Chick Flick Support Group

I'll admit that I am a fan of Chick Flicks. My cousin recently came to stay with us overnight. I think it was about the time that I was writing the quizzes for my Mom's English class on Austen's Pride and Prejudice. He insisted that he has known too many girls whose ideas of love have become warped by Jane Austen movies. I tried to disagree, but to no avail. He was not to be persuaded.

I think that chick flicks are like medicine. They are good in small doses. If you are sick of Love, it might be a good idea to break one out and put it in the DVD player, to remind yourself (after you have become emotionally stable, else you run the risk of "accidentally" throwing something at your TV) that love really does and can and should exist in your life. But just like any medicine, if you take too much you either become addicted or you make yourself even more sick. In this case your "sickness" can warp your beliefs of what Love really is-most of the time without you even realizing that it is happening. And if you claim not to be addicted, take a real look in the mirror before you walk away. The first step is admitting you have a problem. =]

I'll admit that I own a large variety of Jane Austen movies, and a good number of "chick flicks" that I have deemed worthy of spending $7.99-19.99 on. Amazon frequently suggests such movies to me. But there are many out there that try and sell love, turning it into something cheap and unrealistic. I hate those movies. Most of them, despite weak efforts to incorporate some kind of moral in to their stories, end up selling a cheapened version of what real love can become, thus warping young single minds worldwide. No, thanks. I'm not buying.

So why am I even writing this? Yesterday I ended up at Hollywood Video. I was on a treasure hunt for Season 1 or 2 of Psych for my Mom (see previous post. The season premier was last night). No one had either. Even my Dad's beloved Fry's failed me. And they have everything! Anyhow, I was going to leave HV, because they didn't have Psych either, but then decided to roam around and see if there was anything that I wanted to rent. I remembered that there was a comedy out based on the Snow White fairy tale. A friendly associate helped me find Sydney White. It looked teenie-bopperish but cute. Then, as I was heading towards the counter I saw another movie that I'd had a vague interest in-Penelope. It was also fairy-tale like, so I decided to make a weekend of it, and immerse myself in fairy tales.

Sydney White was not bad, but if you ever want to see a really cute, sweet chick flick, then check out Penelope. It's about a girl who is cursed with the nose of a pig. It's magical and smart and funny and makes you want to become a better, stronger version of you. That's the story I look for in movies. So I guess Amazon can check off one more romantic comedy for this girl.

P.S. I'm listening to the classical music station, and the song they were just playing was written by Paul McCartney. Did you know he wrote classical music? I didn't. I was so flabbergasted that I didn't even catch the title of the song. Sad day...