Contrary to popular belief,
every film with a female protagonist is not a Chick Flick.
And every film with a male protagonist is not a Dick Flick.
Sometimes a film is just ... a film,
A story about a human being.
This blog is devoted to figuring out which is which.
This is a classic chick flick.
It has everything a classic chick flick requires.
- It stars Diane Keaton.
- She has a VERY successful career in NYC.
- She makes a lot, a lot of money.
- She has an adorable baby without giving birth.
- She gets fired BUT is somehow able to easily buy a huge beautiful farm house in Vermont.
- She drives a classic woody station wagon.
- The only single guy in town her age is ... Sam Shepherd.
- He thinks she's cute as a button.
- She thinks he's a ladies man (but still cute.)
- They dance at the Harvest Moon Ball.
- She invents designer baby food and gets even richer.
- Sam loves her, even rich.
- The NYC jerks that fired her now come groveling back.
- She tells them to shove it and goes home to Vermont to Sam and her adorable baby (who calls Sam, "Daddy".).
This is the ultimate dick flick.
Why? I will tell you.- It stars TWELVE angry men.
- And ZERO women.
- Each angry man has a cool way of killing.
- There is a lot of war going on.
- Everyone gets very dirty and never showers.
- There is a lot of shooting.
- There is a lot of beating up.
- There is a lot of surprising the enemy.
- There is a lot of camaraderie.
- There are no babies.
- There are no moonlight dances.
- There is no pesky romance to mess things up.
- At least one of the guys you like gets killed.
- A LOT of the enemy gets killed.
- There is very little crying.
