Photo of "Mary" courtesy of accesshollywood.com
I'm so sick of the new chick flicks that are contaminating my movie theatre. I don't even want to go see them. They are all the same: degrading and an insult to women. The women in these movies are concerned about one thing: finding love. Why does this have to be the only problem a middle-aged woman faces?
Sure, women love hearing romantic stories with happy endings. But it seems all the great classic love stories are about a man chasing after a woman, wooing her heart with love songs and poetry. The new chick flicks seem to revolve around desperate and somewhat neurotic women chasing uninterested men who they obsess over. How is this romantic?
Some obsessed, pathetic characters in recent chick flicks:
GiGi- He's Just Not That Into You (This chick flick s great...but this particular character annoyed me)
Mary- All About Steve
Abby-The Ugly Truth
Photo of "GiGi" courtesy of nwanews.com
These characters are all trying to find love. But they are so desperate, men perceive them as a little psycho. (*For the record, I love that women are the ones making the first move. I just don't approve of the way they are doing it in these movies). So what happens? The man finally gets to know the "true person" behind the psycho and falls in love. The end! Wow...so unrealistic!
But my friend and film geek begs to differ. She is a bit of a hopeless romantic and assures me that modern chick flicks are still very much romantic. I disagreed and so I challenged her to a chick flick faceoff! Check out Podcast 3 for our debate on this heated topic! Then, tell me what you think. Are modern chick flicks romantic?
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