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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.
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I would nominate Strictly Ballroom, and I still haven't even seen it. But everyone I know that's seen it loves it.
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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.
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There are many lists out there, but this one looks particularly helpful if you'd like a little memory-jogging.
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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.
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Actually, looking at this list makes me realize how uninterested in chick flicks I am, as I haven't seen most of these.
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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*
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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.
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Hey Sax, I think you must have clicked through to another list, b/c those aren't on the chick list.
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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 ?
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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.
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?
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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.
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Oooh. Forgot about Fried Green Tomatoes. Good one. I second or triple or whatever those whom already nominated it.
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