The nominating floor is now open for the best chick flicks of all time. I'm blatantly stealing Eslaine's polling format and doing a series of polls that will truly determine once and for all which movie is the true incarnation of the female essence. One need not be female to participate, but no snarkiness allowed and The Dirty Dozen is NOT eligible.
[ August 30, 2004, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
"10 Things I Hate About You" "Coyote Ugly"
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The Cutting Edge* Stricly Ballroom (not really a chick flick, but close enough) While You Were Sleeping
*my favorite
[ August 24, 2004, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Say Anything
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, Strictly Ballroom is totally a chick flick.
<aussie accent> Tina Sparkle's broken her leg and I want to dance with you</accent>
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
"Grandmother says she'd like to teach us."
Posted by Tristan (Member # 1670) on :
I would nominate Strictly Ballroom, and I still haven't even seen it. But everyone I know that's seen it loves it.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, and I'm nominating You've Got Mail and Return to Me.
All nominations must be seconded, too!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
::yaks on all chick flicks::
That said, I'll second Amélie.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Kill Bill.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Pretty Woman
Thomas Crown Affair
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
As chick flick dictator, I also reserve the right to baleet anything by Quentin Tarantino.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
"You've Got Mail?"
Ugh. That was just bad.
"Sleepless in Seattle" was much better.
-Trevor
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Woman, desperately seeking to gain her freedom from a man she still loves yanked back into a life of violence she's desperately trying to leave behind.
Sounds like a Lifetime original movie to me.
Dagonee
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
There are many lists out there, but this one looks particularly helpful if you'd like a little memory-jogging.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Love Actually French Kiss
I'll second Return to Me.
Funny story. As Christine and I were leaving the theater after seeing Return to Me, I was trying to remember its name (we'd seen it on a whim, not even really knowing what it was going to be; we often do that, and it's something that I really enjoy). I turned back, looking at the marquee, and spotted what seemed to me to be the most like contender: Where the Heart Is. I couldn't decide if this was a screamingly funny name for the movie or proof of the producer's very bad taste. When she finished laughing, Christine pointed out my mistake.
Posted by Tristan (Member # 1670) on :
For a formula romantic comedy "You've got mail" is one of the better ones.
So is "Notting Hill", which I hereby nominate.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, serious nominee - Nurse Betty.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:spotted what seemed to me to be the most like contender: Where the Heart Is.
Brilliant! Ha ha ha!
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Are "Joe vs. The Volcano" or "The Wedding Singer" considered chick flicks? If so, I'd like to nominate those.
And the list dabbler linked to said "Romancing The Stone" and "The Princess Bride" are chick flicks, so I'm also nominating those.
And I'll second "10 Things I Hate About You".
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Thanks, Goat. *relieved smile* That's my favorite one.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I'll second The Wedding singer (totally counts) and Romancing the Stone.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Actually, looking at this list makes me realize how uninterested in chick flicks I am, as I haven't seen most of these.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
And I have to second French Kiss.
"A healthy person is someone who expresses what they’re feeling inside. Express, not repress." "In that case, you must be one of the healthiest people in the world." "Why shut me out? You know what happens to people who shut everybody out?" "They lead quiet, peaceful lives?" "No, they fester. Fester and rot." Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Thelma and Louise
FG
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
Miss Congeniality Runaway Bride
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I'll second Notting Hill and Pretty Woman.
What about Freaky Friday ?
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I'll second Miss Congeniality.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Which? *snicker*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Which Freaky Friday?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
:: punch ::
You owe me a coke PSI!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Let me just give you the name and number of my guy.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ok, here's the list so far: (star if they've been seconded)
10 Things I Hate About You* Coyote Ugly The Cutting Edge Stricly Ballroom* While You Were Sleeping* Say Anything Amelie* You've Got Mail* Return to Me* Pretty Woman* Thomas Crown Affair Sleepless in Seattle Love Actually French Kiss* Notting Hill* Nurse Betty Joe vs. The Volcano The Wedding Singer* Romancing The Stone* The Princess Bride Thelma and Louise* Miss Congeniality* Runaway Bride Freaky Friday Steel Magnolias Fried Green Tomatoes Bridget Jones's Diary Little Women*
[ August 24, 2004, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Steel Magnolias Fried Green Tomatoes
(my two favorite chick flicks)
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
I don't care what dabbler's list says, Casablanca, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Big Chill are not chick flicks. And not only is Beautiful Girls not a chick flick, but most women I know that have seen it actively dislike it for being a guy movie.
