The question is, simply enough, what are the shared qualities of a "chick movie?" Are there certain characteristics or common threads that distinguish movies that appeal, almost completely, to the feminine viewer?
While I will be the first to admit to the strangeness of the inquiry, particularly from a guy, I can only say that I ask the question only after my personal research failed to produce a definitive answer. The question is, simply enough, what are the shared qualities of a "chick movie?" Are there certain characteristics or common threads that distinguish movies that appeal, almost completely, to the feminine viewer?…
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— go to most recent comments26 - visualsimplicity
Nancy, are you offended by the term "chick flick"? It seems to me that you are missing the original question that dietdoc asked. It's not asking what movies a "chick" likes. It's asking, what movies do "chicks" like that no guy likes (or admits to liking)?
27 - visualsimplicity
Oh and of course there are movies that both genders like, but I don't think anyone can deny that there are movies that, in general, appeal to one gender and repulses the other.
28 - DrPat
Somebody goes to those hankie-wringers, Nancy - and from your list, I'd say only Thelma & Louise and Whalerider automatically qualify as non-guy movies. (I use that term instead of "chick flick," because it may make the distinction clearer.)
May be non-guy movies: Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, and Lion In Winter. Although they might admit seeing them, few guys would want to discuss them over a beer at the barbeque.
First Wives' Club, 4 Weddings & A Funeral and Death Becomes Her are right on the edge, but because they're comedies, it's considered OK for a guy to admit seeing them.
No way you can put any of the rest (well, maybe Gone With the Wind) into the chick-flick category. You'll have to share!
29 - Nancy
Offended, 'visual'? Good lord, no! It's just on mulling it over while reading the thread, I considered that a lot of what I like - and my femme friends - don't really fit in that category. I loved Pirates Of The Caribbean, too (my niece & sister in law turned me on to it; it's their fave), & I'll bet that can't fit into the dietdoc specs! Chick flicks... as far as I can tell, what dietdoc is thinking of are the old 1940s movies like Back Street & Stella Somebody-or-other. I don't even KNOW any women of any age who watch those. Girls/women have changed a lot in their psyches in 60 years. Just check the violent crime rates. Methinks it's a cultural thing - altho there's a good article in May's Scientific American about male vs female brains.
30 - Victor Plenty
I don't especially like the practice of labeling some movies as "chick material," but I recognize the term has a generally accepted meaning.
There are some guys who enjoy "chick movies" and there are some women who choose to watch movies with lots of car chases and gunfights. These examples do not change the concept.
They merely prove the concept has limited power to predict what any particular individual woman or man will like.
31 - Nancy
I really don't want this to become acrimonious/serious. It's a fun subject & comments. I want to hear from other chicks! Maybe I'm weird.
32 - DrPat
Dick-flick (and what a great term that is!): The most emotional scene (MOS) involves a car, an explosion, or a weapon. (Really great DFs have MOSes that involve all three...)
Chick-flick: The MOS involves death or abandonment.
Dick-flick: The main female character (if there even is one) is young, buxom, and scantily clad. Her clothing will be strategically torn in at least one scene.
Chick-flick: The main female character(s) may appear without makeup, in ugly clothes, or even caked with mud. (See The Color Purple, a quintessential chick-flick.) A cosmetic or clothing makeover will be a significant plot-point.
Dick-flick: You know the central problem of the story is solved when the villian is dead and bleeding on the floor.
Chick-flick: You know the central problem of the story is solved when the used Kleenex pile is higher than your ankles.
Dick-flick: The male main character will not appear in Spandex or wear mascara.
Chick-flick: The main character will not be male. Period.
Dick-flick: Bring your ear-plugs.
Chick-flick: Bring your hanky.
33 - Tan The Man
Awesome!
34 - JR
Dick-flick: The male main character will not appear in Spandex or wear mascara.
What about Tango and Cash? Or is that exempt by virtue of being a buddy flick and therefore technically not having a sole male main character?
35 - DrPat
Action films may not necessarily be dick-flicks. Stallone in Spandex? Not a dick-flick (especially since he confesses to missing his wardrobe...)
36 - Nancy
What about one of my faves I forgot when I was making my list: To Wong Foo?! ALL the male leads wear mascara & spandex!
37 - visualsimplicity
Alright, I'm going to have to say that what makes a movie a "chick flick" or a "dick flick" is tough to define, but like what constitutes pornography, I'll know it when I see it.
