As a self-proclaimed Drew Barrymore non-fan, I still have to admit that Never Been Kissed is, in my opinion, the greatest chick flick of all time.

Yes yes, I know, DISC SCRATCH. I am, indeed, the chick flick snob that wrote this very post, but I have several excellent reasons to back up my assertion here.

1. Nostalgia.
As a pre-pubescent teenager, I started to dream about what a first kiss would be like. I positively identified with Drew Barrymore’s character, even though she was like, 30, and uber-dorky (at the time, I was too). (Let me spare you the joke: “Sierra, you never really grew out of your uber dorky phase, har-de-har-har.” Yes thank you. I know. Let’s move on).

2. THE BEST KISS SCENE KNOWN TO MAN.
This kiss was positively rewindable–which is what I did many times on my little VCR (had the hardest time remembering what a VCR was called just now). I would watch “The Kiss” backwards and forward and pretending that I was Drew Barrymore and that I was being kissed on the high school pitcher’s mound in front of everyone.


But the real reason that Never Been Kissed is the best chick flick ever is a reason that I am just now sorting out.

3. The Best Kiss Scene Known to Man made Possible by THIS Man.

Ladies and Gentlemen. MICHAEL VARTAN. 

You may be thinking: “Who?” and I tell you that you are right to think that. He’s not really in the whole Hollywood scene these days. But he used to be!

Now that I am getting into the TV show, “Alias” out of sheer desperation and lack of summer shows, I have been able to pinpoint my youthful obsession with NBK, and I am realizing that it all has to do with this very man. I get goosebumps when he comes onto the screen, even if his character is kind of wussy (though the French speaking is a bonus).

I curse YouTube for getting so good at detecting copyrighted materials because this very poor excuses was the best clip I could find of this scene from NBK.

But really, the part that just killed me about this scene is actually pre-kiss. It’s when Michael Varton, aka dreamy high school teacher Sam Coulson, runs down the stadium steps to the marching band’s beat, jogs ever so adorably up to Drew Barrymore, only to walk the last few paces, then grab Drew Barrymore’s face, and WITHOUT HESITATION, LAY ONE ON HER LIKE HE’S BEEN DYING TO DO THE WHOLE MOVIE. 
 
It’s the best, friends. The Best. 
And whoa, whoa, whoa, before you think to yourself, “Did this post just get weird? Isn’t Sierra a married woman?”, allow me to say several things:
1. Michael Vartan hasn’t aged as well as I hoped. He also has a whole sleeve of tattoos. Not my thing. So my marriage is no longer in jeopardy while I go pursue this “Boyscout” (inside Alias joke).
2. Celebrity crushes are allowed in this marriage. Jeremy married me because he thought I looked like Emma Watson, and none of the Reese Witherspoon look-alikes would give him the time of day.
3. I think in a way, my 1999 Michael Varton crush foreshadowed my impending nuptials with Jeremy. Observe:
Before you are dismissive about it because of their contrasting coloring, look at the face structure and the cheek bones. And the smile? The lips (the most important part) are identical! I think I am attracted to Jeremy BECAUSE of Michael Vartan, so Jeremy can actually thank my (B-list) celebrity crush!
Other Celebrity Crushes that I will need to somehow justify because of all their similarities to my husband…
Leo
Adam Scott
George Clooney
Spill: Who is your Celebrity Crush?

  1. Jul 01, 2013
    Tayler Morrell

    I can definitely see the resemblance between him and Jeremy. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Never Been Kissed! We should watch it together sometime!
    And…my celebrity crush is David Tennant from Doctor Who! My mom has a saying, "Just because you are married, doesn't mean you can't look.."

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