Some are marginal. I could see arguments for The American President, Meet Joe Black, Footloose, and Splash. But Lara Croft: Tomb Raider? Are you kidding me?
Having said all that, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned When Harry Met Sally or Dirty Dancing. For entirely different reasons, mind you.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I was talking about the newest Freaky Friday. Let's call it Freaky Friday 2003, ok ?
And as much as I like Thomas Crown Affair, I think it's hardly a chick flick...
[ August 24, 2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I'll second "While You Were Sleeping".
I would second Princess Bride but it's not a chick flick, IMO.
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Hey Sax, I think you must have clicked through to another list, b/c those aren't on the chick list.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:And not only is Beautiful Girls not a chick flick, but most women I know that have seen it actively dislike it for being a guy movie
Amen to that.
*hates Timothy Hutton with a passion*
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
By the way, there was a movie about a woman who sets a date with a guy on top of I don't remember which building. And the day of the date, on her way there, she has a car accident. Does anybody remember the title ?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, I was so glad when Kate didn't end up with him.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
That, Corwin was An Affair to Remember. Which, being quoted in Sleepless in Seattle makes it a double-superpowered chick-flick. Just like The Shop Around the Corner.
*sniffles*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You can see it in his eyes. He is...vain--it is a word, no?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Bridget Jone's Diary.
Oh, and I'll second Thelma and Louise.
Say Anything is equally appealing to men and women, and therefore, not chick flick.
[ August 24, 2004, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
The most recent adaptation of Little Women with Susan Sarandon.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:Yeah, I was so glad when Kate didn't end up with him.
It's something about his chin. Sometimes I just want to hit it. And there's a look in his eyes... vain. Is it a word?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
or The Piano or Whale Rider or Heathers Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I loved Miss Congeniality, but the end totally ruined and negated the whole movie for me. Woman learns to find her femininity, confidence, and love for other women. What is her reward? She gets the jerk.
This guy never respected her. He treated her like rubbish. He will continue to treat her like rubbish. He showed her an ounce of "appreciation" and she falls for it hook, line, and sinker! It's like the horrid, horrid ending of My Fair Lady. Pygmalion at least had a proper ending!
I'm not a huge fan of chick flicks. I am trying to think of any that I actively love.
[ August 24, 2004, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Oooh. Forgot about Fried Green Tomatoes. Good one. I second or triple or whatever those whom already nominated it.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I love when Harry Met Sally but never considered it a chick flick because I think it fairly represented the guy's point of view about relationships.
"Ah ha! So you are saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?"
"No, you pretty much want to nail them too." Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Stormy, are those nominations?
And I'm seconding Little Women Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Up to date for the new page:
10 Things I Hate About You* Coyote Ugly* The Cutting Edge* Stricly Ballroom* While You Were Sleeping* Say Anything* Amelie* You've Got Mail* Return to Me* Pretty Woman* Thomas Crown Affair Sleepless in Seattle* Love Actually* French Kiss* Notting Hill* Nurse Betty Joe vs. The Volcano The Wedding Singer* Romancing The Stone* The Princess Bride* Thelma and Louise* Miss Congeniality* Runaway Bride Freaky Friday Steel Magnolias* Fried Green Tomatoes* Bridget Jones's Diary* Little Women* When Harry Met Sally* The Piano Whale Rider Heathers Forget Paris Pride & Prejudice (A&E version)* Sense & Sensibility A Walk to Remember Chocolat Contact An Affair to Remember* The Shop Around the Corner* (these two get default inclusion status) Beloved Bend it Like Beckham (at my sister's request) Four Weddings and a Funeral Love Affair (1994)
[ August 24, 2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ah! How could I forget Forget Paris?