Here's a list with a short pattern that I would consider "chick flicks":
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
I haven't seen any of those and don't care to because they seem sort of "chick" flickish to me. Although I am tempted to try to watch Traveling Pants only because Amber Tamblyn has dared any man to watch it and not shed a tear.
38 - visualsimplicity
Dick-flick: The male main character will not appear in Spandex or wear mascara.
And what about those superhero movies?
39 - DrPat
Nancy, you seem to be aggressively missing the point: dick-flicks and chick-flicks are two diametrically-opposed categories. To Wong Fu is not a chick-flick, because it's a comedy - but it sure comes close.
It absolutely, positively, without question, could never be slotted into the dick-flick criteria. (See the list above. Stockard Channing is the hottest woman in the movie, and she appears in the first half in a shapeless sack of a house-dress.)
I think many females cannot identify chick-clicks, because the primary parameter (no guy would be found dead watching it, except to qualify for some nookie later) isn't one that all women will be able to spot.
40 - dietdoc
Nancy: Thanks for the input. I, also, lament the lack of female input, save your very, very appreciated insights. Your vision was what I was actually seeking. Thank you again for taking the time to edify we men, Wish we had a way for you to recruit some other regular ladies on BC for their comments!
DrPat: A perfect classification scheme! You seem to have the idea framed perfectly.
I was wondering when someone would mention Ya-Ya Sisterhood! (grin) The ladies in my office definitely did the group-thing with that one. They also, to this day, talk about Dirty Dancing but I have never seen (nor intend to see) that one.
Nancy (or anyone): Would Casablanca be a CM or a DM or mixed? I personally loved it but, other than a couple lame shootings, it was 96% a romance. Anyway, I do wish someone would join the brave Nancy from the feminist viewpoint!
Thanks to all. I have already learned a great deal, as I always do when I ask for opinions in this august company.
Cheers,
Ron
41 - Nancy
Dietdoc - flattery will get you just about anywhere. Casablanca? Gotta be a chickflick. At least, I never hear any guys I know mention it. DrPat, not aggressively missing any points, because I'm not sure what points are being made, except that the classic definition chickflicks are passe. For some reason, Judy Garland films are beloved by some of the gay community, but I don't think that qualifies. I never could stand her myself. Haven't seen either Pants or YaYas yet, and probably won't, either. Like I said, I may be an oddity in this regard. I admit it. But, DrPat, I do insist, that being a chick, those are my flicks.
BTW, all the big, burly guys at my volunteer firehouse are addicted to the daytime soaps. What does that say about dickflicks vs chickflicks, even tho they're TV & not films?
42 - DrPat
Ron, guys are willing to watch a movie with Humphrey Bogart in it because he was Sam Spade. He gets to fly on that for a long way. So Casablanca isn't a chick-flick.
But it isn't a dick-flick, either, because it is 96% romance. So it falls in the great middle.
Dick-Flicks:
Fast and Furious
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Rambo
Adrenaline: Fear the Rush (Check out the review, pure DF!)
Con Air
Bloodsport
43 - Shark
re: Comment 32 by DrPat - there are development people in Hollywood who'd get quite a paycheck to produce such a list.
Your talent is wasted.
...Or at least pilfered now... due to copyright issues.
Thanks,
I'll write from LA!
Shark
44 - DrPat
Nancy, you can be a chick, and still miss the point. Chick-flicks are not movies that "chicks" like, they are movies that (according to the great unwashed male masses) only chicks should like.
If you're a chick and you like a movie, it might be a chick-flick. If you can't find a guy to go to it with you, for love or money, and the response of all the guys you ask is "[expletive of choice] NO!" - it probably is a chick-flick.
I have to say, having said all this, that I am a sensitive viewer, and have sat through Beaches, Ghost and Pretty Woman. I've even watched both innings of Legally Blonde. I do have daughters, after all...
But overall, I'd rather watch Hunt for Red October. Not a dick-flick, but damn close - you only need one hand to count the women in that movie. The MOS is either a male chorus underwater or the scene where Jack Ryan diffuses the tension by bumming a cigarette. Classic!
45 - dietdoc
Nancy Writes: "For some reason, Judy Garland films are beloved by some of the gay community, but I don't think that qualifies."
Reply: Also, I am superficially aware that Barbara Streisand movies are also big with that group. Hopefully, not Yentil - with any group. I suspect this is more for her support of gay right and AIDS research than actual movie content.
