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Top five ‘chick flicks’ and ‘guy movies
By ERIK EVANS
One can file movies away into
several different categories. If it’s
funny, it’s a comedy. If it’s sad,
it s a drama. If it’s scary, it’s a
horror. If it involves circus midg
ets, a goat named Pepe, and six
pounds of peanut butter, it’s not
something you should be watch
ing anyway, so chuck it out the
window, go to church, and con
fess your sins.
The point is different movies
are made for different people, and
in some cases, different movies
are made for different sexes; thus
forging two new categories into
the Dewey decimal system of
film: the “guy movie” and the
infamous “chick flick.”
So, what’s the difference?
There is an ancient Chinese se
cret to making a good guy movie,
and that secret is: guys are easily
amused (Face it fellas, they al
ready know).
Okay, so it’s not ancient... or
Chinese... or even a secret really,
but it is the essential philosophi
cal ingredient in this type of
movie. Give us a coloring book
and a box of crayons and we’re
set for hours. The same principle
applies to the guy movie. Give
the average male a film with gra
tuitous violence, a good guy, a
bad guy, heavy machinery,
Cameron Diaz, and a football, and
he’ll never leave the theatre. Such
details as storyhne or plot don’t
really matter in a guy movie.
Wesleyan names
its fifth president
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eminent, written numerous ar
ticles on topics in British, Cana
dian, and European history, and
delivered many papers at confer
ences throught the world.
Mauldin said, “Dr. Newbould
is a respected scholar as well as a
proven leader and administrator.”
Newbould and wife Carla, who
is a citizen of both Canada and
Holland, are committed to educa
tional programs that broaden in
ternational and multicultural ex
periences for students. Newbould
said, “Education that is based in
the liberal arts and couples with
sound professional training con-
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Averett, and Greensboro all fell
to the Bishops entering the post
season.
Against Averett, Wesleyan set
a new school record in scoring by
amassing 118 points, while crush
ing the Cougars. Six different
players scored in double figures
that night. Bradley Blue (Fr.) lead
the way with 23 points and Keith
Sudler added 19.
Seniors Chad Green and
Antwain Hamm had 15 and 12
points respectively. Lawrence
(Sr.) had 14 points and 13 re
bounds while Josh Walker (Sr.)
had 13 points and dished out 11
assists.
tinues to be the most effective
way of cultivating leadership for
a world that is becoming more
and more interdependent.”
The Newboulds expressed
their enthusiasm for becoming a
part of the Rocky Mount com
munity. Newbould said, “Carla
and I want a very close relation
ship with the people of eastern
North Carolina; we intend to be
actively involved not only in the
life of the College, but also that
of the surrounding community.”
The Newboulds plan on mov
ing to North Carolina in late sum
mer to begin their work with the
College and community.
“Our intensity at both ends of
the floor was outstanding to
night,” commented Coach Th
ompson after the game.
The Bishop’s match up with
Greensboro was very emotional
as Wesleyan honored their six se
niors: Green, Grandison, Earl,
Walker, Hamm, and Lawrence.
NCWC recorded the win, 75-67.
Although their season ended
with disappointment Wesleyan
picked up some post season hon
ors. Senior Fabian Lawrence was
named First Team All Confer
ence, while fellow classmate
Chad Green was named Second
Team. Freshman Keith Sudler
was also named Second Team, as
well as Co-Rookie of the Year.
Now, the critic’s choice for the
top five guy films:
5. Goodfellas (1990, Warner
Brothers)
Starring: Robert DiNero, Joe
Pesci, Ray Liotta
The Lowdown: The true story
of a young mobster (Liotta) and
his life in the mob.
Why it’s a guy movie; Mob
movies are some of the most ag
gressive, testosterone flairing
films ever made, and this movie
is no exception. Goodfellas shows
a faction of the Mafia that does
what they have to in order to get
their point across. Good stuff.
4. Die Hard (1988, Fox)
Starring: Bruce Willis
The Lowdown; A New York
cop visits LA, only to go up
on him, let him blow something
up, and you’ve got yourself an
action movie.
3. Dumb & Dumber (1994,
New Line)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff
Daniels
The Lowdown: Two intellec
tually challenged friends go
across the country to return a
piece of luggage to its rightful
owner; the crazy antics ensue.