And I'm adding a couple Jane Austens that came up in the favorite movie thread.
[ August 24, 2004, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Yes. Mine were nominations.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Chocolat.
Women's lib meets Johnny Depp with a pony-tail.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I think Contact is definitely a chick flick, too. Add that.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So nobody else thought that Love Actually was exceptionally good? I thought that it was much better than most.
Oh, I'll nominate Bridget Jones' Diary if it hasn't already been mentioned.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
...and Beloved.
I would nominate May, but it appears no one has seen it but me. So, I won't bother. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, and by the way, nominations will close tomorrow morning, to give a chance to the nighttimers.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
quote: All men are bastards!
Not all men - some of us are just trying to help!
-Trevor
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Heh. That's the best sequence of the movie, Trevor.
"And this man was a..." "A bastard. A Eurotrash in Armani kind of guy." "Did he have a black suit, and a yellow shirt?" "You know him?! Of course you know him. All you bastards know each other."
[ August 24, 2004, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Hey Sax, I think you must have clicked through to another list, b/c those aren't on the chick list.
The titles I listed are (in the order I listed them) numbers 5, 57, 23, 73, 63, 85, 27, 29, 97, 45, and 34 in the list entitled "100 Memorable and Great 'Chick' Flicks (part 1, chronological)," which is what I got when I clicked on your link. The URL was http://www.filmsite.org/chickflicks.html. Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I'll second Pride & Prejudice (A&E version).
I also nominate Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
If so, you'll have to cancel my nomination, as I saw a remake of it: Love Affair (1994)
Actually, the REAL original is also called Love Affair.
[ August 24, 2004, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hmm... I've never heard of Love Affair until now. Would you like it nominated? The new one or the old one?
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Strictly Ballroom Princess Bride 10 Things I Hate About You
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Those 3 are all nominated and seconded already. May I interest you in Mansfield Park? Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
I'll second The Cutting Edge and Love Actually.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I'd like the new one nominated, it's an excellent movie to see with the whole family on a cold winter night... Posted by This isn't PSI (Member # 6801) on :
Ummm, I will second "Coyote Ugly".
*tents fingers*
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Heh. Good thing that wasn't you, PSI. I would seriously mock your taste.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Have you seen it?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
The Coyote Ugly nominations are not serious?
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Is Coyote Ugly a chick flick? If it is I will 2nd it. I'm not so sure it is...
[ August 24, 2004, 02:44 PM: Message edited by: Zevlag ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
OK, I've gotta leave for a few hours. Carry on, and I'll catch the list up to speed when I get back.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
You are only allowed to argue with me if you have SEEN it!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
<---- has seen it
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Well, it has a lot of women in it, it's true. Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I've seen it too.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I know it had the dancing, but for some reason I really considered it a chick flick.
It just seems like they threw Tyra Banks in there to make the men go see it, and all they accomplished was turning all the women off.
[ August 24, 2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
OK, I'm going to mention four movies that I really don't care for, but they definitely belong in the "chick flick" category:
Titanic (ok movie, but I think that plank had enough room for the both of them; don't women retain heat better than men?)
[ August 24, 2004, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Storm Saxon, Showgirls had a lot of women in it too.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Exactly, Tick.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
By wikipedia's definition, "Coyote Ugly" is a chick flick.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Well, not sure the wikipedia entry beren linked to bears that out, but what the hey. In any case, by the definition of 'a movie lots of women would want to see', I think it's not. Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
quote:By wikipedia's definition, "Coyote Ugly" is a chick flick.
One of us should edit out that dumbass entry. Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
By my definition, a movie that's all about girly crap, romance, and discovering who you are, blah blah blah, then it is.
