Chick Flick vs. Bromantic Comedies
How can you tell the difference between a chick flick and a bromantic comedy? Both have romantic themes, but one girls babble about for hours afterwards. The other, the girl comes out feeling cheated like she'd spent two hours trying on clothes and coming home empty handed. So what is the difference between the two types of movies? First clue is see who picked the movie for date night. If it's the guy, uh-oh, it's probably a bromantic comedy. Certain actors send up red flags as to what kind of movie it is (Adam Sandler doesn't do Jane Austen). Usually, you can identify them by the tropes that run through each of these movies. If you see this popular trope: Average Girl does something absolutely embarrassing right in front of Hot Guy, in my fantasy it's Chris Evans. He finds it endearing, attractive even. There is "funky chemistry." There may be some fighting where the Average Girl treats Hot Guy like dirt. They are separate...