20 chick flicks that make me feel like a man.

[NickGlass]

damn! thank, now i have to put it as a tie somewhere.

::whispers::

...Tie for #1...

[Sycophant]

Really like Shopgirl. Considering not coming back to this thread because of even the slightest praise for Enchanted. But it's okay, because Bridget Jones's Diary will apparently be making some appearance.

[origami_mustache]

Shopgirl was pretty meh, but not a bad film at least.

[lovejuice]

warm reception to shopgirl makes me giddy with joy.

[Mara]

I'm surprised by how many people like While You Were Sleeping. I thought it was extremely silly.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm surprised by how many people like While You Were Sleeping. I thought it was extremely silly.

I'm with you.

[number8]

I'm with you.

I hate that movie AND Sleepless in Seattle.

[Qrazy]

I feel like Moonstruck might make an appearance.

[Sycophant]

I hate that movie AND Sleepless in Seattle.

If Sleepless in Seattle gets a mention on this list, I will post a very large frowny face. Consider yourself warned, lovejuice.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I kinda like Sleepless in Seattle. Not sure how manly it makes me feel. To be honest, I've kind of lost my sexual identity with all these Match Cut lists lately.

[Watashi]

I'm hoping for Love, Actually and The Wedding Singer.

Those are my weak spots.

[Boner M]

Yeah, Love, Actually is pretty great. Though I personally see it as a postmodern deconstruction of rom-com cliches, never sacrificing the generic catharses of the subgenre for straight-up meta-ness. Almost Godard-ian, in a way.

And, like, it totally warms my heart and stuff.

[transmogrifier]

I hate that movie AND Sleepless in Seattle.

It boggles the mind anyone could like either. Just goes to show how creatively barren the romantic comedy genre really is that these two can be considered semi-canon.

[transmogrifier]

Yeah, Love, Actually is pretty great. Though I personally see it as a postmodern deconstruction of rom-com cliches, never sacrificing the generic catharses of the subgenre for straight-up meta-ness. Almost Godard-ian, in a way.

And, like, it totally warms my heart and stuff.

Love Actually is one of my most despised movies ever. In fact, it is so bad that it makes all other movies a little bit worse for being associated with it.

[transmogrifier]

So, recent chick flicks I actually like:

WHMS
About a Boy
Bridget Jones' Diary (NOT the pos sequel)
The Wedding Singer
Fried Green Tomatoes (haven't seen it in 15 years though)
Muriel's Wedding
Beautiful Girls
Jerry Maguire

It's been a barren last 7 years or so. Pretty much since Kate Hudson got into the chick flick business.

[lovejuice]

i like moonstruck very much, but not enough to put it on the list. both love actually and sleepless in seattle are absent. i recognize la as a good film, but it only speaks to my heart in some parts. i can't get into either sis or you got mail -- although meg ryan is soon to be presence.

[Mara]

I feel like Moonstruck might make an appearance.

This is actually a very good choice.

Not a Sleepless in Seattle fan.

It seems to me that good romcoms are ones that break the mold instead of adhering to it. The more "canon" something is, the worse. I'm not sure why-- there are very few genres that I feel that way about.

[lovejuice]

and here she is. meg ryan whose name is an anagram of "germany."



14. Kate & Leopold (2001)

this chick flick makes me feel like a homosexual. the day i turn gay, i'll start stalking hugh jackman. jackman as leopold is the personification of charm. the movie is gutsy enough to be -- scientifically speaking -- the most absurd time travel film ever. i like ryan's monologue about true love is like a santa clause, but really this film is hugh jackman.



13. When Harry Met Sally (1989)

what mara just said about the more mold breaking, the better a rom com is. made of honor, for example, is a movie which aspires to be nothing but a collection of cliches. is when harry met sally a mold breaker? back then people talked about how the romance is presented as friendship rather than courtship. is this the first? unlikely, but since then you can't deny ryan's and crystal's shadow over onscreen cross-gender friendship. besides this movie is the origin of the ever most ripped-off public fake orgasm.

[Sycophant]

Kind of hate Kate & Leopold. Never did see When Harry Met Sally. Unless there's something I don't know about it, your use of the word "orgy" for "orgasm" is pretty much the funniest thing I'm going to read today.

[lovejuice]

Unless there's something I don't know about it, your use of the word "orgy" for "orgasm" is pretty much the funniest thing I'm going to read today.

:lol::lol::lol: english is such a confusing language.

[Mara]

Hugh Jackman is hot. That I will give you.

I only say K&L once, but I will never forget one thing in it: when Meg Ryan travels back in time, her dress magically changes to be more time-period appropriate. If the film wasn't three minutes from ending, I would have walked out. It was obviously done on purpose. Do they think we're stupid?

[lovejuice]

Hugh Jackman is hot. That I will give you.

I only say K&L once, but I will never forget one thing in it: when Meg Ryan travels back in time, her dress magically changes to be more time-period appropriate. If the film wasn't three minutes from ending, I would have walked out. It was obviously done on purpose. Do they think we're stupid?

i'm pretty sure it has something to do with the wormhole effect that allows people to travel in time by jumping from the bridge. the clothes are actually a physical representation of meta-clothes which will adjust itself to suit a period meg ryan is in.

[lovejuice]

12. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

sorry, fan, for placing this too low. i guess this movie will be as much hated and revered here. kinda like amelie, i consider it a film most people have stronger affection than i do. still it's somewhat a jane austen's, and the literature nerd in me want to give it a nod. (in case anyone ask, yes, i like lee's sense and sensibility.) true to mara's statement, bridget jones's diary is a fine example of deconstructing rom com, and that's where its charm lies.



11. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

kinda funny that when you image-google "brokeback mountain." not a few results are something else like the badly photoshopped and obnoxious pictures of jessica alba, halle berry, and george w. bush. i figure, lee's gay cowboy movie is like snakes on a plane. agree with what ebert says, no matter who you are, your sexual preference, or your love life, anyone can relate to this basic story of broken dream. fine performance across the board especially from mr. Ledger. may he forever rest in peace and in our hearts.

[Sven]

My favorite thing about Bridget Jones, a film I find mostly interesting but don't really like, is the intertextuality of rom-com conventions, Grant's celebrity status, and Firth's notoriety as Mr. Darcy in A&E's P&P. Makes for a fun reading.

[Qrazy]

I'd prob. label Eternal Sunshine a chick fllick.