Top 10 Best Chick Flicks

We all know there are differences between men and women, as described in the book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. I had a discussion with some friends the other day about this subject, and we all wondered why men can remember movie lines from the greatest guy movies of all times, such as Animal House, while women just don’t have that ability. The discussion moved onto the best guy movies -vs- the best chick flicks. We had a hard time deciding which would be considered the best chick flicks of all time, since we only had the male perspective. Here is our top 10 List of the best Chick Flicks, otherwise known as the Top 10 Movies No Man Should Ever Be Subjected To Watching… Ever.

1. Beaches – Women love it, men hate it. I don’t know why, but I think it is because the title has nothing to do with our reasons for going to the beach: Surf, Bikinis, and Beer. Strike the last one, you can’t drink beer at the beach anymore (thanks to the newly passed Prop D).

2. Pretty Woman – Usually, this sounds like a plot that every guy would enjoy: rich guy, pretty prostitute, etc. but somewhere in the middle, our hero turns out to have a heart and our girlfriend/wife just has to watch this movie over and over until we just can’t stand it anymore. Add in every other movie with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, if you have seen one, you have seen them all.

3. The Notebook – I Never saw it. But I was told that it was the worst movie ever, and when I heard my wife, sister-in-law, and niece all loved it, well that was enough for me.

4. Any movie that has the words “Traveling Pants” or “Sisterhood” in it. There must be a reason why all men love Animal House, Caddyshack, and The Godfather. The same must be true for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, and others. Women love them, men would rather spend a weekend doing their honey-do list.

5. Gone With The Wind – I know it is one of the greatest movies of all time. It was just way too long. We are men, we have tiny little brains, and we don’t have any kind of attention span that is longer than it takes to complete a football game.

6. Steel Magnolias – Too much drama, too many issues, and too much crying. Yes, I did actually watch this movie, and although I liked Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine going at each other, I would rather have watched “Honey, I  Shrunk The Kids” which came out at the same time.

7. Grease / Dirty Dancing – Two separate movies, but same affect. We don’t like to dance. We look stupid doing it. If it wasn’t for slow songs, we may never know what a dance floor feels like. That is reason enough, but I will throw in this for good measure: No one puts Baby in a corner. Nice hair Swayze.

8. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Another exploitation movie to increase sales of jewelry and brainwash men into spending their hard earned money on a “little blue box”.

9. On Golden Pond – Oh Norman, Please spare me this one. Superb actors and actresses, I will give you that but it fails in comparison to Porky’s (I, II or III).

10. Ghost – Enough with your love affair with Patrick Swayze. I liked him too in Road House when he was beating up everyone. I just can’t promote any movie that tries to make you cry with a line like “Ditto”.

That’s my list. I hope it did not offend anyone, that was not the goal of this exercise. I only do this to entertain. To show I am not the chauvinist pig you think I am, I will watch either Rudy or Brians Song this week to get in touch with my sensitive side. Then I will watch Mad Max to even things out again. Have a great week. See you at the movies!