I really wish I could have titled (or better written) this in such a way that we would have more feminine input. But - donning my Sir Walter Raleigh cloak - Nancy has done a fine job "representing."
Cheers,
Ron
46 - gonzo marx
ok...fascinating Thread
i do feel most romantic comedies fall into the "chick flick" category...such as Hugh Grant fils ( 4 weddings, etc)...His Girl Friday ( classic Cary Grant..some of the best dialogue ever)
here's one i woudl like to see the "panel" define..
"Eyes Wide Shut" ...chick or dick?
discuss
Excelsior!
47 - Tan The Man
Half and half... all the talking is chick stuff, and all the nudity is dick stuff.
48 - DrPat
Who/What got blown up in Eyes Wide Shut? (I haven't seen it.)
But if the answer is "nobody/nothing," how could it be a dick-flick? And I don't think any movie can be half-and-half, Tan, so if there's any admixture of appeals, it isn't either.
49 - gonzo marx
CrPat...go out and rent this flick..Kubrick's last film, and some very nice shots of Nicole Kidman (drool)
and Tan..not only guys liked the "masked" scenes..i know anytime we watch it, my wife is much more "aroused" than i am
Excelsior!
50 - gonzo marx
ooops..i meant DrPat, of course..my apologies for the spelling error
mea culpa...
Excelsior!
51 - DrPat
On the other hand, Tom Cruise nude would be a real turn-off - that's why I've never watched it.
And you didn't answer the explosion question - in a dick-flick, y'know, you don't care about the jealousy, sexual exploration, nudity (even Kidman) - unless there's some fireworks!!
52 - gonzo marx
nope, no explosions, no guns at all
it was all about plot and dialogue
but i don't think explosions are a defining issue, myself...definately an indicator , granted
Excelsior!
53 - DrPat
Hmmm... Lessee, no guns or explosions, nudity of a male icon who "explores his sexuality"... probably not a dick-flick.
Rule 2 from the post (rememeber the post?): A CM cannot earn the label if the female goes to the movie to see her favorite male star, regardless of the content of the movie... So, probably not a chick-flick either.
The list of movies that fall in the middle is VAST, HUGE, MEGALITHIC!! You'll THRILL... Sorry, channeling Cecil B. there for a second.
So, let's have a quiz. In which of three categories do the following belong (DF, CF, or VM - Vast Middle):
Princess Bride
Night of the Living Dead
Soylent Green
Light in the Piazza
Demolition Man
Smokey and the Bandit
Feds
Pitch Black
Moonstruck
Bridges at Toko-Ri
I Spit on Your Grave
October Sky
In Cold Blood
The English Patient
Platoon
Crib sheets allowed - I find IMdb an excellent resource.
54 - gonzo marx
corrrection here DrPat...no Tomkat nudity..some good shots of Nicole, and others in certani "masked" scenes...
see the flick..it's worth it
as for your list
english Patient for "CM"
the rest seem vast middle, with some of them unseen by your humble Narrator
Excelsior!
55 - DrPat
As with any quiz, please show your work. [grin]
I really would like to hear back from a few more folks - Nancy and other gals especially. We might see a pattern develop.
So, please, Gonzo, do the whole list - just indicate the ones you have never seen.
56 - gonzo marx
dreck..hoist by my own petard...
as you Wish, DrPat
Princess Bride - VM
Night of the Living Dead - DF
Soylent Green - VM
Light in the Piazza - not seen
Demolition Man - DF
Smokey and the Bandit - VM with DF leanings
Feds - not seen
Pitch Black - DF
Moonstruck - CF
Bridges at Toko-Ri - VM
I Spit on Your Grave - not seen
October Sky - not seen
In Cold Blood - not seen
The English Patient - CF
Platoon - DF
just my Opinions there, based on the criteria above
how's that?
Excelsior!
57 - DrPat
bhw, Lisa, Patfish, Barbara, Justene, Natalie...
We need the ladies' opinions here!
58 - dietdoc
Princess Bride - CF
Night of the Living Dead - DF
Soylent Green - DF
Light in the Piazza - No Clue
Demolition Man - DF (with oak leaf cluser)
Smokey and the Bandit - DF (with two oak leaf cluster)
Feds - CF
Pitch Black -DF
Moonstruck - CF
Bridges at Toko-Ri -DF
I Spit on Your Grave - No Clue
October Sky - VMF
In Cold Blood - DF (could we call this a "buddy film?") (knowing wink)
The English Patient - CF
Platoon - DF (three oak leaf clusters)
59 - dietdoc
Where oh where, have the women gone,
Long time passing.