This movie isn't going to win best chick flick, but I hold that it is one, and I liked it. : )
Of course, my favorite movie is Wayne's World, so...
(So you have seen "Coyote Ugly", Beren?)
(edit number 2: I find it deliciously funny that Josh seconded my Coyote Ugly nomination. )
[ August 24, 2004, 02:58 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Sax, odd. I don't see Much Ado, Beautiful Girls, American President, Meet Joe Black, or Tomb Raider on that list at all.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Well, PSI, I hope it starts a trend, then. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I wonder how we could make a list of chick flicks that are palatable to us guys. I can't stomach most of them, but I actually enjoy some of them when bev convinces me to watch them.
For example, Return to Me was a very good movie, and was a chick flick.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I liked all the ones I nominated. *shrug*
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Well, Coyote Ugly certainly doesn't "focus on drama and character interaction."
However, it does contain a few elements of chickflickness:
1. At one point someone sang "I Will Survive."
2. It has chicks in it.
3. It is about a chick overcoming some obstacle.
4. Did I mention it has chicks in it?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I thought it did, at least for the main character. Oh well.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
*gnaws off his remaining arm to get away from this girlie thread*
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Gone With The Wind, and dirty dancing. My moms favorites. Oh the torture!
[ August 24, 2004, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Little_Doctor ]
Posted by Khal Drogo (Member # 6786) on :
Red Dawn
Come on Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Powers Booth, Jennifer Grey, Lea Thompson . Women who don't take any crap, mostly proving that fact by killing tons of Russians. A movie both girls and guys can love.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Sax, odd. I don't see Much Ado, Beautiful Girls, American President, Meet Joe Black, or Tomb Raider on that list at all.
The list is split into two pages; one through fifty are on the first, fifty-one through one hundred are on the second. Those ones are on the second page.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Out of curiosity, Annie, where will you be running the actual poll?
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
ah-HA =)
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
quote: Out of curiosity, Annie, where will you be running the actual poll?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
The poll can be run at my site if you guys think it would interrupt the sci-fi authors stuff too much.
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
Heh heh
Ten Things I Hate About You.
I am a guy, yes. But it was great. Me and my gf, Naomi watched it for the first time together and she was crying by the end and i used that moment to propose. So i owe my upcoming marriage to that movie.
Posted by Khal Drogo (Member # 6786) on :
And why would you cry at the end of that movie? It's a comedy. I'm still holding out for Red Dawn.
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
Oh hey, has anybody seen the french film: Amelie ? It's a GREAT movie and should DEFINATELY be added.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Through my movie choices, I think this thread proves that I am way more in touch with my feminine side than any other man on this forum. In fact, I'm touching it even as I'm typing this.
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
O.O
*turns head and looks out the window at..... something*
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
O_o
Posted by Khal Drogo (Member # 6786) on :
Red Dawn
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I second Red Dawn, now it must be added.
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
If no one has done it yet, I'll second Bend It Like Beckham. I want to add Orlando and Valmont to the list. Oh, and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Hey! Did I miss a nomination for "Shakespeare in Love"? I will do it!
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I'll second Shakespeare In Love.
"Write me well/Will."
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Actually, I think saxon75 and I would love to have more polls over there.
At least I don't have a problem with it. It's a great site to poll at! Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Then let me be the first to say...right on!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I had planned to run the poll at highfantastical (the ultimate in fluff forums), but if anyone wants trafiic boosters at their site, I can be bought.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Not only do I nearly always love extra traffic at sakeriver, but I think that the "Popular Culture" forum there would be particularly well-suited to this type of poll. Especially given the fact that I'm so into movies.
On the other hand, I don't really like to compete against other jatraqueros, and I wouldn't want to feel like I was stealing people away from other satellite forums. I mean, it damn near broke my heart when people started abandoning me in droves to go worship Jon Boy.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Why not do it at Saxon75's site? You know he loves visitors. Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Almost as much as I love sandwiches.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Can do. Sarah never answered me back anyway.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
And in any case, Mike kind of called it by asking the question, didn't he?
