I went to see Titanic when it came out. The only redeeming aspect of that film was Billy Zane's bad guy. I think that Leo DiCaprio was completely miscast. The emotional manipulations were wrote. If I had three thumbs, I would give it 3 thumbs down.
Sleeping in Seattle was a chick flick that really rubbed me the wrong way. The very thought that a child would have an adult perspective on his father's love life is preposterous. Children in real life who are missing one of their parents (for whatever reason) do not want to further share their remaining parent with potential romantic partners. It's a Hollywood notion that parents who are embarking on a new romance are going to include the children. Romance takes even more parental time away from a child who is already suffering a loss of parental time.
I haven't given other chick flicks time here, because, generally, I avoid them.
I don't have a problem being manipulated by swelling music (or lack thereof) and sorrowful situations if the film warrants it (Schlindler's List , is such a movie). There are many other movies that moved me emotionally, but none of them "chick flicks".
I don't mind the sun sometime
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and Sugar
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how you look
Through someone elses eyes
BHS-"Pepper"
