Before it ended, “He’s Just Not That Into You” influenced me to believe that most guys are jerks (myself included).

I also felt resentment toward men, and even confided in my wife the disliking that I had developed toward my own gender.

All of this from/while watching a movie! Read the rest of this entry »

School is already in season (figuratively speaking), and I’m learning some things that I would never have known had it not been for ‘30 Chick Flicks’.

Here are six of the most recent lessons I’ve learned:

1. There are extremes when it comes to chick flick viewing preferences (as could probably be said with any genre)—that of “love” and “hate”.

2. Not all women love, like, or can even tolerate chick flicks.

3. Not all men hate–or dislike–chick flicks, either. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Jami Bernard, film critic and author of Chick Flicks: A Movie Lover’s Guide to the Movies Women Love, “men…would rather choke on a beer pretzel than go to a Chick Flick.”

Okay—two questions: first, what does that say about me (a guy) wanting to watch not a chick flick, but 30 chick flicks? Second, who are these men?

I wouldn’t choke on anything to avoid watching a film. Read the rest of this entry »