Who Watches Chick Flicks?
I have been watching a lot of romantic movies recently and it’s clear that no-one ever sets out to make a ‘chick flick’. Some of the best movies ever made have a romantic theme but only chick-flicks tie that to lame comedy, ridiculous serendipity and binary morality. By definition, a chick-flick is sub-par.
Which is why I was so jarred by eHarmony’s list of “20 Chick Flicks Guys Love“. Do they really think women want to watch ‘chick flicks’ and the guys – who I resume read Tom Clancy and drink Axe body spray – have to be corralled into enjoying them?
It’s the kind of view of male/female attitudes that was out of date in the 1980’s and seems most at home in a sitcom. Even the toughest guys dream of playing Peter Gabriel mixtapes to the women they love on rock-boxes they’re holding above their heads, and most women I know dig Ironman.
eHarmony – you sound like my Dad.
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