Chick-A-Flicks

Ask any guy about his aversion to “chick-flicks”…roughly translated as any movie that he is dragged to (kicking, screaming and pouting), by his significant other. The first thing he will tell you is that he hates them and would rather eat glass or swap spit with Richard Simmons then admit he EVER attended such a movie. But if you dig deeper you will find nothing is further from the truth. The problem lies in the fact that some “chick flicks” are not recognizable as such. But fear not dear ladies. If you are interested in attending a movie classified as a chick flick by your favorite knuckle-dragger, then follow these general rules.

1.It must have some humor…the slapstick variety is best. 2. A little action never hurts and I’m not talking about the horizontal kind. 3. Skin, skin and more skin. Hopefully the skin of the starlet lending her talents to the hated film.

This pretty much guarantees attendance at the movies with a minimum of fuss and bother. There are those enlightened gentlemen, such as myself, who actually enjoy a good chick-flick, mainly to keep the peace and because some of them actually have some merit as films  (But I still want the skin though). I gave this some thought one night while sitting with my friend Yee and watching one of my favorite “chick-flicks” on the TV. She enjoyed the film. Chick flicks are better watching when there is an actual “chick” present. I was surprised that I liked so many of them. Below is a list of my top 20 favorite “chick flicks”. What are yours?

1. Cyrano (The old one with Jose Ferrer. Plenty of swashbuckling action too!)
2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Anything with Audrey Hepburn is worth a watch)
3. The Princess Bride (This is a classic! Can you believe it was made 20 years ago?)
4. Romancing the Stone (The ultimate Action/Romance movie)
5. A Little Romance (Diane Lane’s First Movie)
6. When Harry Met Sally (Worth it for the classic Meg Ryan restaurant scene)
7. Waitress (What man doesn’t love pie?)
8. Love Actually (Lots of skin and then some and great Brit cast!)
9. Mostly Martha (The American remake of this GERMAN movie was crap))
10. The Importance of Being Earnest (I love period pieces)
11. A Room with a View (A period piece with one of my favorite actresses, Helena Bonham Carter)
12. Splash (Tom Hanks is brilliant)
13. Once (The REAL music biz.)
14. The Holidays (Jack Black being serious..kinda)
15. Under the Tuscan Sun (More Diane Lane later in life)
16. Dirty Rotten Scoundrel (Who can resist Steven Martin and Michael Cane)
17. Father Goose (Cary Grant was a class act and could teach style to a pig)
18. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (A breakthrough movie in so many ways)
19. As Good As It Gets (Jack Nicholson at this best)
20. Love and Basketball (A good movie for a sports nut)