Popcorn Corner: Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls (2004)
Directed by Mark Waters
Written by Tina Fey
Runtime: 1 h. 36 min.
Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, language and some teen partying)
Genre: Comedy

Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.

You know when you re-watch an old favorite is always a surprise what is gonna be like, if you're gonna love it again or hate it. I'm gladly to report that with Mean Girls my love for it only grew and for completely new reasons too! When I first watched it I was about nine or ten I think and my dream was to be one of The Plastics (not the mean girl part, but the cliche of super popular girls that had the most awesome fashion sense for my ten year old self) but now I loved it for whole new reasons that I didn't even noticed back them.

First of all the humor, I think a lot of the jokes where lost on me when I watched it so young but now I caught myself reading out loud so many fucking times, it wasn't just a smile or anything it was full belly laugh and just thinking back about some scenes it makes me laugh again. Also, so many of the quotes of this movie where like popular knowledge already, at least between me and my friends there is no October 3 that passes without a remark.

This is def a part of pop culture knowledge 

Other thing that got lost on me before but now made me love this movie even more was its message about the way girls treat other girls and how to work on this, I mean how many movies how slut-shamming, girl on girl hate and never ever deals with it, too many to count. I loved how this is a comedy but still has a clear character growth arc through it, not just with Cady but all The Plastics get to the end understanding that the way they used to be was wrong and changed, despite some cliched things about it I love the message it passes, more movies directed to teens should not let this behavior pass as acceptable.

Summing up I absolutely loved this one upon re-watch, it was funny and with a message that I can totally get on board with, yeah the romance was pretty cliche and not swoony at all and the characters could have used a little bit less of stereotypes but I could totally overlook this while watching and enjoy it. Super recommended to like everyone and if you don't watch it: boo, you whore.

 Verdict: 5 out 5 stars 

Popcorn Corner: Legally Blonde (2001)

Hey guys, a new thing here, from time to time I'll do posts talking about some movies that I watched on the last times and giving you my opinions on it - this will probably be shorter than my book reviews and it will probably be all over the place because I never reviewed movies before, but let's rock on, right?

Legally Blonde (2001)

Directed by Robert Luketic 

Written by Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah Lutz

Runtime: 1 h. 36 min. 

Rating: PG-13 (for language and sexual references) 

Genre: Comedy 

Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner from popping the question: Elle is too blonde. Growing up across the street from Aaron Spelling might mean something in LA, but nothing to Warner's East-Coast blue blood family. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday.

The thing that makes this movie worth watching for me can be summed on one gif

True story Haley, true story 

Ever since I first watched Legally Blonde, when I was 7 and pink was my favorite color, I thought about Elle Woods as a role model, she was literally everything I wanted to be as a adult - pretty, blonde, had a super cute small dog, used the best outfits (hey, I was 7!) and most of all, she was smart and determined to get what she wanted (even if it was a boyfriend). Years had passed but I still think that Elle Woods is a great character to look up too, she is there to show that pretty does come with brains, and with nice too! 

Of course that right now I realize that her initial motives were completely wrong (applying to a college and a curse you know nothing about/has no interest on just because of a boyfriend is totally a no, no for me), the drama on this one is over the top and the characters are somewhat ridiculous with the stereotypes (Warner really takes seriously his role as the ex-boyfriend dickhead), and the outfits don't tempt me anymore. But Reese Witherspoon performance turns this into a laugh out loud comedy, full of heart, making impossible for you to not cheer up for Elle and hope she finds her patch on Law School. Also the romance is so sweet, it doesn't get much screening time but it still manages to win your heart, because every talk Elle and Emmett have is so funny and cute you will probably be glad when she finally realizes what a looser Warner is. 

Verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars