September 17, 2005

  • All these years that I've been with my girlfriend, she would
    occasionally drag me to go see "chick flicks" that I really rather not
    see (like Hope Floats, Sweet Home Alabama or Maid in Manhattan).
    Ofcourse I would drag her sometimes to movies that she'd rather not
    see, so I'm not that innocent myself.  It got to the point where
    we now know what movies we could actually go together, compared to
    having to force the other to accompany them. Now it bears to mention
    that I do enjoy romantic comedies as well as romantic dramas that chick
    flicks are mostly related to.  It's just that a lot of them are
    usually very bland, too saccharine, or simply badly made, that makes me
    want to avoid them for the most part.

    Over the summer though, I saw the trailer for "Just Like Heaven" starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, with Jon Heder from Napoleon Dynamite fame. If you've noticed from a previous post I made
    about fall/winter movies I want to see, it's actually listed there. Now
    obviously this "chick flick" is actually something I want to see. I
    even thought it'd be a nice refreshing change to go to the theaters to
    see a film that me and my girlfriend can enjoy. Bringing this up to
    her, it apparently turns out that she doesn't want to see it! 
    Ironically, it's the same exact reasons I usually give her as to why I
    don't want to see chick flicks. what what what?! I can't believe it! I
    mean yes it looks like a cheesy romantic comedy, the plot seems
    implausible, and it looks predictable and unoriginal just by looking at
    the trailer. But damnit I still want to see it. I'm not claiming that
    it could be an oscar quality movie, but it at least looks like it'll
    make me laugh and be heart warming at the same time. Damn how the tides
    have turned.