5 Chick Flicks that are OK to like as a guy and 5 Chick Flick that are NOT OK to like as a guy!

As men, we all have to endure the occasional "chick flick". If we never had to we would probably be missing out on some sex so it is a necessity at some point. So I've compiled a short list of 4 movies that OK to enjoy as a guy without in any way questionning your own sexuality or manliness. In the essence of fairness and ying/yang I've also defined the 4 movies that are NOT OK to like as man.

Just to be fair, the 4 movies that are NOT OK to like do not make you less of a man in anyone's eye; they are just bad movies for guys. If you do like them I am not questionning your manliness but only your taste in movies.

Top 4 chick flicks that are OK and NOT OK to like as a guy:

OK 4- Father of the Bride
Why is it a chick flick?
Story of a father who loses his first daughter to marriage and deals with it in a very deep and personal way.
Why is it OK for me as a guy to like it?
Two words: Steve Martin! Yep, the jerk himself makes this movie OK to watch as a guy because he's just funny in the way he handles himself. It's also not too much of a chick flick and almost more of a comedy (and that, my friends, is only because of Steve Martin). Anyone else in that title role would have made this movie a total chick flick.

NOT OK 4- When Harry Met Sally
Why is it a chick flick?
Story of two lovers across time and differences who end up together after blah blah blah...
Why is it NOT OK for me as a guy to like it?
Two words: Meg Ryan. Nuff said!

OK 3- WALL-E
Why is it a chick flick?
One cute little robot falling for another cute little robot and then they save humanity with their cuteness = Total chick flick!
Why is it OK for me as a guy to like it?
Pretty simple; it's actually a good movie with laughs and Wall-E is THE MAN! He's like the sole survivor of the robot race and in such is like a robot Clint Eastwood. A robot Clint Eastwood is ALWAYS OK for guys. Especially when they save the world. A ROBOT Clint Eastwood!!!!

NOT OK 3- You've Got Mail
Why is it a chick flick?
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love through email...
Why is it NOT OK for me as a guy to like it?
See above answer: email, c'mon!

OK 2- Roxanne
Why is it a chick flick?
A modern retelling of the story of Cyrano De Bergerac where a long nosed man falls in love with a beautiful woman and helps someone else fall in love with her only for her to fall in love with his words after she blah blah blah...
Why is OK for me as a guy to like it?
Again, Steve Martin (can you tell there's a pattern here people) plays the modern version so it makes it funny but most importantly he's a friggin FIREMAN! That's right, the man is a FIREMAN. Movies with FIREMEN are always cool for guys!!!

NOT OK 2- Sleepless in Seattle
Why is it a chick flick?
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love because she heard him speak on a radio show blah blah blah...
Why is it NOT OK for me as a guy to like it?
It's just too much! Any real man would have called bull**it about halfway trough the movie. It's just too impossible and it also stars Meg Ryan.

OK 1- The Notebook
Why is it a chick flick?
A couple fall in love despite all sorts of obstacles and problems and blah blah blah...
Why is it OK for me as a guy to like it?
Well, the guy in it is not a panzy (as in most chick flicks) but a real man and he gets the girl without really trying so that makes him cool. Also, I liked it alot so it must be OK for guys and Meg Ryan never got near it.

NOT OK 1- Pretty Woman
Why is it a chick flick?
A hooker and a John (yes, that's what you call people that hire hookers) fall in love despite being a hooker, and her client.
Why is it NOT OK for me as a guy to like it?
Just read over that last sentence. It's a hooker who falls for her client and the client who falls for the hooker. In what universe does this take place again?

Tune in for more this week!

Watchmen hype and the top 5 overhyped movies of the internet generation

As the Watchmen movie is about the come out, I'm seriously overwhelmed with the amount of advertising they went through. It seems I couldn't turn on a TV or visit a website without seeing ads for the movie.

It's even hit webcomics and such:
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20090306

I've made plans to go see it on IMAX but only in a few weeks because they were not good seats left before then. So if you've clicked on the link above, you know I'll be complaining about it being not true or too true enough to the comic.

Now, the other stuff; I've decided to list the top 5 overhyped movies that I can remember (please keep in mind that these are not bad movie in any way but the hype was so great that it was impossible to satify most fans after this much hype):

5- Superman Returns
From about Janurary 1st 2006; all anyone talked about was the new Superman movie. When the first preview hit the fan base was over excited. Around early June the preview was running on every TV channel. I remember seeing the preview on Home & Garden Television... There were also a bunch of ads on the steets of Montreal advertising the movie.

4- Watchmen
As I've mentioned above; all internet sites have ads and the TV won't stop showing the preview without showing any of the story.

3- The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions
This one is a bit different. In 2003 you couldn't visit an internet site without having someone discuss one of the Matrix sequels. This was amazing because the hype came totally from word of mouth. The original movie had established something so great that a nation of geeks were expecting this to be their generations "Star Wars". Which brings me to my next point...

2- Star Wars Episode 1, The Phantom Menace
This hype started in 1997, a full two years before the movie actually came out. And I mean everything about this movie; from casting to filming locations to fan art became popular. It seems as tough when anything happened about this movie; it hit the internet and chat rooms and bunch of nerds, unknowing that the Matrix sequels were about to get a greenlight, probably were having amazing wet dreams just thinking that they got to see a shot of Tatooine 2 years before they saw it at the theaters wearing their store bought Storm Trooper costumes...

1- Batman (1989)
The summer of 1989 was all about Batman. People were cutting the Batman symbol into the back of their heads. Burger King had transformed into a Batman store and all tourist shops all over the world were selling Batman t-shirts. Batman was just everywhere that year and I believe it made expectations that the movie just couldn't deliver.

If you notice one thing about all these movies; they were good but not great. Do you think the overhype had something to do with it? I think so!!