crabapple

I would make a really strong suggestion that Disney's "ENCHANTED" is a chick flick.

naaah

disney film/fairy tale satire

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

naaah

disney film/fairy tale satire

Yes they´re that, but I think a chick flick could be any genre, just a film with the storyline and casting etc. aimed at pleasing females more.

[Posher778]

Originally Posted by newb

Brokeback Mountain,in my eyes, would be a "chick flick".

That's a dick flick you moron:rolleyes:

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Posher778

That's a dick flick you moron:rolleyes:

well, not so much a 'flick' as a 'serious pounding'