Retraction
Brace yourselves; I’m going to make a massive retraction that goes against everything I’ve been saying for years. As much as it pains me to say this, You’ve Got Mail is no longer my favorite chic flick. After a brief conversation with Bourke earlier this week and a viewing this evening, I have officially decided that I need to flip-flop my number one and two choices. Therefore, I say this now, Notting Hill is my all time favorite chic flick. Yes, it has a sort of formulaic plot, but it also has a decent soundtrack, superb cast playing great characters and some absolutely hilarious lines. It also has that one amazing single-shot scene where Hugh Grant walks through London while the seasons change, during which, if you look close you can watch several stories unfold. Plus Rhys Ifans has a fair amount of screen time, and any movie with a crazy masturbating Welshman who eats mayonnaise like yogurt, is a good movie as far as I’m concerned.
“Just going to the kitchen to get some food, then I'm going to tell you a story that will make your balls shrink to the size of raisins.”
Comments
i like "The Girl Next Door"... i like it so much that i own it and have watched it several times
Posted by: Kelly | February 19, 2006 03:01 AM
Does Grosse Point Blank qualify as a chick flick? John Cusak is hard to beat...speaking of whom, High Fidelity has to be the best chick flick for guys
Worst ever has to be Return to Me. David Duchovny in a romantic comedy was pretty ridiculous
Posted by: G | February 19, 2006 01:01 PM
oopsidaisy
Posted by: jen | February 19, 2006 05:00 PM
I always considered High Fidelity too cool to be a chick flick.
Posted by: Johnny Rockstar | February 19, 2006 10:07 PM
yeah, it was that cool. it was a romantic comedy, but it was geared for a guy's sense of humor
Posted by: G | February 20, 2006 12:13 AM
I agree on the High Fidelity thing. I also will have to say the number one chick flick is Dirty Dancing. Here me out: I hate the movie with every angry bone in my body, but as much as I hate it, girls love it. Ultimately, as long as the girl gets her jollies and is willing to do some extra ciricular activities after the movie, all is worth watching a groomed mullet prance back in forth like a ferry. Just sayin'
Posted by: Huck | February 20, 2006 07:19 AM
Do these extra curricular activities include a rousing game of dodgeball? I bet it does.
Posted by: 5K | February 20, 2006 01:47 PM
Personally, I like to play octopus tag, but dodgeball is equally as exciting.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 20, 2006 10:43 PM
Did you just quote Simon Birch?
Posted by: Preston | February 21, 2006 11:10 PM