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In Reply to: Snert. Never. This chick don't like chick flicks... posted by Harmonia on March 28, 2003 at 11:49:01:

My reply was in response to the sarcastic, "'Girly?' Just what, pray tell, is that?" You knew perfectly well what I meant, as shown by this remark: "Darn, not a chick flick in there."
Visual "surface pleasures" I find objectionable, especially when coupled to a scatter-headed, mysticism-lite plot and executed in faux-primitive cartooning style.
A woman/girl can be the protagonist in a picture and yet it needn't be "girly". There are films where the protagonist is a guy and it's still "girly". And by the way, Britney Sears is not girly. As for that being "a comment that I have not seen leveled by any reviewer/critic at this film", well, no one would dare! Look what happened to me...
clark
Oh: Rabbit Proof Fence. Girls, but not girly. However, a pack of lies. Can't be perfect!
Talk to Her: Half-girly I'd say. Note I also commanded everyone to see it.

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Your negative review of this film is a sure fire endorsement in my book! - Audiophilander 00:11:18 03/29/03 (2)
BTW, why isn't it a surprise that you'ld use a misogynistically perjoritive word like "girly" to denigrate a film which failed to satisfy your own pretensious expectations?
> > > "Look what happened to me..." < < <
I've gotta hand it to ya Clark, it takes a great deal of chutzpah to dismiss a film in such a spiteful manner, then turn around a couple of posts later and pretend to fall on your own (rubber?) sword like some misunderstood martyr. Perhaps the introduction of a new Oscar category for Best Acting on an Internet Chat Board will result in your being invited to the AMPAS Awards ceremony next year! ;^)
Cheers,
AuPh
- "a misogynistically perjoritive word like 'girly' to denigrate a film which failed..." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 08:59:03 03/29/03 (1)
  "...a misogynistically perjoritive word like 'girly' to denigrate a film which failed to satisfy your own pretensious expectations?"
  Boy you PC types slay me! You know perfectly well what a "girly film" or "chick flick" is, and recognize that they are made, but you forbid the use of those terms.
  But no matter: Whatever term you may elevate now to proper use, will doubtless be found by your PC descendents of the future to be similarly objectionable. LOL!
  As for my alleged pretensions, well, it is true that unlike yourself, who went to see Return to Planet of the Apes *twice*, I never bothered with the thing. Just a bunch of boy fluff.
  clark
  - "Return to Planet of the Apes" ...? - Audiophilander 05:03:32 04/01/03 (0)
    Return to the Planet of the Uninformed Opinionated Reviewers would probably have a better shot of making a killing at the box office, especially if folks like you and Mr. Shepherd were the basis for the screenplay. ;^)
    Cheers,
    AuPh

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