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By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:01:30 +0000

Hm, now that I’m re-reading your post…maybe you actually were agreeing with my comment. You meant those were ‘chick flicks’ for guys?? Okay, then I’m on board! LOL!

I was shy in high school. I assumed the guy would be obvious with his attractions and just waited for it to happen. Subtle clues went right over my head. Now that I look back on it, the 3-year crush I had an my friend’s older brother that I thought was unrequited…was totally the opposite. But I was too stupid to know what to do. Dumb me!

I didn’t officially ‘date’ until college. And even then, I was pretty bad at it. LOL!

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:56:50 +0000

I agree with you on the male fantasy romance thing, Kristin, but at the same time, they ARE “chick flicks” in the industry sense — rom coms have been traditionally considered as part of that scene. What’s been fascinating to Hollywood is that these new “guy” focused rom coms are not showing the same demographics as traditional romantic comedies (i.e., primarily female audiences) but instead being highly attractive to a male audience too. usually, guys only see rom coms if their dates drag them to it. Guys will go see the Judd Apatow films with other guys.

There have also been a lot of articles written about how unflattering and flat the female characters in these films seem — however, I thought Heigel played a far more interesting character in Knocked Up (however shrill and unlikeable she was) than she did in 27 Dresses. And it was nice to see Cyclops get the girl — for ONCE.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:50:35 +0000

I would not call any of those movies you listed as ‘chick flicks.’ Unattractive, almost piggish guy wins the gorgeous girl? Uh, no.

Chick flick to me is “Bridget Jones’s Diary” where the not so perfect girl finds the love of her life. Which is not really fantasy…because the imperfections are there. I think it’s more like a ‘little better than reality’ type thing.

I don’t want to watch beautiful women winning gorgeous men. This is why a movie like “27 Dresses,” although cute, will never resonate with me as much as “Bridget Jones.” Katherine Heigl was too perfect, too pretty, and too ‘wah me’…when in real life, she would be dating any man she chose. I want a heroine to be a little on the awkward side, or a little on the heavy side, or a little something not so great…that makes for a good chick flick character.

The movies you listed, in my opinion, were male fantasy romances.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:07:31 +0000

Uh, right. never mind then.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:13:11 +0000

I don’t think I was trying to save anyone from a horrible relationship. I was just trying to date them. But I didn’t understand why, if they were constantly complaining that their girlfriends didn’t understand them, that they could never have a conversation with them the way they could with me — why they kept dating them.

I’m pretty sure, looking back, I hadn’t the foggiest that there was something more pressing on their minds than good conversation.

By: A Note on Tags « Biblioteca Trémula

A Note on Tags « Biblioteca Trémula — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:06:41 +0000

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By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:58:01 +0000

That was totally my operating style in High School too, except that all my crushes were movie stars somewhere around twice my age.

They were really the perfect teenage boyfriends, not a single one of them broke my heart…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:57:47 +0000

What?@?!? Someone beside me had ’save them from their horrible relationship’ syndrome in high school?

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:24:52 +0000

I am vastly curious about the “sex with adult” tag, I admit. I can’t believe someone pressured your boyfriend to stop seeing you!

I never actually dated anyone in my high school class, or dated much at all in high school. I was pretty abysmal at it. My specialty was forming crushes on unavailable guys. (Especially guys who were dating shallow/dumb-but-pretty girls and who loved to go on forever to me about how they just didn’t have ANYTHING in common. Clueless as I was, I didn’t understand why they were dating them. Big duh.)