I just have to read a fluffy princess book with a cheesy love story. It's like a need. This week was Ella Enchanted, and I think what got it stuck in my craw was watching Confessions of a Shopaholic (horribly stupid movie that almost prompted a post on How to Write a Brainless, Formulaic Rom Com—I'll just sum it up here by asserting that they all have to do with glorifying the life of a liar). Hugh Dancy is in that movie. He is also in the movie version of Ella Enchanted (another horribly stupid movie).
Perhaps one of the differences between me and other women is not that I don't watch fewer chick-flicks—but that I hate myself after watching them.
There is slightly less personal loathing involved in reading a fluffy chick book, even if it was written for 10-year-olds. And at least in Ella Enchanted, the conflict was centered around a curse, rather than a big fat lie.
Haha, I hope you didn't watch that on my recommendation! It was luke warm at best, wasn't it? I did like the shopaholic bits, though. I just have to say, I get excited every time I see a new post by you!
ReplyDeleteLetter's to Juliet was slightly better. It definitely has some cliches (a love story way too rushed to be believable), but a duplicitous main character is not one of them. Vanessa Redgrave is beautiful, so is the Italian countryside, and Amanda Seyfried has wonderful hair. There's some nice gazing. I quite enjoyed the movie.
ReplyDeleteYou may watch only slightly fewer chick flicks than other women, but the difference is you don't rewatch them unless they're worth it.
I feel almost compelled to watch every American romcom that is rated PG--which includes a surprising number over the last year--Shopaholic, Juliet, and Leap Year (another cliche but cute one with good scenery)