Help Velma pick a chick flick

[VelmaD]

It doesn't happen very often but I'm the mood for a chick flick tonight. Feel like some tears and catharsis. So, which of my meager collection of chick flicks (I tend more toward scifi and shoot 'em ups) should I pull out and watch?

[wryter2000]

1. Other

Practical Magic. It's fantastic, funny, sensitive, and very uplifting.

[wryter2000]

2. Oops,

I didn't know we were talking about a limited collection. Can you go by a video rental place? Once you see this movie, you'll want to own it for next time.

[VelmaD]

4. It's one of my faves, but...

I don't own a copy of it. :-(

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. STEEL MAGNOLIAS?!?!?!!?

What are you doing owning that movie?

[VelmaD]

5. I'm a Southern woman...

we all have every line of that movie memorized. :-)

[SiobhanClancy]

6. Go with "Elizabeth"

Time travel is the ultimate escape:)

[VelmaD]

8. It's always a tough call...

whether I like Joe Fiennes better in that movie or in Shakespeare in Love.

He's yummy.

[Nlighten1]

17. Elizabeth

Beautiful movie.

[chefgirl]

7. Much Ado.....

This movie never fails to cheer me up when I'm in a chick flick kind of mood.
I Loooooove the scene right after they tell him she loves him!! It just proves what women have known all along. ;-)

-chef-

[VelmaD]

9. That film is always a roller coaster for me

I get so angry at the way they treat poor Hero. If I was her I'd tell them all to kiss my ass and I SO would not take that guy back after he was such a butthead.

But then it's so funny in places and witty and articulate. :-)

[leftist_rebel1569]

10. This'll make me look like a total wuss, but

Most of my favorite movies are chick flicks. Notting Hill, You've Got Mail, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Mickey Blue Eyes, and a few others that I can't think of are amongst my faves. I suppose chick flicks are my big guilty pleasure or something...:shrug:

Edit: Oh, I voted for The American President. I loved that movie :)

[VelmaD]

12. Not a wuss.

I think it's sweet. My best guy friend in the whole world loves chick flicks too. He has Steel Magnolias memorized and we sat up and watched Shakespeare in Love the last time he was here. Went and saw Love Actually with me too. He's a great guy. And so are you. :-) I promise that being "in touch with your feelings" and all that girly stuff will serve you well later on in life.

Oh, and I love The American President...which is why it's one of the few "chick flicks" I actually own.

[MissMarple]

20. Those are great. But I love.. er.. uh.. Legally Blonde.

It's good. Hugh Grant is definitely charming, in a needy sort of way, and actually quite intelligent. And Much Ado... was actually enjoyed by my family one evening! My son may have been twelve. I was totally surprised.

The Thin Man movies with Wm. Powell and the GREAT Myrna Loy have been a favorite since ....I was very young. :D Myrna Loy and Katherine Hepburn are the best, by far. Pick a movie, any movie they are in and it will be great. And Sandra Bullock does quite well in the chick flick genre. My personal favorite is Practical Magic. But the book is much better.

Also, An Ideal Husband, and all those old English movies like Jane Eyre, that some of you may think are sexist or ...something.

[MissMarple]

41. Dead Again is QUITE GOOD. I voted for that but became distracted.

Sorry. If you like sci fi, well,... what can one say?

[Maple]

11. No such thing

as a 'chick flick'

Or a 'dick flick'

DO stop trying to create differences where there are none.

[VelmaD]

15. Normally I'd agree...

that too much is made out of the differences between men and women. I own a bookcase full of dvds and videos with lots of explosions and spaceships in them that disprove the idea that certain movies ONLY appeal to one gender or the other.

However, I do think that the studio execs think that way and tonight I want to watch one of those movies they think are "chick flicks" and have a good cry.

[Maple]

19. Gone with the wind

a classic for both sexes...now stuck in the 'chick flick' dumpster because of right wing nonsense.

[Dogmudgeon]

13. Catharsis, you say?

1. Ghost World.

Cried my eyes out. Of course, I identified with Buscemi.

You'll cry, too. Well, maybe.

Deep down inside, all men identify with Buscemi.


2. My First Mister

OK, this one's a little more painful than Ghost World, but don't knock GW, either. It's more painful because death is involved with My First Mister -- Actually, it's Death, Leelee Sobieski, and that comedian who changed his name from Albert Einstein to Albert Brooks.


3. Anything with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in it.

Because they're so darn cute and life is so f**king ugly.


Remember, the term Catharsis and the name Cathy come from the same word.

