Posted on 01/07/2005 7:16:50 AM PST by pissant
JULIA ROBERTS' classic turn as a prostitute in PRETTY WOMAN has picked up another accolade - the best 'Chick Flick' of all-time.
The 1990 film, which also starred RICHARD GERE, beat THELMA + LOUISE and LOVE STORY to the top spot in a new book, THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHICK FLICKS.
Author KIM ADELMAN's top 10 is:
1. PRETTY WOMAN
2. THELMA + LOUISE
3. LOVE STORY
4. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
5. BEACHES
6. THE WAY WE WERE
7. DIRTY DANCING
8. ROMAN HOLIDAY
9. HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK
10. ALL ABOUT EVE
So many good scenes in that movie. The destruction of the car at the gas station, the deer in the car, Tommy playing with the fan in his office. Am sitting here giggling just thinking of it.
I'll buy onto Braveheart & the Patriot. Not the classic chick fare, though.
My list would have to include
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Now Voyager
Lord of the Rings (all three parts)
The Terminator (much better than Somewhere in Time, similar romantic device, less sappy)
If "The Road Warrior" isn't on that list, I don't wanna hear it.
Now Voyager...*sniff*
And I've seen all the others you've mentioned, too. Good list!
Hardly feminist heros, they are the stupidest wimmen ever portrayed in a movie.
Hey, I read your profile. It's great to see former liberals see the light. Welcome.
But you must be the only woman who does not like Audrey Hepburn movies!
I was going to ask about Funny Face.
The Red Violin would be my #1 followed by Dangerous Liaisons
Congressman Billybob
Can we safely add Black Beauty or the Black Stallion to this list :^)
Go check out the "Most Beautiful Hollywood Actress" thread from last week. It had 800+ posts with lotsa pics.
Yeah, where's Jane Eyre? (any version-- GC Scott, Dalton or Hurt).
Or Last of the Mohican's? Or My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Or or or Where the Heart Is? Fried Green Tomatoes? Steele Magnolias?
Hrmpt,
not one of those listed is a movie I want to see again (the above I will watch anytime they are on).
Old yeller might make my top 10 children's movies, but certainly not in the man's movie category.
I did not see "Sleepless in Seattle".
What is it with Steel Magnolias. My ex girlfriend dragged me to it. She sobbed uncontrollably while I fell asleep.
I got dragged to see "Beaches" way back, talk about two hours of my life that I'll never get back.
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