"Chick Flick" vs "Date Movie"

[mjr]

The wife and I were discussing this the other day.

We were trying to determine criteria for a "date movie", because we were curious.

We both had trouble actually defining criteria for a "date movie", though we thought it was much easier to define "chick flick".

So, what's your opinion on this?

[AnaKhouri]

My first date with my husband, we went to see Godzilla 2000.

So maybe my idea of a 'date movie' is skewed.

I think 'date movie' just means a movie most people can agree to watch. Something entertaining that will appeal to people with different tastes, so you can both enjoy it. Like a superhero movie or a silly comedy.

[mjr]

My first date with my husband, we went to see Godzilla 2000.

So maybe my idea of a 'date movie' is skewed.

I think 'date movie' just means a movie most people can agree to watch. Something entertaining that will appeal to people with different tastes, so you can both enjoy it. Like a superhero movie or a silly comedy.

I don't know much about women, but you seem a bit atypical for a woman. My wife is the same way. She doesn't really like a lot of "girly" stuff and would rather hang out with "the guys".

Anyway, in the course of our discussion, she did mention that she thought Titanic might be a date movie...

We also were unsure as to whether or not a "Rom-Com" was a "date movie" or not. She's not big into superheroes.

The closest conclusion we could come to is that a date movie was basically a movie with a love interest or love angle, but with stuff in it "for guys", but not something like Field of Dreams.

Though we agreed Forrest Gump wasn't a date movie.

[drunkenwildmage]

My first date with my husband, we went to see Godzilla 2000.

So maybe my idea of a 'date movie' is skewed.

I think 'date movie' just means a movie most people can agree to watch. Something entertaining that will appeal to people with different tastes, so you can both enjoy it. Like a superhero movie or a silly comedy.

The first movie I took my wife to was a showing of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', so I guess it just depends on the couple.

Thinking back, the first 'Date' Movie that we ended up seeing together I think was something called 'Mr Wrong'. It was so horrendous bad it became our benchmark for bad movies..

[Monterey Jack]

"Chick Flick" generically refers to (bad) movies that ONLY appeal to women, and that men will find extremely boring to sit through. Personally, I can enjoy a good, well-written romance or romcom, but have little patience for such movies that are clearly pandering to their fanbase. Same thing with exceptionally dumb action, sci-fi or horror movies, genres that are usually aimed strictly at "Guy Movie" audiences. I love me a good action movie, but there is a difference between an artful, well-made movie like Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Die Hard or Baby Driver and a piece of stereotypical shit like Transformers, The Mummy or Resident Evil.