Ok, now I think Gid is on to something......

When I said I hate chick flicks I mean movies like, Pretty Woman...runaway bride...stuff like that...

However, there are movies where women are the meat and I don't consider chick flicks....like League of Their Own..(though honestly I thought it was too long)...and even Gone With The Wind.

So I'd like to qualify my dislike of chick flicks by saying...if there is a decent story line...and its not a Cinderella story in disguise...then I "might" like it if its very well written and filmed well too.

Erin Brockovich (sp?) that was ok. I could live sitting through it two times.

Mostly I like movies like Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Lord of The Rings, Constantine, stuff like that...lots of attitude and physical drama..

However, there are movies where women are the meat and I don't consider chick flicks....like League of Their Own..(though honestly I thought it was too long)...and even Gone With The Wind.

I put GWTW in the "chick flick" category, personally. I could never sit through it.

And "A League of Their Own" a chick flick? I do NOT think so! It is a baseball movie! Baseball movies = automatically NOT a chick flick!

Oh, come on. It was about the Girls Baseball League. Girls were the stars and the heroes.

Erin Brockovich (sp?) that was ok. I could live sitting through it two times.

Sitting through a movie twice is always a good idea. If you like it as much the second time as you did the first, it's a good movie. Lots of times I record a movie the first time I watch it. When I play it back, I fast forward to the parts I enjoyed. That's not a very good movie.

Oh, come on. It was about the Girls Baseball League. Girls were the stars and the heroes.

It is a BASEBALL movie! NOT a chick flick!

Baseball's bigger'n gender!

It is a BASEBALL movie! NOT a chick flick! Baseball's bigger'n gender!

I think you have it backwards. Gender transends sports.

A "chick flick" isn't just about the characters in a movie, info. It takes more than that. There needs to be a romantic element to it; that's really lacking in "A League of their own".

I didn't feel all the men were jerks. Sure, Hanks' character was a hardass, but it made it clear it wasn't because he was a jerk, but because he was wrestling with his own inner demons. And Jon Lovitz's character was almost comic relief, if you think about it.

Sorry I changed it on you, Gid.

24. Bull Durham (1988)

A League of Their Own isn't listed, but at least it shows that a baseball movie can be a chick flick.Link

Sitting through a movie twice is always a good idea. If you like it as much the second time as you did the first, it's a good movie. Lots of times I record a movie the first time I watch it. When I play it back, I fast forward to the parts I enjoyed. That's not a very good movie.

Yeah! That is my rule of thumb...either up or down...if I can watch it twice...its was a good movie to me......

Chick flicks are Cinderella stories in disguise. I HATE those. So technically I don't consider Steel Magnolias a chick flick...but more of a "slice of life" movie, same with Fried Green Tomatoes.

But that's me.

There needs to be a romantic element to it; that's really lacking in "A League of their own".

Bill Pullman and Geena Davis, the not so attractive one who got married, and Madonna....well, lol.

A "chick flick" isn't just about the characters in a movie, info. It takes more than that. There needs to be a romantic element to it; that's really lacking in "A League of their own".

I agree with Gid on this!

did not give away the most important reasons why we allow the presence of chick flicks!

Give it up Gid, we women want to know, just to see if we're right in what we think it is!LOL!

Mostly I like movies like Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Lord of The Rings, Constantine, stuff like that...lots of attitude and physical drama..

I like these movies too and they definately wouldn't be considered chick flicks - as you said, more meat and potatoes!hahaha

Sitting through a movie twice is always a good idea. If you like it as much the second time as you did the first, it's a good movie.

I agree with you Icono, especially most times I see things I don't remember seeing the first time around - which generally is the fault of one of my kids or the hubby!