Where oh where have the women gone,
Commenting on this thread?
Where oh where have the women gone?
Gone to email, everyone.
When will there 'ere return?
When will they 'ere return?
(sigh)
60 - DrPat
Joan? Loretta? swingingpuss? Violet? Margaret? Miriam?
61 - Tan The Man
"and Tan..not only guys liked the "masked" scenes..i know anytime we watch it, my wife is much more "aroused" than i am"
Hah. You mean they actually told you they were aroused. Lucky. All the girls I know say they hate it. I must look through their DVD collections and see if they have it...
62 - Lisa McKay
Okay, here's a woman's opinion - and I'm a huge movie buff, for what it's worth.
First of all, I think dietdoc hit the nail right on the head with his definition of a chick flick. Having said that, I wouldn't (generally) watch a chick flick with a gun to my head - I *loathe* them. I think they appeal to the same women who watch Lifetime and read romance novels - I'm not putting those down as choices, but they're definitely not my taste, and I suspect that the women who watch chick flicks also do not, as a rule, watch a *lot* of movies.
So what do chicks watch when they don't watch chick flicks? My tastes cross a lot of different genres. I'll watch some (but not all) action flicks with my husband. He's also a science fiction fan, so I'll watch that with him from time to time. He, in turn, will watch a Merchant-Ivory film with me, although he did fall asleep during Howard's End (it's one of my favorite films of all time). I love The Godfather. I love Airplane. I love Woody Allen. I love Scorsese. I'll watch Anthony Hopkins in almost anything. I love the Marx Brothers. My husband is building a complete Hitchcock collection, and I love those, too. We both like old movies from the '30s and '40s, and he collects classic 1950s sci-fi films, which I enjoy watching. I love the Evil Dead movies. We're collecting the Universal Studios boxed sets of classic horror films (as an aside, I will offer Frank Langella's portrayal of Dracula as a horror film that violates dietdoc's rule about there being no horror chick flicks). I like a lot of the current crop of indie films. We have a very active Netflix account, and I'm always finding something new to watch. Our son is a film student, and he's been broadening my tastes even further by exposing me to films I might not have gravitated to on my own. I don't like graphic violence all that much, or movies with rape scenes, or torture scenes, but there are exceptions to those things, too.
Good post, dietdoc, and a good conversation all the way around, I'd say.
63 - Nancy
Oooooo...I forgot about Langella's Dracula! Yeah, definitely a chickhorrorflick.
Princess Bride - CF, but open ended to VM
Soylent Green - VM
Smokey - DF
Moonstruck - CF
Bridges - VM
Cold Blood - VM
Platoon - DF
Haven't seen the rest, so I couldn't validly comment. Gotta say one of my faves I left out (I do have a lot, don't I?) is The Great Escape. It could be argued it's a DF, but I would put it in the VM category.
I love anything w/Alan Rickman - even Harry Potters; ditto Hopkins, brilliant in just about anything he does. Ditto Daniel Day-Lewis. Nice to look at, too.
Ditto on what Lisa said: an awful lot of what DrPat qualifies as chickflicks I wouldn't be caught dead watching, either. Have never seen Fried Green, or the latter half of Steel Magnolias, or Color Purple. Can't stand anything w/Bogart or Bergman, simply because I consider their acting talent to be nil. I'm always aware they're Bogart or Bergman playing the role of B or B in a role.
On the other hand, stuff w/a lot of dialogue isn't necessarily CF; what about A Few Good Men? Almost nothing BUT dialogue; but ripping GOOD dialogue. I adore watching Jack Nicholson chewing up the scenery in that one, just like I love to watch Rickman chewing the scenery and incidentally pulling Robin Hood out of the fire.
I really hate to say this, but I have to conclude it's true: DFs are (not necessarily but they tend to be) dumber, lots more violent, and more weapon/vehicle/chase/explosions oriented than CFs, and they don't have a whole lot of plot, frequently, either. Sorry, guys. Hmmm...instead of 'dumber', maybe a better word would be more 'simplistic'? Less plot complications or convolutions? But that's not true of quite a few DFs I could think of, either. Thanks, Lisa. C'MON - MORE WOMEN COMMENT; AM I ALONE OUT HERE?!