Why it’s a guy movie: Give a
guy a choice of listening to a five
minute joke or hearing someone
burp the Gettysburg Address, and
they’ll choose the latter. That’s
what makes this movie very for
matted for the male sense of hu
mor.
2. The Last Boyscout
Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon
Wayans
The Lowdown: A sleaze pri
vate detective (Willis) and an ex-
NFL quarterback (Wayans) team
up to solve a murder and bust a
gambling ring.
Why It’s a Guy Movie: This
movie has all the ingredients a
good guy movie. It has heavily
armed football players who just
so happen like to drive through
walls and blow things up, and
Willis throws out some crafty
one-liners throughout the mov
ies. One-liners are always win
ners in guy movies.
1. Fight Club (1999, Fox)
Starring; Brad Pitt, Edward
Norton
The Lowdown; A raging in
somniac (Norton) and an aggres
sive anti-establishment soap
dealer (Pitt) form an underground
boxing club for “male aggression”
therapy, naming it “Fight Club.”
Why it’s a guy movie: It’s a
movie about hitting people.
The chick flick is a genre of
film which is almost completely
polar to that of the traditional guy
movie. In a “chick flick,” the pri
orities of the story do not revolve
around gratuitous violence, foot
ball, or even heavy machinery.
They revolve around romantic
ideals, ideas of new or forthcom
ing love, sometimes sisterly bond
ing.
Kimberiy Potts of E! Enter
tainment states, “If the major
characters spend much of their
time discussing their feeling...it
could be a chick flick.”
She also claims, “...if your
date/father/brother/guy friend will
only view said movie upon your
promise of watching every Jean-
Claude Van Damme movie ever
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Being that the chick flick is
unfamiliar territory to me, I polled
members of a local sorority to
find the top 5 chick flicks, and
this is what they came up with;
5. Say Anything (Fox)
Starring: John Cusack
The Lowdown; Lloyd Dobbler
(Cusack) does everything in his
power to try to get a date with his
high school crush before they
graduate.
Why it’s a chick flick; It’s a
movie that has what every girl
wants to see. It has the good giri
getting the good guy (and vice
versa). It’s got romance, love, and
a memorable movie song to boot,
Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes.
4. Titanic
Starmng; Leonardo DiCaprio,
Kate Winslett
The Lowdown: Two lovers on
the fated ship known as the Ti
tanic find themselves at opposite
ends of the social spectrum, one
being a social aristocrat (Winslett)
and the other being a vagabond
street artist (DiCaprio). They fight
the odds to be together and win,
but the ship sinks and one of the
two lovers dies. Tough luck, huh?
Why it’s a chick flick; This
movie is famed for it’s chick flick-
osity. Girls came to theatrd
groves to see this one, and ut
tunately dragged their guy frj,
with them to suffer througli
three-and-a-half hour tras
known as Titanic. I think I
forced to go to this movie t
times before I wanted to sinl
stupid boat myself.
3. Sleepless In Seattle
Starring; Tom Hanks, }
Ryan
The Lowdown; Two pe
from different sides of the c
find each other after a classi
ad is released about a guy wl
described as “Sleepless Inj
attle.”
Why it’s a chick flick: A cl
flick revolves around the nc
that a couple must overcome
Stacies in order make their 1
work. This movie best exeiu
fies that. Two people find e
other under impossible odds)
fall in love. It’s the idea of]
overcoming the odds that ma
this a chick flick. il'
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2. Dirty Dancing (1987,
Starring; Patrick Swayze '
The Lowdown; A girl on]
cation meets the local dance
structor at her hotel and he tea(
her how to...dance dirty, I gu
The two wind up falling for e
other and the mooshy stuff ki
in.
Why it’s a chick flick; Oj
again, it possesses the alluiin
qualities of love and romance thi
ladies love, mixed with Pao|
Swayze dancing; that’s about it
1. Pretty Woman (1990)
Stamng: Julia Roberts, Rkli
ard Gere
The Lowdown; A young pi^
titute (Roberts) comes acrosH
rich businessman (Gere). TIk
businessman convinces her to sta
with him and shows her a n«i
life.
Why it’s a chick flick; Thisi
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of the “Prince Charming and hi
white horse” gig. Richard Gtn
saves the damsel in distress am
they live happily ever after.
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over an office building.
Why it’s a guy movie: Give
Bruce Willis a gun, put a camera