Dude flicks!

It was one saturday evening. Godmother, Godaunt and i were having our evening tea in the living room and talking about how to make the day more interesting. Like most other such Saturday discussions, we came up with the unique and original idea of "going out for a movie". At the mention of this plan, the three of us got lost in thought. While i was wondering if there were any good movies worth putting in the effort of getting dressed up and walking all the way to the theatre, Godmother was busy planning the details of the expedition. In just a couple of minutes she had decided in what order each of us should have a bath, how much time we should take for dinner and what time we should leave so as to give us enough time to buy tickets and get a drink at the theatre. But Godaunt seemed to be concentrating very hard; her brows were knitted, her eyes stared off into the distance and in time, her lips thinned as she seemed to make a firm decision. It turned out that she had decided to move the king of hearts instead of the seven of spades in her game of spider solitaire!

In the meantime Godmother had looked up the available options for the movie. "How about Wedding Crashers?" she asked. I thought about it and shook my head, "I dont think so. For one thing I have watched it already. For another, its just....its....well, i didnt like it." Godmother raised her eyebrows. "It has too many off colour jokes and innuendos for me take for a second time! You know its like...." And inspiration struck! "Its a dude flick!" I finished triumphantly. Godmother looked quizzically at me, but began to slowly grin as understanding started to dawn on her. Godaunt looked up from her game and asked, "Dudes? What? Where?" and looked around eagerly. Godmother explained that we had been talking about dude flicks. Godaunt seemed disappointed but nevertheless, she was curious about this "dude flick thing" as she called it. "Its the equivalent of a chick flick for guys!", Godmother elaborated. I jumped in to add, "Yeah, guys totally enjoy that kind of humour!" Godaunt gave up her game and became quite excited about this whole concept of dude flicks. "Is it like that movie? You know....the movie with that guy? He even acts in that other movie!" and she looked expectantly at us. Godmother and i looked back at Godaunt and waited patiently for her memory springs to start working. After a couple of moments, Godaunt jumped up from the couch. Godmother and i heaved sighs of relief when we realized that we didnt have to play "22 questions" to find this one! "Its called something...something about cakes or pies or something", Godaunt said as she gestured vigorously to prove the point. "You mean American pie?" asked Godmother, chuckling. Godaunt nodded and sat back on the couch exhausted but immensely satisfied. "Yeah, thats a dude flick alright!", i agreed.

All plans for "going out for a movie" were forgotten as we spent the rest of the evening listing all the "dude flicks" we had ever watched or heard of. Godaunt contributed quite a bit to it with "this movie" and "that movie" and other such movies! Here is the result of our efforts. Ofcourse, i have deliberately refrained from explicitly defining what a "dude flick" is. (Although the three of us have decided to patent the term, we are still working on a suitable defintion). But i am hoping that this list would self explanatory. I would be very grateful to the limited number of faithful readers of this blog, if they could add to this!

1. Wedding Crashers
2. The 40 year old virgin
3. American Pie
4. American wedding
5. Austin powers
6. There's something about Mary
7. Road trip
8. Dude, where's my car

PS:If you find this article possibly feministic, let me assure you that it IS! But its no more feministic than how chauvinistic the term "chick flick" is!