Further thoughts on Mean Girls
I watched the remaining 80 minutes, and was not as outraged as I had thought. I actually thought Tim Meadows was very funny. I didn't really know he had any strengths, but the straight-man routine works.
Of course, the entire film would have been revolutionary, if every single significant element hadn't been covered in Heathers. Even the ending was a ripoff of the discarded conclusion of Heathers: the prom in heaven. Christ! There was even a lunchtime-survey involving the new kid and popular kids. EVEN AWKWARD VOMITING!!! SOMEONE EVEN WALKS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC!!!
The film is not an homage or a remake: it is a ripoff. It doesn't have the balls to be as dark as Heathers, and the ending is a copout. The real ending should have been everyone ending up miserable.
Final analysis: No new ground is covered, and perhaps more importantly this shows how truly awesome of a film Heathers is. I'd kinda like to read the book the film is based upon, to see if that even shows anything new. I think the only real question here is whether Lindsay Lohan in this film compares in hotness to Winona Ryder in Heathers...No way.
Of course, the entire film would have been revolutionary, if every single significant element hadn't been covered in Heathers. Even the ending was a ripoff of the discarded conclusion of Heathers: the prom in heaven. Christ! There was even a lunchtime-survey involving the new kid and popular kids. EVEN AWKWARD VOMITING!!! SOMEONE EVEN WALKS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC!!!
The film is not an homage or a remake: it is a ripoff. It doesn't have the balls to be as dark as Heathers, and the ending is a copout. The real ending should have been everyone ending up miserable.
Final analysis: No new ground is covered, and perhaps more importantly this shows how truly awesome of a film Heathers is. I'd kinda like to read the book the film is based upon, to see if that even shows anything new. I think the only real question here is whether Lindsay Lohan in this film compares in hotness to Winona Ryder in Heathers...No way.