Chick flicks... y’know, those movies that appeal to prepubescent girls and adult women alike. They can make them weep, clutch their hearts, sigh, look wistfully at the screen, and elicit a series of other similar reactions. Most of them can be deciphered in the first two minutes of the movie (including the time taken for the opening credits).
The general plot: Messed up, awkward girl protagonist meets studalicious dream boy who is way beyond her league. The stud muffin has an evil girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/mother/some woman in his life that deserves to be hated by the general female audience. The said woman’s role in the movie is quite obvious – she plays the antagonist that stands in the way of the true love. Awkward girl is left heartbroken and alone. However, stud muffin ultimately sees the awkward girl’s inner beauty and falls in love with her. Together, they overcome all obstacles in their path and live happily ever after. Oh yes, and there just has to be that final kiss which will turn on the waterworks.
There can be slight variations of this plot:
1. Cynical guy who doesn’t believe in love meets The One, but doesn’t realize that she is The One until almost the end of the movie. Following this realization, guy chases after her (this scene is ideally set in an airport), miraculously stops her before she leaves and professes his undying love for her.
2. Two best friends date a multitude of other people, only to realize that what they’ve been looking for has been right in front of them the whole time.
3. Guy and girl hate each other when they first meet but they somehow end up falling in love.
Mix and match the above plots and voila, you get a few hundred more love stories.
I happened to have the misfortune of watching Sex and the City 2 today. There went three hours of my life that I will never get back. Not only did I fail to see any point in the movie, but I also killed a few million brain cells trying to do so. This isn’t the first time it’s happening to me though. There have been a handful of occasions on which I was forced to watch movies like The Ugly Truth, Ghost of Girlfriends Past, The Accidental Husband, and Twilight. On all these occasions, I sat back with a puzzled look on my face as I tried to figure out what women saw in them. I earnestly tried to list out the factors that could possibly motivate them to watch garbage like this:
1. The attractive cast
2. The generous serving of cheesy lines
3. The predictable happy endings
4. The apparently-oh-to-die-for shoes, bags, accessories, meh
5. The soundtracks
What troubles me is that it still doesn’t seem like motivation enough... *scratches chin thoughtfully*
2 comments:
Why don't you stop watching chick flicks and watch movies that actually have good plots and don't involve mushy moments and designer clothes that the production is being paid millions to advertise... besides chick flicks are nice to watch once in a while when your too lazy to follow the "plot" so even if yo miss something you know the guy's gonna eventually get the girl. :)
Did I, at any point, mention that I watch chick flicks exclusively? I wouldn't have written this if that were the case.
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