The Chick Flick
In a world....
Stop, stop, stop. I made it through a chick flick. After enduring football, mindless guy movies, and and Hong Kong ports like Kung Fu Hustle, Lisa was due some payback, and we saw The Holiday. Seeing a chick flick in a theater instead of at home was educational.
I was struck almost immediately by the difference in previews. Guy movies have plots, acting, or failing that, well choreographed fights, and/or big explosions. T&A have the power to save some truly dreadful guy movies. The preview gives one some desire to check out the product. Chick flick previews? Every formula that you know and loathe. Repackaged estrogen with a dash of bitterness, sadness, or sappy sweetness.
Sandra Bullock has a movie coming out that looks like Deja Vu meets Memento meets Groundhog Day. Ugh. Hugh Grant has another one coming out as well. My eyes began to glaze at this point, but I wonder if Hugh plays a lovable, ne'er do well who recognizes the folly of his former ways, and gets the girl.The girl in this case is Drew Barrymore. Someone kill me. Please.
But on to the movie itself. Cameron Diaz looks good, acts poorly, and has a few good comic moments. Her character actually makes movie previews. Oh goody. She is also quite the hussy, shagging Jude Law upon meeting him. It's ok though, because it's a chick flick. They end up together. What, you didn't see that coming? Gasp, oops, I didn't say SPOILER ALERT!
Kate Winslet is watchable, and can act. Sadly, she doesn't have a Titanic moment, so we do not see her naked. There you have it, no skin, save your cash. Jack Black is an interesting choice as her love interest, but not $10 interesting.
Miscast talent-Eli Wallach is in as an aged Hollywood writer. This man was in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Magnicicent 7, The Godfather 3, and a host of other work. This icon deserves better than an ancillary role in a chick flick.
I could go on for hours, but I won't. As chick flicks go, this was less painful than many. I wouldn't have minded gnawing a vein out of my wrist, but it wasn't slam your genitals in a car door bad.
Stop, stop, stop. I made it through a chick flick. After enduring football, mindless guy movies, and and Hong Kong ports like Kung Fu Hustle, Lisa was due some payback, and we saw The Holiday. Seeing a chick flick in a theater instead of at home was educational.
I was struck almost immediately by the difference in previews. Guy movies have plots, acting, or failing that, well choreographed fights, and/or big explosions. T&A have the power to save some truly dreadful guy movies. The preview gives one some desire to check out the product. Chick flick previews? Every formula that you know and loathe. Repackaged estrogen with a dash of bitterness, sadness, or sappy sweetness.
Sandra Bullock has a movie coming out that looks like Deja Vu meets Memento meets Groundhog Day. Ugh. Hugh Grant has another one coming out as well. My eyes began to glaze at this point, but I wonder if Hugh plays a lovable, ne'er do well who recognizes the folly of his former ways, and gets the girl.
But on to the movie itself. Cameron Diaz looks good, acts poorly, and has a few good comic moments. Her character actually makes movie previews. Oh goody. She is also quite the hussy, shagging Jude Law upon meeting him. It's ok though, because it's a chick flick. They end up together. What, you didn't see that coming? Gasp, oops, I didn't say SPOILER ALERT!
Kate Winslet is watchable, and can act. Sadly, she doesn't have a Titanic moment, so we do not see her naked. There you have it, no skin, save your cash. Jack Black is an interesting choice as her love interest, but not $10 interesting.
Miscast talent-Eli Wallach is in as an aged Hollywood writer. This man was in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Magnicicent 7, The Godfather 3, and a host of other work. This icon deserves better than an ancillary role in a chick flick.
I could go on for hours, but I won't. As chick flicks go, this was less painful than many. I wouldn't have minded gnawing a vein out of my wrist, but it wasn't slam your genitals in a car door bad.
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