You need to come up with some new angle to draw the people in Mike! Jon Boy has the whole linguistics thing going--I say you play to your existing strengths and make it more role playing oriented. Add an actual link to the character creation tools and character sheets, add a link to the various campaigns on the menu page, that sort of thing. It's so geeky it just might work!
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I can't beleive that Dirty Dancing, My Best Friend's Wedding, and Erin Brokovitch haven't been mentioned. So I nominate all three.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Well, the character creation tools still aren't done yet. And as for the rest... From time to time I toy with the idea of putting links up on the front page, but I'm still too much in denial of my nerdity to really own it and proclaim it to the world. Well, not so much that I'm in denial of it as the fact that I don't know that I'm really willing to showcase that side of me to the family members and friends that I know stop by my site from time to time.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
BTW, to really throw this thread for a diversion...
what happened to the campaign? A couple of my emails weren't getting through, and there was a talk of a fix... but it looks like we all forgot to start back up?
Posted by Speed 2: Cruise Control (Member # 6765) on :
How has The Sound of Music escaped notice until now? In fact, has anyone mentioned a musical, other than Strictly Ballroom? I love both of those. Although I'm not personally as big a fan, I must also add West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof for the sake of musical chick-flick completeness.
And I'd like to think A Fish Called Wanda could find a place. It's not a natural fit into the category. But it's got many chick-flickish elements, and it's brilliant, so that should make up for any partial genre incompatibility.
Although it had many guy-appealing qualities, the chick-flick elements of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were some of the best ever made.
Also, the love story in Life Is Beautiful is... beautiful. And it has the benefit of being a foreign film, Italian no less, which is definitely a chick characteristic.
Have I missed something, or did Hatrack have a collective brain hemmorrhage and forget to include Gone With the Wind?
Pillow Talk is perhaps the archetype of female-oriented sex-farce comedies, and it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
This is probably just a me-and-the-wife thing, and I'm sure I'll be laughed to scorn for admitting this, but I quite liked Blast From the Past.
My wife would kill me if I didn't include My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
I loved both versions of The Parent Trap.
And while I'm here, I'd like to second Return to Me, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally.
That's all... for now.
[ August 25, 2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: Speed 2: Cruise Control ]
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Matt is on vacation for a bit, which is why things are on hold.
(Given Annie's enthusiasm for RPG threads over at sakeriver I can only guess at how thrilled she must be at this little side conversation.)
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I'll second Love, Actually. And 'I'll nominate Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?'
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I think that she's secretly delighted by all things role playing. I'm sure that despite any protestations to the contrary, she'd be absolutely delighted to see this become a role playing thread.
C'mon Mike, free your inner-geek! I'll bet most of your relatives can hear him rattling the bars of his cage anyway. Well, that's what they think they're hearing. You and I both know it's his dice.
Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :
Very suprised neither Sabrina nor Breakfast at Tiffany's have been nominated.
Kudos to Speed 2:Cruise Control for Pillow Talk, I would have overlooked it. On the other hand, the actual movie, Speed 2:Cruise Control, is one of the 10 worst rated by women over at IMDB Sorry Posted by Speed 2: Cruise Control (Member # 6765) on :
You're right. That movie sucked. Perhaps I should have gone with my backup choices for screennames, like Gigli or Catwoman. That'd shut you up.
[ August 25, 2004, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: Speed 2: Cruise Control ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I will second Runaway Bride, Four Weddings, Titanic, Ghost, and Sound of Music.
And I will add What Women Want, Yentl, Sabrina (the Harrison Ford one), and City of Angels.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I'll second City of Angels and What Women Want.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
if only i had checked my forum...
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I was wondering if Sabrina was gonna pop up. If Zamphyr nominated it, I second. Otherwise, I nominate it.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Oh my freakin' stars, City of Angels is *such* a chickflick.
My feminine side wanted to keep watching it on some level while the rest of me mocked.