--bkl

[VelmaD]

16. Sorry, not in my collection

I don't own any of those.

Yes, that's right. I don't own a single movie starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

[Dogmudgeon]

25. Not even Joe Vs The Volcano?

It also has Abe Vigoda in it. So you know it's a classic.

You need to start seriously pirating some movies, girl!

--bkl

[VelmaD]

30. Not even...

Joe vs. the Volcano.

I just don't like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. I don't know why. I've been told it's practically un-American. :shrug:

[geniph]

14. The Truth about Cats and Dogs

or Doc Hollywood

but Steel Magnolias is the best mix of tears and laughter. "Looks like two pigs fightin' under a blanket!"

[VelmaD]

18. Love The Truth About Cats and Dogs...

and I almost bought it on dvd a couple of weeks ago. Darnit.

Believe it or not I am actually planning on going with whatever is winning this poll in another half hour or so.

[gbwarming]

21. Got cable? There's new Hornblower on A&E now!

I voted for Much Ado btw, but also like American President, Shakespeare, Anna.

[VelmaD]

23. No cable

I have been a conscientious objector when it comes to cable for a little over 5 years now. :-)

[gbwarming]

27. Smart choice. It'll be a rental soon anyway AND doggone it

I missed the first episode...

[hippiechick]

22. AMELIE

The best, hands down, subtitles and everything ... makes me laugh, blush, and cry like a schoolgirl at the end.

:grouphug:



:hippie:

[SOteric]

24. If you need the tears, go with Steel Magnolias.

And have some hankies and ice cream standing by.

[GOPisEvil]

26. You need to own Casablanca!

Best. Movie. Ever.

I have it on video, if you wanna borrow it.

[VelmaD]

29. Haven't seen Casablanca in ages...

may have to bogart it (pun intended) from you sometime. :-)

[Dogmudgeon]

28. Bastard Out Of Carolina

You want the Jennifer Jason Leigh version, not the version with Jesse Helms in it.

One seriously painful movie to watch.

Excellently acted and produced, too, so it's probably in the $5 bin at the local Scab-Mart.

--bkl

[librechik]

31. My fave? "Rough Magic" with Russell Crowe and Bridget Fonda

a minor film, but it has great gender politics, Mexican Mushrooms, "real" magic and will make you love Russ if you hated him before--

second? well it's a bad movie, but I ADORE Hugh Jackman in anything: "Kate and Leopold"

[Booberdawg]

32. I've only seen Steel Magnolias and American President on that list

and if it's major tears you want I'd go with Steel Magnolias. *sniff* A real tear jerker. An excellent movie and cast - I've always liked Sally Fields and Shirley Mclaine too.

[Booberdawg]

33. Another good tear jerker,

and I can't think of the name off hand but I'll come back and edit if I think of it.

Has Debra Winger, Shirley Mclaine plays her mother, and Jack Nicholson plays a playboy astronaut that lives next door to Mclaine.

on edit: Terms of Endearment

[VelmaD]

35. Isn't that "Terms of Endearment"?

I think it is. My momma loves that movie.

[VelmaD]

34. 15 more minutes...

I'm gonna go make some dinner and whatever is winning this thing at 8 o'clock CST is what I'm watching.

*smooches to everybody* Y'all are so halpful. :-)

[Coventina]

36. Sense & Sensibility!

Excellent adaptation of a wonderful book!

[VelmaD]

38. Love it, but...

don't own it. :-( When Emma Thompson's character finally breaks down and cries I always cry too.

I'm serious. That list I made - that is ALL the chick flicks in my house.

[sistersofmercy]

37. I voted Red Violin which is my mood this evening but my second pick

would be Steel Magnolias just love both movies.

[VelmaD]

39. I was kinda surprised...

that Red Violin wasn't getting more votes. I fell in love with the soundtrack to that movie first - actually heard it when Michelle Kwan used it for her free skating music a few years ago. *blushes*

Decided I had to see the movie that went with it and was floored. I particularly like the part about the English composer. Tres hot. *hubba*

[VelmaD]

40. Well, it's 8pm...

and we have a winner.

I'm gonna go pop Much Ado About Nothing into the vcr and girl out.

Thanks everybody :grouphug:

[Catshrink]

42. Thelma and Louise!! The ultimate chick flick!

[hussar]

43. Bridget Jones's diary

least I think that is what it's called, great movie and even though I'm a bloke I enjoyed it, must be my feminine side eh?

[populistmom]

44. I was going to say this too. None of the others appeal to me.

Another thought is Fried Green Tomatoes.