A Chick Flick? Really?

For awhile now, my roommate and I have been in 'heated discussions' with a woman who shall remain anonymous for the time being. =) What have we been discussing you ask? Chick flicks.

Now I'm a little fuzzy on exactly how this conversation started, but it undoubtedly started after the three of us watched a so called 'guy movie'. We were told that the next movie we watched would have to be a chick flick and of course, being guys, this threw us into a maniacal rage...not really, but it began what i have dubbed, 'THE ARGUMENT'.

On one side of this argument we have the nameless woman, who claims that these 'guy movies' we watch are senseless, full of only violence and gore and stuff that could never happen, while a chick flick has sense and a meaningful story and could be real. Whaaaaaaaaat???? Now Miss No Name is one of my best friends, i would do anything for her, so i must show her the error of her ways. =)

As guys, we can't let our movies be talked about like that! Here's our argument. the story lines of our 'guys movies' are great and without a doubt could and probably has/will happen in real life. The Patriot...yes it's bloody, violent, action packed, but it happened! Pride and Glory...Crooked Chicago cops and twisted investigation, violent yes, but it happens! The story lines are great, the movies are riveting, what's not to like?

Then take a look at chick flicks. The story line is THE SAME for every movie! Girl finds the perfect guy and they live happily ever after. Really? Please tell me the last time you saw that happen in real life. I don't understand how a girl can watch 20 different movies that all have the same story. It's pretty ridiculous. I blame Cinderella. Now i know that i have a biased view since I'm a guy, but girls, you have to agree that chick flicks are all the same!

During 'THE ARGUMENT', we even got all psychological. Why do women love their chick flicks? It's the guy in the film. He's perfect, he's what every girl dreams of, he's 'got it going on' right? They fawn over these guys, talk about them like they were real, wish they WERE real. Hence, another reason why us guys don't like chick flick...we aren't THOSE guys. Ha, it sounds pathetic, but it's true.

Then i looked at the other hand, why do we like our 'guy movies'? As men, we like violence, we like action, we like intense, it's part of our being, it's how we are wired, we can't help it. So are women wired too? Wired to be attracted to perfection, real or not? Made to be drawn towards emotion rather than action?

I've decided to leave the issue alone for now because it makes me more confused as to why women are the way they are. =) I'll leave them be to watch their emotional date movies as long as they let me watch my violent ones.

What are my plans for tonight? Ha, i think the three of us are watching a chick flick. Remember we HAVE to?