Just watched Easy A...
...and I am floored. Who'd have thought that the "classics dressed up as high school comedies" genre still had the capacity to produce something this good? It's smart, it's funny, it has a great big heart and a moral that doesn't make me grind my teeth. (I'm not sure if I'm anticipating or fearing the reaction from the Christian right!) Also, while
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And omg her parents were amazing XD
I haven't read (or seen any adaption of) The Scarlet Letter though... maybe I should?
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Yay! I'm all fuzzy inside, and glad to be able to share the fuzziness! Teen comedies are a nostalgic favourite of mine, and it's so hard to find a new good one.
And omg her parents were amazing XD
It makes me happy I already have Patricia Clarkson in my "not-young women are awesome" vid. :-)
I haven't read (or seen any adaption of) The Scarlet Letter though... maybe I should?
I think I probably read it as a teen... or else I just read enough about it that it feels like I read it. But I think I possibly may have actually done so. (How's that for hedging one's bets?)
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Btw, I totally recommended The Loved Ones to the macaron guy I keep talking movies with (when buying macarons... or just hanging in his kitchen XD)
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Heh, yeah, it's not gonna win any awards for deep thinkyness, but maybe for sheer AWESOME. (Seriously, doesn't MTV or someone have "breakout performance" awards to give to people like Emma Stone?)
Btw, I totally recommended The Loved Ones to the macaron guy I keep talking movies with (when buying macarons... or just hanging in his kitchen XD)
Awww! That makes me so happy. :-) I'm still ridiculously in love with that movie.
I'm also a bit confuzzled that you have a macaron guy.
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