The End of Chick Flicks?

I absolutely love chick flicks. There, I said it. Usually in other aspects of my life, I am not an extremely girly or emotional chick. But, when it comes to movies, there is nothing like a good sob story about star crossed lovers who somehow beat the system and ended up together to really get me going.

By Abby

And yes, unlike Jess, I consider Dirty Dancing one of my all time favorite movies and am so excited to see it return to the big screen this week.

Needless to say, when I read an article in the NY Times about the possible downfall of chick flicks, I was devastated. Supposedly there is a disappearance of many of the movie world’s most visible female power brokers and because of this, more male-oriented movies such as 300 will appear and not be balanced out with another female-oriented option.

For someone that cannot stand watching movies full of guts, guns, or any type of violence, this is not okay.

“You don’t see companies saying, ‘More than half of this population is women, we should design a slate to come up with movies like ‘The Break-Up,’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ ” said an independent producer. No more chick flicks out in theaters will mean much less theater going for me.

I’m sure my boyfriend will find this news exciting as our regular fights over which movie to see come down to a chick flick versus a gross violent movie that I will probably have my eyes shut for most of it. Case in point: Last night it was In the Land of Women vs. Fracture. Surprise, surprise…Fracture won.

Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to rely on those oldies but goodies for chick flicks, until some more female power brokers take over the reigns once more. And plus, you can never watch When Harry Met Sally too many times, right?