Edit: Actually, any movie with Meg Ryan in it is doomed to be a chickflick. Her and her cutsie little nose-wrinkle thingy....
[ August 25, 2004, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Wasn't she in some boxing movie recently?
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
**** spoiler for city of angels ***** * * * * did anyone else freak out when he took the shower? I was SO sure that he was going to get severe burns and die from the shower. * * * * ** done with mini spoiler.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I'll second Sabrina, but I'm afraid it'll have to be the Harrison Ford remake. I'm usually not a remake fan, but I find him soooooo much more appealing than Humphrey Bogart in the same role (though I think Audrey Hepburn was better in the title role).
As for the call for films that appeal to both men and women, ...geez, guys, that's just not what chick flicks are! Chick flicks are movies that give women their fix of romance that the men in their lives aren't providing! To me, the main plot has to revolve around romance for it to be a chick flick. Thus, The American President and The Wedding Singer qualify, but Romancing the Stone does not (though I could be wrong, because I haven't seen that movie in ages).
Oh, how about Persuasion? I don't recall seeing it on the list, but it should be. I cannot, in good conscience, agree with the Mansfield Park nomination, though, because it was sooo different from the book.
[ August 25, 2004, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: Megan ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
OK, here's the list, open for another couple hours:
10 Things I Hate About You* Coyote Ugly* The Cutting Edge* Stricly Ballroom* While You Were Sleeping* Say Anything* Amelie* You've Got Mail* Return to Me* Pretty Woman* Thomas Crown Affair Sleepless in Seattle* Love Actually* French Kiss* Notting Hill* Nurse Betty Joe vs. The Volcano The Wedding Singer* Romancing The Stone* The Princess Bride* Thelma and Louise* Miss Congeniality* Runaway Bride* Freaky Friday Steel Magnolias* Fried Green Tomatoes* Bridget Jones's Diary* Little Women* When Harry Met Sally* The Piano Whale Rider Heathers Forget Paris Pride & Prejudice (A&E version)* Sense & Sensibility A Walk to Remember Chocolat Contact An Affair to Remember* The Shop Around the Corner* (these two get default inclusion status) Beloved Bend it Like Beckham* Four Weddings and a Funeral* Love Affair (1994) Titanic* Grease Ghost* Beaches Orlando Valmont Shakespeare in Love* Dirty Dancing My Best Friend's Wedding Erin Brockovich My Big Fat Greek Wedding* The Sound of Music* West Side Story* Fiddler on the Roof A Fish Called Wanda Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Life is Beautiful Gone With the Wind* Pillow Talk* Blast From the Past* (I seconded that. I like it.) The Parent Trap Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sabrina (1997)* Breakfast at Tiffany's What Women Want* Yentl City of Angels* Persuasion
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Personally, I liked the original Sabrina better than the remake, but that's just me.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
I had a format? Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
I think there are two ways people are interpreting the question.
Some are pretty clearly aiming for the best movie that is also a chick flick, while others are aiming for the movie that best exemplifies chick flick-ness. While these may coincide, I submit that they are unlikely to. For instance, while I think many would agree City of Angels is an excellent movie (as I do), its not the most chick flick-y by any means.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I would reverse that, fugu. Posted by Speed 2: Cruise Control (Member # 6765) on :
Me too. I hated that movie. Did Nicholas Cage ever use his vocal cords in that whole film?
[deep throaty whisper]what does a pear taste like to you?[/whisper]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
City of Angels was neither good nor chick-flicky. It was a blatant ripoff of Wim Wenders with no good cuteness or loveyness or anything. Grrr.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I haven't seen Wim Wenders, so I can't really say how much it influenced City of Angels. But I usually don't care if a movie is a remake or not. As long as I like it, who cares if it's original or not ?!
And also, the fact that I seconded City of Angels doesn't mean I think it's very 'chick-flick'-y - it is a little though, IMO - but that I thought there would be people that are going to vote for it. So why not offer them the occasion ? It's not like if there's the option, everyone will go for it...
