Sunday, June 7, 2009

Chick Flicks = Chick Porn???

Hello, now I know I am making a very powerful comparison and statement, but it needs to be said.



Disclaimer:


  • I am in no way condoning porn

  • I am a fan of chick flicks

  • Don't get all crazy... its just my observation

Women love chick flicks (well, most women, there are the Debi Hogues out there). We love them for many reasons; whether its the cutesy romance we all wish we were involved in or the cute clothes the lead actress is wearing that we all wish we owned or the heart melting, 'perfect-scripted', awe inspiring I love you/Kiss in the rain scene that every girl whether she admits it or not wishes would happen to her.


We are girls, give us a break! We want to be adored, we wish to be called beautiful, we desire to be desired... thats how we were made. These Producers/Directors/screenwriters know this and ruin our lives with it!!


These movies should be harmless and be viewed simply as they were intended to be... as entertainment. A fabricated love story which behind the scenes consisted of dozens of highly trained individuals who work months on the perfect lines, casting the most beautiful people, strategically planning each scene to be portrayed as organic and a common love story.


Common?!! There is nothing common about racing the clock to the empire state building to see if the love of your life (whom you've never met) is there waiting for you, or falling in love while dangerously standing on the front of a gigantic, tanking ship, and when you think common, does an epic love story occurring over multiple decades between a woman and man as they age in the opposite direction only ending with an 85 year old women holding a 3 months old baby in her arms with all the passion of life-time lovers come to mind?


Didn't think so.


It's because there is nothing common about chick flicks; they are created to entertain our fantasies. The danger lies in the fact that most girls do not realize that. Instead we hold these movies as our standards of relationships. I'm not saying that we can't have romance and will never kiss a guy in the rain, BUT it probably won't be after he just returned saving a country in your honor... I'm just saying.


Let us create our own romance, our own love story.


In conclusion, as (I believe) porn most often taints the minds of men who sadly set false standards of what the sex experience should be like, I boldly compare the similar affect to what women experience from obsessing over chick flicks.

Few of you may disagree with me, but I think for the majority,

I had you at Hello... ;)

4 comments:

  1. Finally a girl who agrees with me! I liked how you pointed out guys and porn, it's the same thing no matter how you look at it. Fantasy is not reality and we should not hold each other to the standards of someone else's fabrication. Excellent post.

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  2. This post was "everthing I never knew I always wanted!" -Fools Rush In.

    Seriously, so true... hope this helps us all get a better grip on living and loving in the real world :)

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  3. I have ALWAYS agreed on this topic. Most girls (no offense ladies) have this image that love is supposed to be perfect ALL the time and if it's not then it she must be with the wrong guy.

    I do however believe that romance is important and I do think that certain movie scenarios can happen it's just not realistic to have those all the time either.

    And Es- "Fools Rush In" is by far one of my favorite movies of all time! The whitey falling for the hot tempered Latina ;)

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  4. I've never seen Fools Rush In... next girls night possibly?

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