Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Not all chick flicks are terrible

So the worst holiday ever known to man(Valentine’s day) has come and gone, and I feel so bad for all the guys out there who got stuck watching chick flicks this year. Last year I was tied down and forced to watch The Last Song with my lady friend, and I would rather shave my own head then have to watch another movie starring Hannah Montana. Now all the inexperienced lovers out there are thinking: “But Jon, how am I going to keep the girl happy and get out of watching poorly-done love movies?!?!?” I have one answer for you guys: Valentine’s Day. I’ll be honest; I was hoping for another horrible chick flick just to make fun of it through my writing, and I was a little disappointed when I realized I actually liked this movie. If you have seen any movie ever where you would recognize an actor, it’s Valentine’s Day. There are so many excellent actors in this movie, it’s unbelievable. The only downfalls to the cast were the two worst Taylors, and by that I mean the world’s worst country singer and Shark boy — AKA Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner. Besides those two, this movie might have had the most star-studded cast. So what makes a chick flick horrible? The first thing that popped into my mind was that they’re cheesy. Every bad romantic movie is cheesy — some are even more so than the moon, and the moon has a mass of around 7.35×10 22 kilograms of pure cheese! That’s a lot of cheese. Don’t get me wrong, I love my cheese, but not in my movies, unless it is on the popcorn. Most valentine’s day/chick flicks/romantic movies are cheesy, but I like this one because it was hilarious. Now this movie had its cheese, but just enough to keep the girl interested. Every time it got overly cheesy, it brought me back with some wholesome laughter. One thing that I thought was cool about this movie was that it told a bunch of different stories all at once, and connected them to each other in many different ways. It is hard to explain, but imagine if your friend of a friend had a brother who was your grandfather’s cousin and you all met on the same day. Yeah, confusing stuff like that. Either way, next time you let your girl sucker you into watching The Notebook , or god forbid, The Last Song , I suggest telling her that this one has a werewolf in it, and you will both enjoy the movie.