64 - Lisa McKay
I will confess to having seen Dracula two or three times in the theater when it was released, and many times on TV since. Big crush on Langella.
And I forgot to take DrPat's quiz! So here are my votes:
Princess Bride - VM
Night of the Living Dead - DF
Soylent Green - VM
Light in the Piazza - CF
Demolition Man - DF
Smokey and the Bandit - DF
Feds - haven't seen it
Pitch Black - DF
Moonstruck - VM
Bridges at Toko-Ri - VM
I Spit on Your Grave - haven't seen it
October Sky - VM
In Cold Blood - VM
The English Patient - haven't seen it
Platoon - VM
65 - Temple Stark
A "chick flick" has at least one depiction of a man they wish most could be like - or at least one they could meet.
And - but rarely at the same time - a strong female character.
Other than that I always thought of "chick flick" as slightly derogatory because it narrows down the idea that women like a 360-degree range of movies. But as generally understood - yes there are movies that just bore me to tears and they are the manliest of films (Priscilla Queen of the Desert fer instance) and the sloppiest of goo - um, um, ....
66 - dietdoc
Huzzah! The women have landed! And what great opinions and insights! My quest is successful. Thanks you ladies, and gents.
Temple writes: "A "chick flick" has at least one depiction of a man they wish most could be like - or at least one they could meet. And - but rarely at the same time - a strong female character."
Reply: Rarely a strong female character? I agree with the "idealized" love or love interest but I think a strong female - usually overcoming difficult odds - is almost essential.
Cheers,
Ron
67 - Nancy
LOL...Temple, you're putting your foot in it! Like the trailoff....
I think a liking or even tolerance for sloppy goo has a very limited appeal, admittedly to women of a certain taste, usually those that also love Betty Neals, Barbara Cartland, and similar books. Not even just romance novels, but ICKY romance novels. My ex-roomie wallows in them, and also loves drippy romance movies that gag me. How we're still friends I can't figure, but so we are. She tolerates my love for classical & historical stuff (Vanity Fair, Master & Commander). The more I think about it, the more I really do think the classically-defined chickflick really doesn't have much audience any more, being limited to Bergman filmfests, etc.
68 - dee
I am a chick who does not like most chick flicks...okay, Ghost is one of the exceptions. I like action flicks. I like the bloody gorey murder stories but I do not like those who are just for he gore...Halloween and such. Ones like The Ring and Thirteen ghosts are on my list too. I think that chick flicks are slowly losing in popularity.
69 - dietdoc
Dee writes: "I think that chick flicks are slowly losing in popularity.
Reply: You may very well be right! Notice the dates of the first 4 movies I listed - circa 1990. It would appear that the classic CM peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been replaced by the VM and even in your case, the "classic" DM. It is truly an interesting genre to exlore and, thanks to you all, discuss.
Cheers,
Ron
70 - Shark
Possible scenario for a future chick-flick:
A rich, handsome gay man finds out he has a terminal illness; he is 'converted' to heterosexual by an 'experience' with a beautiful nurse, who, btw, also discovers he's been misdiagnosed and will continue to live. They make-out in the final scene -- as he crawls from an open grave and kisses her before watching a Baywatch rerun on TV. He gets a boner AND cries at the tragic finale of that episode. (a baby seal is hit by a speed boat and dies in Carmen Electra's arms)
Final line:
ex-gay Hero: "I'm cured!"
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PS: Lifetime Network execs: CALL ME!
71 - dietdoc
Shark, my good fellow, can we not be more creative than that? First, it involves too many sociopolitical/religious issues. We must be more specific with the simple issue of love. Love that conquers all, love that lasts, love that...well...is!
All these peripheral points and issues simply cluter the screenplay. Perhaps, simply a lone crusader against the seal-clubbing villains...living out of an igloo in the frozen north....when, a deadly plane crash occurs near his camp. The only survivor is a beautiful, wealthy lady. He nurses her to health (in between fighting off the poachers) and he learns (flash-back style) or her life in her ramblings as she lapses back and forth into consciousness. He has been alone for months, fighting the cruel elements and poachers, all alone. Did I mention he has been alone?
She wakes up and the first question she asks is: "Did you ravish me?"
The story of love grows from there and she joins in his cause...yada yada yada.
I must admit, I do like the baby seal/Carmen Electra touch, though.
