It's good to be the Sherbie

[spyderella]

That first night you stayed up all night talking and realized you were in love... Before Sunrise is that; no more, no less.

Husband out of the house: Check.
Chick flick on DVD: Check.
Pint of fudge brownie/cookie dough ice cream: Check.

This is good therapy, friends.

Comments

[sleepingjpb]

You think of Before Sunrise as a chick flick? Interesting.

[spyderella]

Um... Two people meet on a train--in Europe--stay up talking all night, and nothing explodes, blasts off, gets beaten up, or prances about clad in vinyl. How is it not a chick flick?

[unrealfred]

I dunno... I'm not a chick, and I thought it was pretty terrific...

Before Sunset is very good, too.

[spyderella]

I'm confused; I think we're defining our terms differently.

My definition of chick flick is that it is dialog-heavy, character-driven, and focused on feelings (especially fictional, romanticized love). A synopsis of the "events" would take a sentence or two, because it's about people, not things that happen. Bonus points if it makes you cry.

I like guy movies, too, but it doesn't stop them being guy movies. (Nevertheless, I think my guy would not have enjoyed Before Sunrise.)

[the_macnab]

My definition of chick flick is that it is dialog-heavy, character-driven, and focused on feelings (especially fictional, romanticized love). A synopsis of the "events" would take a sentence or two, because it's about people, not things that happen. Bonus points if it makes you cry.

I call those "furrin" films, but apparently some of those sensitive Euro-guys like that stuff, so I dunno. Perhaps this helps explain the "Gay, or European?" meme.

[unrealfred]

I just call those films. I like ones where stuff gets blowed up real good, too, but I think labelling some as chick or guy flicks is a little silly and reinforces a lot of pointless stereotypes. I think it's silly to think women have a monopoly on smart dialog, character, or focus on feelings -- any more than men have a monopoly on action and tension and explosions (or whatever it is that defines a "guy" film). I think it's altogether possible (and without being gay or European) to like, or dislike, a wide variety of movies.

[spyderella]

I applaud your efforts to eschew labels.

The point is, I ate raw cookie dough and watched pretty people kiss.

The secondary point is, I was curious at how my idiolect differed from sleepingjpb's (which is what caught the_macnab I think, since he's a linguist, too).

But calling me (or my language choices) silly because I used flippant shorthand in a flippant post? That kind of chills discussion, rather than encouraging it.