And it's a GREAT movie !!
(or maybe the fact that I'm both a Cage & Meg Ryan fan has something to do with it?!)
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Wenders is a German director whose films you'd probably really like, Corwin. If you get a chance, I'd recommend Wings of Desire and Faraway, So Close.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I had no way of knowing that though...
I've imdb-ed the two movies and they have good ratings, especially the first one. Also, after reading a little about them, I can see why you say that City of Angels is a ripoff. Oh well...
Anyway, I'll add them on my 'to-see' list, thanks Annie.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
No prob, Corwin
LAST CALL for nominations/seconds. You all have about 5 minutes.
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
TERMINATOR! AND TERMINATOR 2!!!!
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
AND SILENCE OF THE LAMBS!!!
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
What about Terminator 3? Why did you leave that one out?!
Edit: leave, live, they're all the same...
[ August 25, 2004, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I keep reading the thread title as Best Chick-Fil-A of all time.
Posted by TimeTim (Member # 2768) on :
I second A fish called Wanda if there's still time.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You are just in the nick of time, TimeTim.
Here stands the list: 10 Things I Hate About You* Coyote Ugly* The Cutting Edge* Stricly Ballroom* While You Were Sleeping* Say Anything* Amelie* You've Got Mail* Return to Me* Pretty Woman* Sleepless in Seattle* Love Actually* French Kiss* Notting Hill* The Wedding Singer* Romancing The Stone* The Princess Bride* Thelma and Louise* Miss Congeniality* Runaway Bride* Steel Magnolias* Fried Green Tomatoes* Bridget Jones's Diary* Little Women* When Harry Met Sally* Forget Paris* Pride & Prejudice (A&E version)* Chocolat* An Affair to Remember* The Shop Around the Corner* Bend it Like Beckham* Four Weddings and a Funeral* Titanic* Ghost* Shakespeare in Love* My Big Fat Greek Wedding* The Sound of Music* West Side Story* A Fish Called Wanda* Gone With the Wind* Pillow Talk* Blast From the Past* Sabrina (1997)* What Women Want* City of Angels*
Voting will begin at Sakeriver (I think) this afternoon or tonight, we'll see if I have time.
Thanks for the contributions!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Are you going to do these in heats, like Erik does? It seems like a good way of keeping the number of choices from being dizzyingly huge.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I think you have to, at least to use forum based polls...max of 10 entries per poll I believe.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Yes, there will be nine heats of five. Some films will be weighted when they're put into the original heats - I'll select the nine strongest and the nine weakest and put one of each in each heat. The other three in each heat will be chosen randomly.
I'll let you know here when I get them up over there.
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
AND CASABLANCA!!! I watched casablance with achick and it made her feel guilty... so guilty that she spent the night. I didn't mention Terminator 3 cuz terminator 3 MADE ME MAD!
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I'll offer my second (or is it third now) for Steel Magnolia's and Fried Green Tomatoes.
I also think "When Harry Met Sally" is a great chick flick.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
What about "My big fat greek wedding"?
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
nominations are closed man... no we're just being funny.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Ten shall be the maximum number of the counting of the polls, and the maximimum number of the counting of the polls shall be ten!
Eleven is right out!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The polls are now open!
Go to the Popular Culture forum at Sakeriver (you'll have to be registered to vote) and cast your ballot!
Polls are open until Monday, August 30.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
You broke it!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Argh! I just checked and apparently their 99% uptime guarantee means my site can be down for almost seven and a half hours per month with no consequences! ARGH! Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I did break it!
Maybe the server had a hard time choosing between Return to Me and Sabrina and blew a circuit.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Those two weren't in the same heat!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ah, but they were. MY first attempt at heat one left Sabrina off the end.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Actually, I did notice that it went from five choices to four.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The first round is over, but we've got a tie breaker to do. So show up and vote some more! I'll bring the ice cream and tissues!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
OK, the semifinal round is underway right here. The polls will be open for a week this time, until September 10. So go vote!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
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