amaysngrace Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 I came up with chick flick while watching Sleepless in Seattle during the scene where Rita Wilson is sitting at the table with Tom Hanks and her pretend husband describing An Affair To Remember and one of the men said "that's a girl movie". Then both the men started getting emotional over a war movie. But yeah...that was me. Glad you liked it enough to stick in in the title of your thread. You're welcome.
CudLRoo Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 ^Yeah, a lot of guys LOVE war movies, they're a bit too manly for me. Tell you what I find to be a great 'male chick flick', at least for me - Drive. Very romantic movie, actually, quite mature but with car chases and ultraviolence.
dichotomy Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 About Pretty Woman - I think the original script had him tossing her out of the car at the end and throwing money at her (she IS a hooker afterall). Now that would have been Male version of the chick flick. But I would nominate the following two films that I think are closest to a male version of the chick flick Saving Silverman...and maybe forgetting Sara Marshall.
serial muse Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Well, yeah, it appealed to women as a chick-flick, but really, when you look at the facts of the film - and those of My Fair Lady - and in turn, those of Pygmalion - you'll see it's also about a woman who is manipulated and manufactured to conform to an ideal visualised by a chauvinist male. The problem is, he does his job a little too well - and 'creates' a woman with a strong will and determined, outspoken and opinionated mind. The films - Pygmalion, (Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard), My Fair Lady (Audrey hepburn, Rex Harrison) and Pretty Woman (Julia Roberts, Richard Gere) - all differ in ending to the original play by George Bernard Shaw, who in his play, does not unite professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, in the end. His play is far more 'ruthless' in its conclusion, whereas stage productions of the play almost immediately had the ending changed by directors to accommodate the wishes of the audience for a 'happy ending'. Shaw, quite naturally, was furious. I have a later edition of the play in which Shaw addresses this, because he's irritated about all the speculation that Eliza and Henry would end up together, and so he explains, in detail, what actually becomes of everyone after the play ends. To wit: Eliza marries Freddy, not Professor Higgins, because that is the logical thing to do. The epilogue is deliciously tart, like Shaw at his best. Also not a fan of Sleepless in Seattle...frankly, I've never really enjoyed any of Nora Ephron's stuff that much. She sort of approaches it as "men, listen up, all women think this way and find these things romantic so pay attention!!" and I find that irritating. Don't speak for me. Just once, it would have been nice if she'd had a female character that didn't love schmaltz. I know lots of people like that. I am one. And Pretty Woman...ugh. Edited March 8, 2013 by serial muse 1
TaraMaiden Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Shaw is marvellous. I won a pub quiz once, because the final question was, "Who said 'Youth is wasted on the Young'...? I was utterly astounded, to be the ONLY person to get it right. Most either didn't know, or as those who supposedly knew, said, Robbie Williams. Bless. of course, it was Shaw.... 2
serial muse Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 those who supposedly knew, said, Robbie Williams. :lmao: (ten chars)
TaraMaiden Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 No lol. Meg Ryan isn't that bad. No, yeah actually, yes she is. She acts like a Prima Donna, is ungracious and on a television interview show here, was so rude to fellow guests and the presenter, that she attracted a whole page's worth of criticism in a national newspaper (the presenter being an Icon and British national treasure, here, I might add....) She's a cow. But a damn good actress, because you'd never guess it from her films. The original duckface.
serial muse Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Oh...and I would think a lot of Judd Apatow's movies are the male version of a chick flick. 40 Year Old Virgin, for example. Bromances in which the schlubby but lovable guys get the hot girl. (Although I've actually always thought Steve Carell was kinda hot, so.)
Emilia Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 She acts like a Prima Donna, is ungracious and on a television interview show here, was so rude to fellow guests and the presenter, that she attracted a whole page's worth of criticism in a national newspaper (the presenter being an Icon and British national treasure, here, I might add....) With all fairness that interview happened right after Russell Crowe dumped her even though she left her husband for him. She was in a bad place I don't care for Parky that much, he is a kiss-arse but harmless I suppose.
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