# Chick Flicks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 25, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591 "2002-11-25T03:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591/61 "2002-11-26T18:38:40Z")
Dread Pirate Jimbo: > [@](#): > > By 15 minutes in, I can usually predict the ending of any one of these films, right down to who falls for who It takes you that long? I can figure it out as soon as I see the credits on the movie poster/ad/video box. Billdo: Great capsule of the “chick flick” genre, though you missed a very important point in number 2: the “romantic” guy is a sympathetic guy who could use a little TLC. Ref. Sleepless in Seattle, where Meg Ryan falls for Tom Hanks just by the _sound of his voice and her sympathy for his sob story_. It’s the “mothering” instinct that these chick flicks play to. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591/62 "2002-11-26T21:30:47Z")
**CthulhuSpawn** : Thank You! I must, must, _ **must** _ obtain this DVD. BTW, count me in as a chick who definitely does NOT like your classic ‘chick flick’. I’d rather see guy movies. Lots of people dying quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591/63 "2002-11-26T21:54:49Z")
Sometime in 1995 or '96, I had my first experience with chick flicks. I was in seventh grade, and grew up in a family that would rather see action, comedy, or horror. A friend invites me to go with her and a couple of other friends to see Bed of Roses (said friend was a Christian Slater junkie, as I recall). By the end of the movie, friend and others (including friend’s Mom) are crying so hard that their mascara has melted into raccoon eye-rings. Me? I’m laughing so hard that I nearly spray Dr. Pepper all over the back of the seat in front of me. Friend was **not** amused. And I still don’t like chick flicks. Ah, the joys of friendship… ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591/64 "2002-11-26T22:15:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CthulhuSpawn \* > \*\*Rent the DVD (I’m sure the VHS is cut) of the Japanese film **Audition**. > > The first 2/3 is a light romantic comedy of a kindly widower trying to find a new wife by holding a fake casting call for a nonexistant movie. > > The last 1/3 is something else entirely…\*\* (You might have success looking for this movie under the name _Odishon_.) ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591/65 "2002-11-27T06:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > \*\*When Jack Chick starts producing movies, I’m _so_ there! \*\* He does, if you don’t mind “straight-to-video” release… [“Real” Chick Flicks](http://www.chick.com/catalog/videolist.asp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-flicks/138591.md?page=3)