Cheers,
Ron
72 - DrPat
Thanks to all who had the courage to take the quiz. Now some answers:
Princess Bride: VM - The story is told to appeal to a ten-year-old boy. Cannot be a chick-flick, despite the romantic center.
Night of the Living Dead: DF - I would argue that most B-movie horror and cult horror films are dick-flicks. The purpose is to raise the adrenaline levels and arouse the viewer. Put American Werewolf in London in this category, too.
Soylent Green: VM - Yes, it's devoid of significant female characters. Nevertheless, the action and horror are too cerebral for a dick-flick. Many SF movies fall into the vast middle fason.
Light in the Piazza: CF - It's a classic that's being revamped for Broadway, the story of a woman who takes her brain-damaged child to Florence to keep her from smooching the delivery boy, only to have be wooed by a rich Italian boy. Pure chick fare.
Demolition Man: VM - The humor and silly antics brought into the story by Sandra Bullard and Benjamin Bratt distract suffiently from the gore and mayhem to bring this just out of the dick-flick range. Besides - Stallone knitting? No way, almost as bad as Stallone in Spandex in Tango and Cash.
Smokey and the Bandit: DF - "What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!" What is more DFish than that?
Feds: VM - It's a comedy about two women who want to be FBI agents. Cannot be a chick-flick because it does not take these women seriously, and there are NO hanky-required scenes.
The English Patient: CF - For cying out loud, it's used as the trigger for the gal who cries just upon hearing the description in a commercial for Pay-per-View TV.
For partial credit, try your hand at the rest of the list:
Pitch Black:
Moonstruck:
Bridges at Toko-Ri:
I Spit on Your Grave:
October Sky:
In Cold Blood:
Platoon:
73 - Marcia L. Neil
as a process of exclusion -- they are not womb/at movies -- too much fluff.
74 - Peter Hull
I am an 18 year old straight male who watches a lot of films. I watch films classic and current. There have been films that I like that are considered chick flicks:
1. The sisterhood of the traveling pants (2005)
2. stage door (1937)
3. I captured the castle (2004)
4. Little women (1933)
Also I think the idea of calling something a chick flick is a modern standard. For example when Stage Door and Little women came out in the 30's I'm sure plenty of males went to see them. It wasn't until about the 80's that movies began to be given brands.
75 - nkc
I'm a chick. I have some serious things to say, so bear with me.
I have to admit that I've always been bothered by the label "chick flick" because of the way it's used and what it usually implies. It's nice to see some acknowledgement here that "dick flicks" exist too.
There definitely are a lot of movies that generally appeal (or are targeted) to either men or women, but usually the ones that appeal to women get slammed and written-off the most, and that's what bugs me. When do we ever see "dick flick" (or equivalent) used in a movie review?
Another thing that bugs me is that sometimes movies that really do have universal appeal - really good movies with good characters and deep themes and interesting storylines - get written off as chick flicks just because they have mainly female characters that don't pander to male tastes. I guess you could say they have a female centric viewpoint. There are lots of really good movies that show the reverse - they're from a male centric viewpoint - but these movies are generally treated as universally appealing. Not that they shouldn't be. It's just that the female centric movies should also be considered universally appealing. We're all human. We all love, we all hate, we all age, we all face adversity... We should be able to relate to each other regardless of sex and recognize common themes. It seems to me that women are either better at doing it or more willing to do it than men are, and that's a shame.
I read a review somewhere that mentioned that any movie about women is a chick flick, which is pathetic. And... telling?
All of that said, I generally don't like chick flicks or dick flicks, the way they're defined here, because they're usually crappy movies.
Princess Bride -VM - one of my all-time favourite movies when I was a 10 year old girl. I had a huge crush on Wesley, and come to think of it, on Buttercup too. I didn't realize it was a spoof until much later.
Night of the Living Dead -VM -another all-time fav. I disagree that the horror genre is more DF than CF.
Soylent Green - have not seen
Light in the Piazza - "
Demolition Man - "
Smokey and the Bandit - "
Feds - "
Pitch Black -
Moonstruck
Bridges at Toko-Ri
I Spit on Your Grave
October Sky
In Cold Blood
The English Patient -VM- I know as many men that liked this movie, and wanted to see it, as women. I didn't like it.
Platoon
Damn, I haven't seen most of those movies. Not much input from me there.
I would say that most "romantic comedies" could be classed as chick flicks, and most "action" movies could be classed as dick flicks. I'm also thinking that comedy appeals more to men and drama appeals more to women, in general. any opinions?